Innovations and EU funds support

It has been decided to provide a subsidy from the european regional development fund - operational programme enterprise and innovations for the competitiveness for following projects:

• Participation at the most prestigious exhibition for printers - DRUPA 2016
• Participation at the prestigious international exhibitions in 2015 - 2017
• Participation at the prestigious international exhibitions in 2017 - 2018
• Promotion of products made by SOMA spol. s r.o. on foreign trade fairs
• New generation of flexoprinting presses in Application programme - Call I
  Within a New generation of flexoprinting presses in Application programme - Call I, the following prototype presses have been developped and manufactured:
  • flexographic printing press Optima
  • flexographic printing press Maxima
  • flexographic printing press Large
  • flexographic printing press Wide
  • flexographic printing press Minor
• Innovation of the product range of flexographic printing machines OPTIMA of the SOMA company in INNOVATION programme Call I
• Soma Research and Development Centre in Potencial programme Call I
• Research and Development of SMART premium flexographic printing press and automatic plate mounting machine - in APPLICATION programme, Call VI
  • SOMA spol. s r.o. is implementing a project called Research and Development of SMART premium series of flexographic printing machine and automatic plate mounter, which aims to research and develop a functional prototype of SMART premium series of flexographic printing machine and automatic plate mounter based on its own industrial research and experimental development carried out in its own Technology Centre GLOBE. This project receives financial support from the European Union under the Operational Programme Enterprise and Innovation for Competitiveness.
• Research and Development of a functional prototypes series of company´s key technological equipment - in APPLICATION programme, Call VII
  • SOMA spol. s r.o. is implementing a project called Research and Development of a series of functional prototypes of the company's key technological equipment, which aims to use sophisticated methods and tools of development, modeling, simulation methods, etc., to leapfrog the functional characteristics of slitting technologies, as well as the development and integration of new products into the production of coating machines and down/upstream units. The project will result in a total of 7 prototypes. This project receives financial support from the European Union under the Operational Programme Enterprise and Innovation for Competitiveness.
• Research and Development of 2 intelligent systems in flexography connected to Industry 4.0
• Research and Development of 3 brand new models of flexoprinting presses - in APPLICATION programme, Call VIII
  • SOMA spol. s r. o. is implementing a project called Research and Development of 3 new model series of flexographic printing machines, which aims to advance the fundamental technical parameters and introduction into production of 3 functional prototypes of flexographic printing machines through R&D activities of industrial research and experimental development. The output of the project will be 3 prototypes whose functionality will be tested and verified and will be ready for introduction into series production. This project receives financial support from the European Union under the Operational Programme Enterprise and Innovation for Competitiveness.
• Foreign promotion of company SOMA spol. s r.o.
  • The main goal of the implementation of this project is to strengthen the company´s international competitiveness through participation at the prestigious exhibitions for printing and flexible packaging industry in 2024-2025
• CI flexo portfolio for the USA and response to key industry trends
  • The goal of the project is to develop through R&D activities functional prototypes of flexographic printing machines and software, specialized in the process of specific materials or inks, primarily for the US market

Already attended exhibitions:

LABEL EXPO 2015 -
the prestigious exhibition for labels

DRUPA 2016 -
the most prestigious exhibition for printers

K SHOW 2016 -
the prestigious exhibition for plastics

LABEL EXPO 2017 -
the prestigious exhibition for labels

CHINAPRINT 2017 -
the prestigious Chinese exhibition for printing and flexible packaging

INFO FLEX 2017 -
the prestigious US exhibition for flexoprinting industry

ANDINA PACK 2017 -
participation at the prestigious exhibition for printing and flexible packaging industry

PRINTECH 2017 -
participation at the prestigious exhibition for printing and flexible packaging industry

PRINTECH 2018 -
participation at the prestigious exhibition for printing and flexible packaging industry

CHINAPLAS 2018 -
the prestigious Chinese exhibition for printing and flexible packaging

PROPAK EAST AFRICA 2018 -
participation at the prestigious exhibition for printing and flexible packaging industry

INFO FLEX 2018 -
the prestigious US exhibition for flexoprinting industry

CHINAPLAS 2019 -
the prestigious Chinese exhibition for printing and flexible packaging

INFO FLEX 2019 -
the prestigious US exhibition for flexoprinting industry

ANDINA PACK 2019 -
participation at the prestigious exhibition for printing and flexible packaging industry

K SHOW 2019 -
the prestigious exhibition for plastics

PRINTECH/ROSUPAK 2019 -
participation at the prestigious exhibition for printing and flexible packaging industry

UPAKOVA 2021 -
participation at the prestigious exhibition for printing and flexible packaging industry

ROSUPAK 2021 -
participation at the prestigious exhibition for printing and flexible packaging industry

CHINAPLAS 2021 -
the prestigious Chinese exhibition for printing and flexible packaging

The grant funds will be used for the realization of exhibition stands at preferred exhibitions, machine transport and operation at exhibitions and for marketing and promotional materials.