UNIDO, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, and the Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic in cooperation with the Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic organized the International Conference on Circular Economy in Automotive Industry, within the scope of the Bratislava Green Economy Process launched at the Transition to Green Economy Conference in September 2016, with, Automotive Industry Association of the Slovak Republic (ZAP) and the Embassies of The Netherlands, Norway and France in Slovakia kindly support the event.
The conference focused on innovations that support the transition to circular economy in the value chains of the automotive industry with the aim to create a platform for exchange of ideas, best practices and new partnerships among businesses from Slovakia and other European countries.
Mr. Constantin Damov, Green Group CO-FOUNDER, was invited as speaker to talk during the Material Innovation panel, about the story of polyester fibre out of 100% recycled PET, especially that Green Group is closing the loop of the PET waste, from bottle to fiber, that finds its way also in the automotive industry.
