EU Projects
2023-2025
Use of waste heat for heating buildings and construction of PV plants
Project name: Use of waste heat for heating buildings and construction of PV plants
Applicant and recipient: METAL TRADE COMAX, a.s.
Start of project implementation: 07/2023
End of project implementation: 11/2025
Amount of eligible costs: 36,752 thousand CZK
Amount of support provided: 35%
EU Operational Programme: TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS FOR COMPETITIVENESS
Project goal:
The intention of the project is to use the waste heat from two induction melting furnaces for the administration building and the toilet building, by partially replacing the natural gas consumption in the boiler rooms in these buildings. Another measure is the replacement of the lighting in the service centre hall with DALI-controlled LED luminaires and the installation of photovoltaics on the roofs of the three buildings of the whole site with a capacity of about 1.0 MWp without energy storage.
2022-2025
Increase in recycling capacity at MTC
Project name: Increase in recycling capacity at MTC
Applicant and recipient: METAL TRADE COMAX, a.s.
Start of project implementation: 09/2022
End of project implementation: 03/2025
Amount of eligible costs: 50,000 thousand CZK
Amount of support provided: 40%
EU Operational Programme: NATIONAL RECOVERY PLAN
Project goal:
The aim of the project is to expand the recycling infrastructure for waste treatment. The waste will be processed to the level of a semi-finished product, i.e. secondary foundry or formed aluminium alloy according to EN standards or customer requirements.
2022-2023
A new generation of thin-walled welded profiles
Project name: New generation of thin-walled welded profiles
Applicant and recipient: METAL TRADE COMAX, a.s.
Start of project implementation: 01/2022
End of project implementation: 06/2023
Amount of eligible costs: 126,824 thousand CZK
Amount of support provided: 25%
EU Operational Programme:
Project goal:
The goal of the project is to increase the company’s competitiveness through the introduction of innovative technologies in the field of thin-walled welded profiles and the expansion of the applicant’s production portfolio for the production of special thin-walled welded profiles with use especially where the emphasis is on profile torsional stiffness and weight reduction while maintaining strength compared to an open profile. The implementation of the project will increase the technical and useful values of the products.
2020-2021
Processing of secondary raw materials using laser technology
Project name: Processing of secondary raw materials using innovative laser technology
Applicant and recipient: METAL TRADE COMAX, a.s.
Start of project implementation: 06/2020
End of project implementation: 11/2021
Amount of eligible costs: 26,840 thousand CZK
Amount of support provided: 25%
EU Operational Programme:
Project goal:
The goal of the project is to increase the company’s competitiveness through the introduction of innovative technologies in the field of processing secondary raw materials. By reworking and reusing part of the material that is discarded during the incoming inspection of the incoming material, we increase the efficiency of the logistics of material flows on the painting line with a positive impact on the environment.
Energy savings in METAL TRADE COMAX, a.s.
Project name: Energy savings in METAL TRADE COMAX, a.s.
Applicant and recipient: METAL TRADE COMAX, a.s.
Start of project implementation: 05/2020
End of project implementation: 06/2022
Amount of eligible costs: 4,932 thousand CZK
Amount of support provided: 30%
EU Operational Programme:
Project goal:
Modernization and completion of the MaR system, extension of lighting regulation
- Replacement of outdated lighting in the production and storage halls of the metallurgical operation, the painting line and the profiling center, including the modernization of the electricity distribution for the lighting system
- Exchange of heating system boilers, including accessories
- Modernization and completion of the MaR system, extension of lighting regulation
Ecological benefits are an integral part of the project, i.e. reduction of emission factors by approx. 364 tons/year.
Innovation in the production of pre-painted metal
using the Coil-Coating technology
Project name: Innovation of the production of prepainted metal using the Coil-Coating technology
Applicant and recipient: METAL TRADE COMAX, a.s.
Start of project implementation: 01/2020
End of project implementation: 12/2021
Amount of eligible costs: 23,430 thousand CZK
Amount of support provided: 25%
EU Operational Programme:
Project goal:
The project is aimed at increasing the company’s competitiveness by expanding the product portfolio in the area of coil-coating coated passports. At the same time as product innovation, the technological production process will also be innovated, especially with regard to production quality and production efficiency, by installing optical control elements to check surface defects and the flatness of the input material. Another measure to increase the quality of the surface and the uniform application of the paint is a device for automatic control of the pressure of the application rollers.
The implementation of the project will increase the technical, utility and design value of our products.
2018-2019
Product innovation – closed precision profiles with galvanized weld – CLOSEDTUBE
Public procurement: Project contract No. 01-2018 concluded pursuant to § 536 et seq. of the Commercial Code
Applicant and recipient: MT COMAX, s.r.o. Košice
Project name: Product innovation – closed precision profiles with galvanized weld – CLOSEDTUBE
ITMS project code: 313012C532
The main goal of the project: Filling the technological gap in Slovakia in the production of new products – precise closed welded profiles with a galvanized weld.
Start of project implementation: 01/2018
End of project implementation: 03/2019
Amount of support provided: 35%
EU Operational Programme:
Project description:
The project deals with filling the technological gap in Slovakia in the area of production – precise closed welded profiles with galvanized weld. It will be an expansion of the company’s production capabilities and an expansion of its product portfolio. The subject of the project is a profiling line for the production of closed precision profiles with a galvanized weld and the associated division of profiles into precise lengths. The products produced on the line implemented in the project will be new to the Slovak market. The closed profiles will be welded by an induction welder and the resulting weld will be covered with metal on the galvanizing unit. With this technology, it will be possible to produce closed profiles from galvanized sheets, and the welding point will be covered with the same coating as the rest of the profile surface. The variability of the line will allow the processing of strips with different types of surfaces and different shapes.
Together with the shape variability of the profiles, the result of the project will also be the precise division of the profiles into length. The company will be able to supply profiles continuously in lengths from 400 to 8000 mm. This predisposes production to demanding applications in the automotive, engineering and furniture industries.
Closed profiles with a wall thickness of 1.0 to 3.0 mm will be produced. Profiles with a circular cross-section from 26 to 102 mm, profiles with a square cross-section and with a rectangular cross-section and profiles with special cross-sections. Profiles will be produced in lengths from 4500 to 8000 mm and on a hydraulic saw in lengths from 400 to 4500 mm. Profiles cut with a hydraulic saw will have treated cutting edges.