ARP and KGHM to cooperate on innovations

The Industrial Development Agency (ARP) and Poland's mining giant KGHM Polska Miedź have signed an agreement to cooperate on the introduction of innovative projects, Włodzimierz Karpiński, minister of the state treasury, informed. The aim of the cooperation between KGHM and ARP is the commercialization of jointly developed technological solutions, including those based on the use of renewable energy sources, as well as the development and dissemination of know-how in the field of materials science. The agreement will involve analyses related to the exploration, as well as the commercialization of innovative technologies. In addition, the processes of implementation of developed solutions in the industrial environment will be funded. The partners also declared they will obtain external financing jointly, including from European funds.