A team of scientists from the chemical department of the Silesian University of Technology won the 6th “Eureka! DGP. We discover Polish inventions”. Also a second team from the Silesian University of Technology, composed of researchers of the mechanical department reached the final of the competition.

The project submitted by Prof. Jan Zawadiak’s team “The method of processing waste laminated films separated in the refining process from multi-material packaging for liquid food of the Tetra Pak type” was awarded as the best from 54 solutions submitted for the competition.

The top five of the laureates also included the project submitted by team of Prof. Marian Nowak from the mechanical engineering department. The invention “Nanostructured fibrous composite material with a polymer matrix with a reinforcing phase and a method for its production” has received an additional award.