Strategy

The main strategic objectives of the company include: Obtaining grants on the national level for individual programmes in the priority areas of research in ORLEN UniCRE a.s.. Integration in European structures for support of science, research and development and gaining a support for priority projects in the research areas of ORLEN UniCRE a.s.. Deepening of cooperation with academic institutions, e.g. University of Jan Evangelista Purkyně in Ústí nad Labem, University of Pardubice and the Institute of Chemical Processes of the Czech Republic of The Czech Academy of Sciences, etc. Active integration in organizations supporting applied research, collaboration with industry, both in frame of the region and at national and European level.

Our company defined the main strategic goals for the period 2016-2020:

• Carrying out the applied research in the following research areas of the Centre:
  • Processes for transformation of renewable raw materials to biofuels and basic biochemicals (platform chemicals), including research and development of catalysts for this purpose
  • Area of production and usage of bituminous binders including modified bitumen as a manner of processing heavy oil residues (conception of bitumen production in Unipetrol)
• Obtaining a financial support in the Program for support of big infrastructures (√ fulfiled)
• Fulfilling the requirements for obtaining the financial support from the National Program for Sustainability I. (√ fulfiled)
• Involving international projects and organizations
• Strenghten the cooperation with important commercial partners