Slovenian Chemical Society Venčeslav Kaučič Bled, 15 October 2010
Outline of presentation Facts about Slovenia Slovenian Chemical Society Acta Chimica Slovenica Chemical Industry in Slovenia
Republic of Slovenia
Facts about Slovenia Population: 2,054,887 (26.8.2010) Area: 20,273 km 2 Capital city: Ljubljana (population: 265,000) Length of state borders: border countries: Austria 330 km, Croatia 670 km, Hungary 102 km, Italy 280 km Length of coastline: 46,6 km Highest peak: Triglav (2,864 m) Climate: continental (central Slovenia), Alpine (the North- West), and sub-mediterranean (the coastal region)
Facts about Slovenia One of the youngest European countries an independent state since 1991 Membership of international organisations: a member of the EU since May 1 st, 2004 NATO, UNESCO, WTO, OECD, UN, etc. Official language: Slovene, Italian and Hungarian (in ethnically mixed regions) Currency: euro (EUR) since Januar 1 st, 2007 GDP (2009): 34,894 mio EUR (GDP per capita: 17,092 EUR, (18,336 EUR in 2008))
Slovenian Chemical Society The SCS was established in 1951 The SCS was founded to unite all chemists and chemical engineers The Slovenian Chemical Society has 1300 members The Society's aims are to: promote the science of chemistry further its application in industry unite all members into organized activities organize symposia, conferences, meetings and discussions contribute to professional advancement of the members establish connections with other organizations active in the field of chemistry
Organization of the SCS: Divisions (2): - Division of chemistry - Division of chemical engineering and chemical technology Branches (2): - Dolenjska branch - Maribor branch: organizes on annual basis the conference "Slovenian Chemical Days " Commissions (2): - Commission for Chemical Nomenclature and Terminology - Commission for Chemical Education Education: members actively participate in the magazine "Chemistry at School Sections (10): - Analytical Chemistry - Section for Polymers - Organic Chemistry - Ceramics - Chemical and Process Technology - Spectroscopy - Catalysis - Crystallography - Food Chemistry - EURACHEM Slovenia
Slovenian Chemical Society Slovenian Chemical Society is a full member of: the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) the European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences (EuCheMS) the European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE) and others The flagship of the SCS is the journal Acta Chimica Slovenica Web site: http://www.chem chem-soc.si/
Acta Chimica Slovenica - ACSi ACSi is one of four scientific journals in Slovenia with the IF: The journal 'Informacije MIDEM Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering Javnost The Public ACSi has been edited for 57 years ACSi is a free access journal, registered in DOAJ since 1998 ACSi is published quarterly in 1200 copies Web site: http://acta acta.chem-soc.si/
Acta Chimica Slovenica - ACSi ACSi is devoted to the publication of research papers in all areas of chemistry In 2002, ACSi was for the first time evaluated with IF = 0,12 In 2007, ACSi obtained relatively high value for a national journal: IF = 1,093 The impact factor in 2009 was 0,84
Historical overview of ACSi In 1951: first publication issued as "Chemical papes" could be considered as predecessor of Slovenian chemical periodical In 1954: the first number of Bulletin of Slovenian Chemical Society was issued 1954 1956 In 1956, 1964 and 1978: new styles of covers of ACSi 1964 1978
Historical overview of ACSi In 1993 (after 40 years): the Bulletin was renamed to Acta Chimica Slovenica In 1996: international members joined the editorial board In 2005: new editor Prof. Janez Košmrlj and new, modern design of ACSi 1993 2005
Study of Chemistry in Slovenia University of Ljubljana: Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology University of Maribor: Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering University of Nova Gorica: School of Environmental Sciences
Chemical Industry in Slovenia is one of the pillars of the Slovenian economy it is very diverse and includes: narrow chemical industry (NACE 20) the pharmaceutical industry (NACE 21) industry of rubber and plastic products (NACE 22) total of 634 companies: 38 large, 39 medium, 72 small, 485 micro total in 2009: 25,300 employees 4.2 billion revenue, 2.9 billion of capital generated 1.3 billion added value average added value per employee is 63,400 Source: Database KaPos GZS 2009, June 2010 (based on data AJPES from the annual reports of companies for 2009)
Chemical Industry in Slovenia 20 % 21 % 29 % 2 % 69 % 9 % 12 % 38 % NUMBER of companies Slovenian chemical industry for its segments REVENUE of Slovenian chemical industry for its segments
KRKA d.d. Novo mesto is one of the leading generic pharmaceutical companies worldwide established in April 1954 an international company: employing over 8000 workers supplying its products to the market in more than 70 countries worldwide in 2009 Krka group recorded sales worth 951 million EUR in product and services sales key strategy to 2014: achiving an average annual sales growth of at least 5 %, expressed in euros. Source: webpage: http://www.krka.si/, September 2010
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