RESEARCH PAPERS FACULTY OF MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN TRNAVA SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY IN BRATISLAVA 2010 Number 28 IMPORTANCE OF PROJECTS IN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY Zdenka GYURAK BABEOVA, Zuzana LENHARDTOVA, Dagmar CAGAOVA, Stanislava WEIDLICHOVA-LUPTAKOVA Abstract For automotive companies, research and development is the key to success for new generation of products. The aim of this article is to accent the importance of innovations and innovations-focused projects in automotive industry. Relevance of co-operation between automotive industry and educational institutions is noticed in the article, too. Furthermore, history of automotive industry in Slovakia is outlined in the article. Main part of the ...