{"id":5762,"date":"2026-04-16T08:16:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T06:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/een.si\/?p=5207"},"modified":"2026-04-16T08:16:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T06:16:23","slug":"uspesno-izveden-connect2slovenia-2026-vec-kot-100-b2b-srecanj-in-nova-partnerstva-v-kovinski-in-plasticni-industriji-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/een.si\/en\/uspesno-izveden-connect2slovenia-2026-vec-kot-100-b2b-srecanj-in-nova-partnerstva-v-kovinski-in-plasticni-industriji-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Successfully held Connect2Slovenia 2026: More than 100 B2B meetings and new partnerships in the metal and plastics industries"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5762\" class=\"elementor elementor-5762 elementor-5207\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5505ad0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5505ad0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8196671 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8196671\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"193\" data-end=\"423\">The international business meeting <strong data-start=\"222\" data-end=\"247\">Connect2Slovenia 2026: Metal &amp; Plastic<\/strong>, which took place on April 15 as part of the International Industrial Fair MIS in Celje, successfully connected companies from the metal and plastics industries this year and created numerous opportunities for new collaborations.<\/p><p data-start=\"425\" data-end=\"825\">The event was organized in cooperation with partners: <strong>SPIRIT Slovenia, public agency<\/strong>, <strong>Ministry of the Economy, Tourism and Sport<\/strong>, <strong>ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA Slovenia<\/strong>, <strong>TECOS<\/strong>, <strong>Chamber of Craft and Small Business of Slovenia<\/strong>, <strong>Celje Fair<\/strong>, <strong>Enterprise Europe Network<\/strong> and <strong>NAAN \u2013 New Alpe Adria Network<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a568f51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a568f51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/een.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/029A6574-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5209\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/een.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/029A6574-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/een.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/029A6574-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/een.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/029A6574-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/een.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/029A6574-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/een.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/029A6574-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a38dc74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a38dc74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 data-section-id=\"rr3pt9\" data-start=\"827\" data-end=\"883\"><span role=\"text\"><strong data-start=\"831\" data-end=\"883\">Strong international participation and concrete results<\/strong><\/span><\/h3><p data-start=\"885\" data-end=\"1153\">100 companies from various countries (Austria, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary&#8230;) participated in the event, and more than 100 pre-organized B2B meetings were held. Participants had the opportunity to present their activities, explore possibilities for cooperation, and establish new business contacts.<\/p><p data-start=\"1155\" data-end=\"1339\">The event was also visited by a delegation from the <strong>Enterprise Europe Network from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BITNET consortium)<\/strong>, which further confirms the importance of the event for strengthening international cooperation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffaa6cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ffaa6cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/een.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/029A6510-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5219\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/een.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/029A6510-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/een.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/029A6510-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/een.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/029A6510-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/een.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/029A6510-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/een.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/029A6510-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d16200 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d16200\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 data-section-id=\"1a7g7hc\" data-start=\"1341\" data-end=\"1375\"><span role=\"text\"><strong data-start=\"1345\" data-end=\"1375\">Substantive highlights of the event<\/strong><\/span><\/h3><p data-start=\"1377\" data-end=\"1473\">An important part of the event was also the professional program, within which a panel was held: <strong>Slovenia as a strategic partner: from top development solutions to reliable supply in the metal and plastics industry, <\/strong>where the ADDCIRCLES project was presented as a successful practice of cooperation between Slovenia and Austria.<\/p><p data-start=\"1557\" data-end=\"1581\">Participants in the panel were:<\/p><ul data-start=\"1582\" data-end=\"1850\"><li data-section-id=\"12zxks8\" data-start=\"1582\" data-end=\"1658\">Dr. Bla\u017e Nardin, Dean of the Faculty of Polymer Technology Slovenj Gradec<\/li><li data-section-id=\"18lxfc4\" data-start=\"1659\" data-end=\"1786\">Dr. Igor Kova\u010d, Jo\u017eef Stefan Institute \u2013 Director of SRIP Factories of the Future and long-time lecturer at the University of Graz<\/li><li data-section-id=\"1epz08d\" data-start=\"1787\" data-end=\"1822\">Dr. Ale\u0161 Han\u010di\u010d, Director of TECOS<\/li><li data-section-id=\"15eo6hy\" data-start=\"1823\" data-end=\"1850\">Domen Stren\u010dan, Leanstr<\/li><\/ul><p data-start=\"1852\" data-end=\"2018\">The panel highlighted examples of good cooperation practices as well as key challenges and opportunities for companies in cross-border networking and the transition to modern industrial models.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd744d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bd744d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/een.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/029A6590-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5227\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/een.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/029A6590-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/een.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/029A6590-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/een.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/029A6590-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/een.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/029A6590-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/een.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/029A6590-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f5bdba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f5bdba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 data-section-id=\"1kwwxqs\" data-start=\"2020\" data-end=\"2060\"><span role=\"text\"><strong data-start=\"2024\" data-end=\"2060\">Tour of industry good practice<\/strong><\/span><\/h3><p data-start=\"2062\" data-end=\"2228\">As part of the event, participants also visited the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.container.si\/en\/container-d-o-o\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Container d.o.o.<\/strong><\/a>, where they were introduced to concrete examples of good practices and innovative approaches in the industry.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25cc00e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"25cc00e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/een.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/029A7000-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5215\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/een.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/029A7000-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/een.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/029A7000-300x200.jpg 300w, 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class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-715f680 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"715f680\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 data-section-id=\"1n7urv5\" data-start=\"105\" data-end=\"143\"><span role=\"text\"><strong data-start=\"109\" data-end=\"143\">B2B meetings as the central part of the event<\/strong><\/span><\/h3><p data-start=\"145\" data-end=\"428\">The central part of the event consisted of pre-organized B2B meetings, which enabled participants to engage in targeted and efficient networking. Even before the event, companies were able to select their interlocutors via the b2match platform based on their interests and needs, which facilitated high-quality and content-rich conversations.<\/p><p data-start=\"430\" data-end=\"636\">Such a structured approach to networking allows participants to establish relevant contacts in a short period of time, explore possibilities for cooperation, and take concrete steps towards new business partnerships.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2392d3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2392d3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/een.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/029A7424-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5225\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/een.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/029A7424-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/een.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/029A7424-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/een.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/029A7424-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/een.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/029A7424-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/een.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/029A7424-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3db3d14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3db3d14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 data-section-id=\"45i421\" data-start=\"2230\" data-end=\"2265\"><span role=\"text\"><strong data-start=\"2234\" data-end=\"2265\">Supportive environment for companies<\/strong><\/span><\/h3><p data-start=\"2267\" data-end=\"2362\">Information points from key support institutions were also available to participants at the event:<\/p><ul data-start=\"2363\" data-end=\"2505\"><li data-section-id=\"1mitqes\" data-start=\"2363\" data-end=\"2398\"><strong>Enterprise Europe Network<\/strong> (EEN)<\/li><li><strong>SPIRIT Slovenia<\/strong><\/li><li data-section-id=\"o85lyy\" data-start=\"2399\" data-end=\"2436\"><strong>Slovenski center za kro\u017eno gospodarstvo<\/strong> (SCKG)<\/li><li data-section-id=\"n6x1v3\" data-start=\"2437\" data-end=\"2484\"><strong>Obrtno-podjetni\u0161ka zbornica Slovenije<\/strong> (OZS)<\/li><\/ul><p data-start=\"2507\" data-end=\"2640\">This provided participants with direct access to information on support services, internationalization, development, and innovation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-342857e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"342857e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 data-section-id=\"1lyrh75\" data-start=\"2642\" data-end=\"2663\"><span role=\"text\"><strong data-start=\"2646\" data-end=\"2663\">Looking ahead<\/strong><\/span><\/h3><p data-start=\"2665\" data-end=\"2928\"><strong>Connect2Slovenia<\/strong> ostaja pomembna platforma za povezovanje podjetij, izmenjavo znanja in spodbujanje mednarodnega sodelovanja. Tudi letos je dogodek potrdil, da so tovrstna sre\u010danja klju\u010dna za razvoj novih poslovnih prilo\u017enosti in krepitev konkuren\u010dnosti podjetij.<\/p><p data-start=\"2665\" data-end=\"2928\">See you next year at <strong data-start=\"385\" data-end=\"434\">Connect2Slovenia<\/strong>, where we will once again connect companies, open new opportunities, and build international partnerships.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43fd769 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"43fd769\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/een.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/029A7357-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5223\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/een.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/029A7357-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/een.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/029A7357-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/een.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/029A7357-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/een.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/029A7357-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/een.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/029A7357-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-319b70d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"319b70d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfb7b48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bfb7b48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Photo author: Andra\u017e Purg<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mednarodno poslovno sre\u010danje Connect2Slovenia 2026: Metal &amp; Plastic, ki je 15. 4. potekalo v okviru sejma Mednarodno industrijskega sejma MIS v Celju, je letos uspe\u0161no povezalo podjetja iz kovinske in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5226,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-novice"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/een.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/een.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/een.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/een.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/een.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/een.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/een.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/een.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/een.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/een.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}