The goal of the Strategic Development and Innovative Partnership (SRIP) MATerials for end PROducts (MATPRO) is to join the metallurgy, metal processing and chemical industries with knowledge institutions in the value chains and networks, and to act collectively in finding and developing new, breakthrough products under the slogan "Only together can we be really successful". The objective is to be achieved through targeted cooperation, internationalization support activities, human resources development, sustainable development and entrepreneurship as well as through the sharing of knowledge and resources in the field of materials, where Slovenian companies are already operating successfully. Through the cooperation we want everybody to become even more successful.

This is the summer issue of the newsletter Slovenia Business Link. The next issue will be published in mid-September when we will again collect news on CCIS activities and positions as well as on current macroeconomic indicators.

"The removal of crisis measures poses a new threat to public finances", warns the IMF. We might be put to a real test with the rise in interest rates as this brings the danger of state expenditure on interest increasing by EUR 300 million a year.