From 23 to 27 June, the Deputy Director for Research, Igor Smyaglikov, represented PTI NAS of Balearus as a part of the delegation from the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus at the XII Forum of Regions of Russia and Belarus in Nizhny Novgorod.

The aim of the Forum is to strengthen trade, economic, scientific, educational, and cultural ties between the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation. The main theme of the Forum is youth policy and the legacy of the Great Victory. Representatives from academic organisations showcased their developments at the exhibition “Made in Belarus”. (For details, see: https://www.belinterexpo.by/events/mezhdunarodnye-vystavki/xii-forum-regionov-rossii-i-belarusi/).

PTI NAS of Belarus presented a number of developments at the forum in the following areas:

— induction heating technologies and equipment;

— ion chemical-thermal treatment technologies and equipment;

— magnetic impulse processing technologies and equipment;

— lithium-ion cell recycling technologies using hydrometallurgical methods;

— cross-wedge rolling.