Forming laboratory LAP participated at research work of using eco friendly lubricants from sheet metal forming and bulk forming. They studied new forming technologies focused on optimised use of materials and energy. They used CAE environment to optimise forming processes aiming the tehnology development time and reduction of forming steps. Cutting laboratory LABOD implemented tehnologies with minimal or zero lubricants and coolants at cutting processes without affecting their qualities; results are contributing to the national eco policy. LABOD developed machining strategies for new more eco friendly Al alloys, for machining high alloyed Cr castings for turbo chargers; LABOD also studied machining of special XM steels. The research programme group was strongly connected to the slovene industry, particulary with its metal and polymer processing sector and electro industry. Among such projects they developed a numerical simulation tool LASIMCO wihc was successesfully used to analyse some assembly systems in companies, to analyse a metal forming line, to study material flow in a harbour and at the airport. Numerical model for the tool management was successfuly implemented into a tool making company, in a collaboration with a company for the development of information systems a model for the tool management inside a virtual tool making company was developed. There was also a good research cooperation with companies dealing with production of components for automatisation. Direct research contacts with slovene industry were established in the field of virtual pre-evaluations of sheet metal forming processes and injection moulding processes of polymers. The stability of forming processes and in particular the wire bending processes were studied and inovative results were achieved. In the field of polymer injection moulding processing parameters were studied with the aim to define stable production with good quality and at the same time to reduce the production cycle time. The programme group colaborated with many slovene companies, among the most respected are: CIMOS, Gorenje, Impol, Kolektor, Liv, Mehano, Saturnus, Kovinar Vitanje, Kovina Šmartno, Unior, TCG - Unitech LTH, Isokon, Litostroj EI, Iskra mehanizmi, Domel, Lama.