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IBT Systems Srl

July 17, 2024

IBT Systems is a provider of cutting-edge hardware/software solutions for various application fields, including industrial, automotive, medical and agritech. The company was founded in 2016, drawing on more than 20 years of experience of its partners in research, design and technology transfer in the field of embedded systems. IBT Systems fully addresses both strategic planning issues and technical design issues. Paying particular attention to quality, usability, portability, reliability and connectivity, IBT Systems aims to develop cutting-edge applications and systems

Corvina Srl

June 4, 2024

CORVINA is an open IoT platform, an aspect that ensures full interoperability and compatibility with a wide range of industrial systems and protocols. The system’s flexibility allows for easy integration with various existing devices and infrastructures, avoiding the risk of technological obsolescence and ensuring a future built on innovation. Choosing CORVINA means relying on a well-established brand in the manufacturing sector, part of an Italian group based in Verona and active for over half a century. This long experience translates into a deep understanding of the sector’s needs, guaranteeing reliable and proven solutions. One of CORVINA’s strengths lies in the development team’s constant commitment to the digitalization and optimization of production processes. Through dedicated applications and intuitive dashboards, CORVINA offers advanced tools for collecting, categorizing and analyzing data related to industrial production. This not only fosters significant process optimization aimed at reducing operating costs, but can also promote more sustainable management of industrial systems. The ability to provide detailed and customizable insights allows companies to optimize the use of resources, reducing environmental impact and increasing operational efficiency.

DIELECTRIK, LLC

June 4, 2024

Dielectrik is engaged in the construction and design of industrial and civil plants and electronic and electrical devices, generally for industrial automation, for the production, distribution and storage of energy including from renewable sources, and related activities.

Nuova Simat Srl

February 27, 2024

Nuova Simat has for over 30 years been a point of reference in tightening systems and on-site service operations. We specialize in the sale, rental and on-site service for industrial maintenance, providing high-technology equipment and specialized technicians. Over the years we have gained great experience, putting it at the service of important national and international organizations. Eni, Bonatti, Ansaldo Energia, Baker Hughes, Total and Repsol are just a few of the names on a long list of clients who have entrusted us with great responsibilities. We provide all-round support to companies by supplying portable equipment to intervene at various levels. We offer hydraulic torque wrenches, tensioners and other tools for controlled and uncontrolled torque tightening. Industrial heating systems for tightening, shrink-fitting and heat treatments, etc. are also available. We offer standard solutions, such as flange machining and line boring, as well as customized solutions developed by our Research and Development department for any critical on-site application. In over 30 years, we have worked in on-site industrial operations, setting standards for industrial machining and assembly. For this reason, we launched EVO, a brand created by Nuova Simat, which represents the evolution of on-site machining through high-tech, customized solutions, designed and assembled directly by Nuova Simat. We have also implemented an Integrated Management System (IMS) for Quality, Environment, Health and Safety, with the aim of respecting the environment and preventing accidents and occupational diseases. We hold ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 certifications.

RAIE Srl

February 27, 2024

RAIE s.r.l. is an SME that provides Analysis, Study, Design and Development services for innovative solutions in various research fields. RAIE supports companies in the use of enabling ICT technologies in various application domains: Agrifood, Blue Economy, Life Sciences, Energy, Smart Cities & Communities, Tourism, Cultural Heritage and Culture. RAIE also provides engineering support services for the preparation of research projects. The company has many years of experience in preparing winning proposals in response to regional, national and European calls for proposals.

Tecnalia Italy S.r.l.

February 27, 2024

Member type: Founding Member Tecnalia Italy Srl is the Italian branch of Fundación TECNALIA Research & Innovation (www.tecnalia.com), Spain’s leading private non-profit R&D organization. Based in the Basque Country, Tecnalia has a staff of around 1,400 people, organized into 5 Research and Development divisions (Industry and Transport, Energy and Environment, Construction and Sustainability, ICT, Health) and a Laboratory Services Division, which provides testing and certification activities for the same sectors covered by the R&D divisions. Tecnalia is one of the most active players in the Spanish national Industria 4.0 program, as well as in the corresponding regional Basque Industry 4.0 program, where it operates both on the more markedly industrial manufacturing side (additive manufacturing, advanced and collaborative robotics, new materials and manufacturing processes, flexible and intelligent machines, eco-efficiency…) and on the ICT side (human-machine interfaces, cyber-physical systems for smart manufacturing, industrial cyber-security, industrial big data analysis and business intelligence, product servitization, digital business and economy).

Opper SRLS

February 27, 2024

Member type: Affiliate Member We are industrial engineers who support companies in achieving excellence in operations. We help companies reduce logistics and production costs and improve productivity and punctuality. We operate using quantitative methods and tools to identify the best solution to implement. Using a methodology based on data analysis, simulation and virtual reality, we co-design plant layouts together with companies, define the most suitable 4.0 technologies for the context studied, size the number of resources needed to achieve corporate targets, and identify the best resource and materials management policies. Through structured methodologies we help companies acquire operations management and control tools, allowing them to make increasingly informed decisions. With support of varying intensity over time, we guide companies through lean and digital transformation.

SPIN-PET S.r.l.

February 27, 2024

Member type: Affiliate Member Spin-PET was founded as a spin-off of the University of Pisa and has now been an innovative SME for 10 years. . Spin-PET develops innovative and sustainable solutions in the field of polymeric materials, including from recycling. Spin-PET has consolidated know-how in the formulation and blending of polymeric materials of different natures and in giving these materials specific final properties. Spin-PET is also active in researching materials for the energy and catalysis sector (polymeric membranes for hydrogen production and unconventional catalysts). Spin-PET has many years of experience in preparing composites, including nanocomposites, with customized structural and surface properties, including for 3D printing applications for producing high-performance components. Spin-PET integrates purely theoretical consulting services with a complete laboratory for the preparation and characterization of materials, both at lab-scale level (from a few grams to hundreds of grams) and at pilot-scale level (a few kg), up to small industrial production runs (100 kg). Spin-PET offers its experience, problem-solving ability and inventiveness, generating original IP, to companies that need support and innovation.

TechnoDeal S.r.l.

February 27, 2024

Tipologia Socio: Socio Affiliato Member type: Affiliate MemberTechnoDeal s.r.l. is a Spin-Off of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna based in Peccioli. The Company, with a strong technological imprint, has in-house expertise in mechanical, electronic and IT design, strong know-how in patent strategy and intellectual property protection, and proven knowledge of European, Italian and Regional calls for proposals. TechnoDeal provides a complete range of services to help and support any technological idea in different fields, from automation to cloud computing, through robotics and new 3D printing technologies, thanks to the support of a young, dynamic and proactive team.

Next Technology Tecnotessile Società Nazionale di Ricerca

February 27, 2024

Member type: affiliate Next Technology Tecnotessile is a Research Body with mixed public-private capital (40% belongs to MIUR, the remaining 60% to manufacturing companies) established in Prato in 1972 to be the reference hub for technology transfer, innovation, and support for research, development and technical training activities for companies in the textile, fashion and textile-machinery sector. It was founded pursuant to law 1089 of 25/10/1968, which established the fund for applied research.

Meccano S.p.A.

February 27, 2024

Member type: Founding Member Meccano S.p.A. is a consortium research body; it operates on a non-profit basis with the following main accreditations/recognitions: •Applied Research Laboratory recognized by M.I.U.R. under Art. 4 of Law 46/82; •Metrology Center accredited by ACCREDIA No. 122/M with a Quality Management System compliant with the UNI CEI EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005 standard for the control and calibration of measuring instruments (linear and electrical quantities); •Specialized CAD/CAE/CFD Center: 3D design, rendering and drawings of mechanical devices/components; static and dynamic finite element simulations; fluid dynamics simulation; •Specialized CAM Center; •Prototype Development Center.

Pontlab S.r.l.

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February 27, 2024

Pontlab offers a range of services aimed at analysis, testing, trials and research activities that can be used to carry out the Competence Center’s activities and the subsequent implementation of innovation, industrial research and experimental development projects in collaboration with other companies. Our capabilities and expertise largely cover the technological areas relevant to the themes of the National Industry 4.0 Plan, such as Collaborative Robotics and Additive Manufacturing.

Pontedera & Tecnologia S.C.a R.L.

February 27, 2024

Member type: Ordinary Member Pont-Tech, an innovation support consortium active in fostering integration between research, business and market, was founded in 1996 through the joint and equal effort of 4 Members from different backgrounds, now grown to cover the entire range of significant players in development processes: Local Institutions; University Research, the Industrial system, Finance. Pont-Tech actively promotes innovation, plays a strategic role in supporting the competitiveness of the local production system, and fosters and promotes Technology Transfer. Pont-Tech operates along two lines of action: facilitating the creation of new innovative businesses (management of the CERFITT Incubator in Pontedera) and supporting innovation processes in existing companies.

Lead Discovery Siena S.r.l.

February 27, 2024

Member type: Affiliate Member LDS was founded as a spin-off of the University of Siena in 2012 and today is an innovative (MICRO) SME that offers support for the development of Drug Discovery projects. LDS offers pharmaceutical services to Industry and Universities and has a pipeline of proprietary products for therapeutic areas relating to oncology and infections, including rare diseases. Thanks to its experience and expertise, LDS promotes and supports the design and development of drug discovery processes up to pre-clinical stages.

Laboratori ARCHA S.r.l. unipersonale

February 27, 2024

Member type: Founding Member ARCHA, an acronym for Analisi e Ricerche di Chimica Applicata (Applied Chemistry Analysis and Research), is an Analysis and Research laboratory in the Chemical and Biological sector. It has been based in Pisa since its founding in 1989 and has state-of-the-art laboratories covering 1,400 sqm and a Pilot Test Center covering a further 200 sqm. It is organized into three areas: the technical laboratory area (accredited analyses and tests for chemical, physical and microbiological investigations); Startup assistance (developing innovative ideas by turning them into projects and systems); and the ICT Computer Science area (Software design and development)

Humanware S.r.l.

February 27, 2024

Member type: Affiliate Member Humanware, a company made up of specialists in various disciplines, from mechanical engineering to computer science, is an engineering company founded as a spin-off of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di Pisa in 1996. It is active in the fields of Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, Biomedical Engineering and Virtual Reality, and thanks to a multidisciplinary staff of researchers and engineers, offers the market a high level of innovation through mechatronics and automation technologies. Over the last five years the company has focused its efforts on developing innovative mechatronic and robotic interfaces for Neuro-Motor and Cognitive Rehabilitation, and this sector has become the company’s Core Business.

CMO S.r.l.

February 27, 2024

Member type: Affiliate Member CMO S.r.l. is an Italian company that is a leader in the design, construction and marketing of hydraulic and pneumatic equipment for the automotive sector, used both in vehicle production and in repair and bodywork.

CERTEMA S.c.r.l.

February 27, 2024

Member type: Founding Member Structured across five technology areas, with more than 1,500 sqm of laboratories and 500 sqm of office and meeting/training room space, Certema was created to provide companies with innovative services and advanced technologies across a wide range of industrial fields (i.e. 1) Environmental and Process Analysis and Air Quality, 2) High/Ultra-resolution Scanning Microscopy, 3) Optoelectronic Prototyping & HMI, 4) Mechanical Construction, 5) Advanced Mechanical Technology). The Laboratory is managed by a consortium made up of six (6) industrial partners characterized, in addition to strong technical expertise and extensive industrial experience in each of the technology areas present, by a complementarity of application sectors - which include, among others, IT, software development, automation, electronics, metal fabrication, precision mechanics - allowing the Technology Laboratory to cover every area of implementation. Certema is able to provide technical support for any type of business initiative in all its phases, from feasibility study, to design, to prototype construction, to validation, to industrialization, up to pre-series production.

COMPOLAB S.r.l.

February 27, 2024

Member type: Affiliate Member Compolab is an established company that provides solutions and technologies for which it guarantees all the necessary expertise. It has full command of the entire chain from idea/project to the physical realization of the product/system. The company works in 2D/3D design and drafting, structural and fluid-dynamic modeling and simulation, hydraulic, electrical and electronic design, and software design and development. It is also able to physically build the demonstrator and/or prototype, through to the supply of the industrialized product in pre-series; it fully builds special machines for testing, and stations for process automation and robotization. It is active in the automotive, rail transport, energy, defense and aerospace sectors.

Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)

February 27, 2024

Member type: Founding MemberThe Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) is a foundation funded by the State to carry out scientific research activities for technological development purposes. In its role as a “Macro-node” of ARTES 4.0, the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia promotes ARTES 4.0’s activities and gathers requests for industrial research, experimental development and guidance. Its thematic specializations are focused on advanced and collaborative robotics and Industry 4.0 enabling technologies. Making companies aware of this potential leads them to request research projects that can increase their level of technology and, therefore, their competitiveness.

European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS)

February 27, 2024

Member type: Founding Member The main goal of the European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS) is to make the Laboratory’s expertise and advanced laser equipment available to the Italian and European scientific community for carrying out their experiments and specific applications in various fields of science and technology. LENS is also equipped with electronic and mechanical workshops for building components needed to operate prototypes. LENS also has a chemistry and biology laboratory for preparing samples or materials used in research or technology transfer fields. The instrumentation built at LENS has possible spillover effects in priority market sectors: Renewable Energy, Energy Saving, ICT, Nanotechnology, New Materials and Life Sciences.

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)

February 27, 2024

Member type: Founding Member The Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche participates in the ARTES 4.0 High Specialization Competence Center. As a “Macro-node” of ARTES 4.0, it offers a complete set of services, expertise and infrastructure available to companies wishing to achieve, effectively and quickly, genuine technological, product and process innovation through the Competence Center. The main themes made available range from robotics to the enabling technologies connected to it: advanced chemical-physical sensing, innovative communication networks and systems, additive manufacturing, advanced materials. It does so from its offices in Florence, Pisa, Palermo and Catania.

Scuola IMT Alti Studi Lucca (IMT)

February 27, 2024

Member type: Founding Member The Scuola IMT Alti Studi Lucca is a university, research and advanced training institution, with special status. Its main subject of study is the analysis of economic, social, technological and cultural systems. Since its founding, the Scuola IMT has stood out for the quality and innovative capacity of its research and doctoral program, and for its interdisciplinary nature, characterized by the complementarity of methodologies drawn from subjects such as economics, engineering, computer science, applied mathematics, physics, cognitive and social neuroscience, political history, archaeology, art history, and cultural heritage analysis and management. In its role as a “Macro-node” of ARTES 4.0, IMT is characterized by a multidisciplinary approach to the various topics addressed, including: Industrial automation, Cybersecurity, Big Data, Virtual testing, Additive manufacturing, Digital strategies and business models, Business behavior, Open innovation, Economics of innovation, Neuroscience, Network models, Artificial Intelligence and Strategic behavior analysis.

Università Politecnica delle Marche (UNIVPM)

February 27, 2024

Member type: Founding Member The Università Politecnica delle Marche participates in the ARTES 4.0 High Specialization Competence Center. In its role as a “Macro-node” of ARTES 4.0, the Università Politecnica delle Marche’s main objective is to foster the competitive and productive growth, primarily of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), in sectors related to its main research and technology transfer areas. In particular, the “Macro-node” aims to provide innovative solutions based on demonstrators available in various manufacturing fields, in order to provide viable solutions that are easily integrated with businesses. Departments of Excellence funded by MIUR: Department of Industrial Engineering and Mathematical Sciences - DIISM Department of Civil, Building and Architectural Engineering - DICEA Department of Management - DIMA

Università di Siena (UNISI)

February 27, 2024

Member type: Founding Member The University of Siena participates in the ARTES 4.0 High Specialization Competence Center. In its role as a “Macro-node” of ARTES 4.0, its strategic area is Life Sciences, with the following objectives and thematic areas: - automation of production processes, Big Data management, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence for applications in Personalized and Precision Medicine and sustainable development of Biotech-pharma, agrifood, bioeconomy and bio-based industry. - Technologies and applications based on Artificial Intelligence for the processing, integration and analysis of data from the healthcare and pharmaceutical fields, such as to provide forecasts or recommendations for diagnosis, therapy, health status, lifestyle and nutrition, defining new healthcare models and improving therapeutic outcomes, with a view to sustainable growth of the healthcare service. - Development of innovative immersive teaching-training systems using Virtual and Augmented Reality in the Biotech-pharma, agrifood, bio-based, bioeconomy, healthcare and, more generally, healthcare sectors. Departments of Excellence funded by MIUR: Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy – DBCF

Università degli Studi di Sassari (UNISS)

February 27, 2024

Member type: Founding Member The Università degli Studi di Sassari was created to listen to and meet companies’ innovation needs through guidance, training and support activities for the development of innovation projects, industrial research and experimental development within Industry 4.0. In its role as a “Macro-node” of ARTES 4.0, it carries out guidance, training and innovation activities for companies on topics concerning the impact of robotics, cobotics, augmented and virtual reality, machine learning, and haptic technology within organizational/management and innovation processes of companies, paying particular attention to analyzing the impacts that these technologies can produce on the management of their market relationships (B2B, B2C, B2B2C) and, more specifically, on the customer experience. Departments of Excellence funded by MIUR: Department of Economics and Business Sciences - DiSEa

Scuola Normale Superiore (SNS)

February 27, 2024

Member type: Founding Member The Scuola Normale Superiore (better known in Italy as “la Normale”) is a higher education institution based in Pisa and Florence. It carries out doctoral and postdoctoral training activities. The Scuola Normale Superiore participates in the ARTES 4.0 High Specialization Competence Center, with its Academic Class of Sciences (a Department of Excellence funded by MIUR). In particular, the “macro-node’s” scientific thematic areas concern the following enabling technologies: • Big Data and Analytics: mathematics for finance, statistical data analysis, mathematical modeling, numerical analysis, high-performance scientific computing and methods for analyzing large-scale graphs and networks; • Additive Manufacturing: innovative materials, functional composite materials for products and processes; • Advanced Manufacturing Solutions: nanotechnology and innovative nanostructured materials, composite materials, functional coatings; • Augmented Reality: development of augmented reality applications on Head Up Displays; • Simulation: numerical analysis and development of efficient numerical algorithms to solve large-dimensionality problems in the physical, chemical and pharmaceutical sciences, using techniques ranging from quantum mechanics to hybrid quantum-mechanical/classical methods or purely classical methods. Departments of Excellence funded by MIUR: Academic Class of Sciences

Università degli studi di Firenze (UNIFI)

February 27, 2024

Member type: Founding Member The University of Florence participates in the ARTES 4.0 High Specialization Competence Center. In its role as a “Macro-node” of ARTES 4.0, it is engaged in the following scientific and technological thematic areas: •Advanced, robotized and connected production systems, supply chain, embedded systems, IoT, telecommunications networks; • Advanced solutions for: data science, big data, machine learning and data analytics, business intelligence (data warehouse & data mining); • Nanotechnology and innovative nanostructured materials, composite materials, formulations, industrial chemistry, applied chemistry; • Digital management and marketing innovations, risk control and market expansion, development of SME internationalization techniques; • Statistical methods for product and process control; • Computer experiments and simulations for product quality and reliability. Departments of Excellence funded by MIUR: Department of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff” Department of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications “G. Parenti” Department of Economics and Management

Università di Pisa (UNIPI)

February 27, 2024

Member type: Founding Member The University of Pisa participates in promoting ARTES 4.0’s activities and contributes to gathering requests for guidance, training and innovation services, industrial research and experimental development, and consulting from companies that approach the Competence Center. The UniPi “macro-node’s” areas of specialization cover various aspects central to the themes of ARTES4.0 and Industry 4.0 more generally. In its role as a “Macro-node” of ARTES 4.0, UniPi offers specific know-how in the areas of: • Low-cost automation and optimization of production processes, traceability, logistics; • Industrial Big Data & Analytics; • Industrial Internet of Things (IoT); • Innovative manufacturing (additive manufacturing, nanotechnology, CAE models); • Collaborative robotics, coordinated robotic vehicles, manipulation and grasping, prosthetics. The expertise within the UniPi “macro-node” covers both hardware aspects (from sensing to robotics, at various levels of quality and specialization) and more properly software aspects (from data collection and storage through to data processing techniques, with specific know-how in big data handling and Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques). Departments of Excellence funded by MIUR: Department of Information Engineering Department of Physics “Enrico Fermi” Department of Computer Science

Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna

February 27, 2024

Member type: Founding Member The Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna is a public university institute with special status, operating in the field of applied sciences: Economic and Management Sciences, Legal Sciences, Political Science, Agricultural Sciences and Plant Biotechnology, Medical Sciences and Industrial and Information Engineering. As regards its activities within ARTES 4.0, as coordinator of a macro-node the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna combines fundamental cross-cutting expertise. In its role as a “Macro-node” of ARTES 4.0, two main domains are active: engineering, with particular reference to ICT, robotics and Industry 4.0 technologies, and economics and management, with particular reference to Open Innovation and R&D Management, the Economics of Innovation and industrial dynamics. The “Macro-node” carries out guidance activities towards Italian companies, to identify, on the one hand, technological innovation needs, and to provide support for innovation management and technical matching, including through organizing awareness events on key economic and innovation policy topics. It also organizes specific training initiatives, such as second-level master’s programs, doctoral courses and specific professional training courses, which will also make use of demonstrative technology lines. To stimulate innovation projects, the “Macro-node” in particular builds demonstration lines for feasibility analysis of innovative case studies and the carrying out of pilot studies in the field of Industry 4.0 enabling technologies. Departments of Excellence funded by MIUR: -Institute of BioRobotics and Institute of Communication, Information and Perception Technologies – TeCIP -Institute of Management and Institute of Economics.

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