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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.

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.

Società Gestione Impianti Nucleari per azioni – SOGIN S.p.A.

February 27, 2024

Member type: Affiliate Member Sogin is the state-owned company responsible for the decommissioning of Italian nuclear plants and the management of radioactive waste, including that produced by industrial, research and nuclear medicine activities, an activity carried out to guarantee citizens’ safety, safeguard the environment and protect future generations. The decommissioning activities of nuclear plants will make it possible to return sites free of radiological restrictions to the local area. The Company is also responsible for locating, building and managing the National Repository, a surface environmental infrastructure where all radioactive waste is to be safely stored.

MDM Team S.r.l.

February 27, 2024

Member type: Affiliate Member MDM Team S.r.l. is a recognized spin-off of the University of Florence, established in 2012. The company’s purpose is industrial research and development activity, and it offers advanced engineering consulting and experimentation activities for the development and creation of real and virtual prototypes. In particular, it is active in developing ROS-based software for the navigation and control of autonomous and remotely piloted surface and underwater marine vehicles (USV, ROV, AUV); and in developing Human-Machine Interfaces for AUVs and manned UVs for the planning, execution, monitoring and control of missions.

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.

ELETTROMAR S.p.A.

February 27, 2024

Member type: Affiliate Member Founded in 1981, Elettromar offers turnkey solutions for optimizing clients’ production processes, through the creation of integrated process and product industrial automation systems. Its many years of experience in plant engineering and its deep knowledge of the main automation techniques make Elettromar a reliably trustworthy system integrator.

Cal-Tek S.r.l.

February 27, 2024

Member type: Affiliate Member Cal-tek has for many years been active in software development, operating transversally across various sectors: from Industry (with specific solutions and products for Industry 4.0) to Logistics, from Defense to Cultural Heritage. By integrating enabling technologies such as Simulation, Immersive and Interactive Virtual Reality, Intelligent Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality and Serious Games, the Company develops innovative products and solutions to support the client’s business. In order to create new solutions, the Company collaborates with the client in carrying out Research & Development activities and projects.

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.

Aitronik S.r.l.

February 27, 2024

Member type: Affiliate Member AITRONIK S.r.l. is an innovative Italian start-up that supports companies in the development and integration of Artificial Intelligence systems for mechatronic applications and autonomous vehicles. Over the years, the company has increasingly specialized in Machine Learning, in developing code on super-computing platforms for AI and Real Time Embedded Systems, and in integration on Autonomous Robots and Mechatronic Systems. It has developed and integrated Artificial Intelligence systems for autonomous aerial, ground and marine vehicles, human-machine interfaces and interactive human-robot systems.

ACTA S.r.l.

February 27, 2024

Member type: Affiliate Member ACTA S.r.l. is a company with multidisciplinary expertise in mechanics, thermo-fluid dynamics and computational fluid dynamics, machinery and workplace safety, and industrial structures and maintenance, operating in both conventional and nuclear fields. ACTA S.r.l. is a spin-off of the University of Pisa, 20% owned by the University. The company has carried out/carries out R&D activities under funded calls or for Industry in the aerospace, chemical, mechanical and nuclear industry 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.

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 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

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

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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