We consider innovation and technological leadership key factors
in ensuring success and competitive growth of our potential in
the marketplace. Clear evidence of this is the investment of 10% of Company's resources and
yearly turnover in Innovation and Research.
The participation in EU Research and Technology Development (RTD)
Projects and a number of international scientific and technological collaborations are
pivotal in the development of High-Tech products and preliminary
conditions for turning innovation into business.
Thanks to a collaboration network of more than 100 partners among
European Companies
and Research Centres, we are taking part, sometimes as
Project Coordinator, in various projects
funded by the European Commission. These include several
initiatives in the 6th, 5th, 4th and 3rd Framework Programs
and other CEC initiatives such as, e.g., IST, ESPRIT, eContent,
eTEN, Telematics Applications,
Industrial Materials & Technologies, Transport Research,
Thermie.
Furthermore, at the national level, we are a member of the
National Research Register held by the Italian Ministry of
Education and Research (MIUR) and participate in industrial
strategic research initiatives.
The technologies developed and the application areas involved are
strongly related to the Company's core business , as a
strategic condition to ensure the direct
transfer of innovation into products and projects for our customers.