RESEARCH IN ITALY - Ice

Vega PST diVeneziaMargheraVenezia200AEREOSPACE; ENVIRONMENT; CULTURALHERITAGE BIOTECH; COMUNICATIONS; ENERGY;ICT;INNOVATIVE MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; R&D;BIO-SCIENCES; SERVICES; TELECOMUNICATIONS;TECNOLOGY TRANSFER;Veneto InnovazioneMargheraVeneziaNot AvailableICT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERTable 3: List of Technology Parks in Italy2.3 Private research institutesPrivate research organizations play a major role in research and innovation in Italy. Some of the mostimportant industrial research centers are:- ENI Tecnologie: Eni is an integrated energy company, committed to developing its activities inresearch, production, transport, transformation and marketing of oil and natural gas. Eni is activein 70 countries with a staff of about 79,000 employees.- Centro Ricerche Fiat: C.R.F. was established in 1978 as the Group’s centre of expertise ininnovation, research and development. Now an internationally recognized centre of excellence,C.R.F.’s work constitutes a strategic lever for the Group’s businesses, enhancing performancethrough development and transfer of innovative content which makes the Group’s products bothcompetitive and distinctive. With over 850 employees, C.R.F. draws on a broad array of technicalskills, in addition to a series of cutting-edge laboratories for powertrain systems testing,electromagnetic compatibility investigations, NVH analyses, driving simulations, materials andprocess development, optoelectronics and microtechnologies. C.R.F. achieved significant resultsfor the year, as demonstrated by the 51 new patent applications it filed in 2008, bringing the totalnumber of patents it holds to over 2,300. A further 600 patents are currently pending. C.R.F. hasalso developed a global network of more than 150 universities and research centres and 1,000industrial partners around the world.- Telecom Italia Lab: TIL is the company of Telecom Italia Group for scouting, evaluating,developing and managing innovative business opportunities. To achieve these goals, thecompany focuses on R&D, corporate venture capital, incubation and the development ICT skills.The corporate venture capital and incubation activities address all phases of the development ofnew companies: by making investments and offering business and technological consulting wecreate industrial synergies both with our internal R&D and with Telecom Italia Group businesses.- Centro Sviluppo Materiali: CSM is a private research company founded in 1963 at the initiativeof the most important Italian steel making and mechanical industries. CSM main assets are inresearch and development applied to metals (steel, aluminum, titanium, special alloys and metalmatrix composites), ceramics and coated products.Among the most prestigious private science institutions:- Mario Negri Institute: is a not-for-profit biomedical research organization. It was founded in1961, and started work in Milan on 1 February 1963. There are now research units in Bergamo, atRanica – near Bergamo – and at Santa Maria Imbaro, near Chieti. The Institute’s main aim is tohelp defend human health and life.14Italian Trade Commission - New York2009