Machines Italia

The Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) is a foundation established jointly by the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research and the Ministry of Economy and Finance to promote excellence in basic and applied research and to contribute to the economic development of Italy. The primary goals of the IIT are the creation and dissemination of scientific knowledge as well as the strengthening of Italy's technological competitiveness. To achieve these two goals, the IIT will cooperate with both academic institutions and private organizations, fostering through these partnerships scientific development, technological advances and training in high technology.

ITIA strategical mission is the grown of competitiveness and sustainability of manufacturing in Italy and Europe through industrial innovation. ITIA, contributes and supports the European Union initiative MANUFUTURE, finalized in development of added high value manufacturing based on research and innovation, work on the development of new products and processes, business models and related enabling technologies in tightened collaboration with research centers, university and enterprises on national, european and international level.

On the basis of the new Manufuture strategical vision, ITIA has focalized its competences on the following applicative areas: microsystems, mechatronic, robotic, control, diagnosis, monitoring and new generation supervising…

College students who are juniors, seniors or grad students can enter the Italian Packaging Technology Awards program. IPTA recognizes the best thinking among students in packaging schools. And it rewards that thinking with a two-week trip to Italy in June 2011.

Centro Ricerche Fiat S.C.p.A. (CRF) was founded in 1976 as the Fiat Group's major source of expertise in innovation, research and development. It was established as a Società Consortile per Azioni, a consortium, whose shareholders are Group companies. CRF's objective is to use innovation as a strategic lever and to enhance the results of its work through the promotion, development and transfer of innovative content able to make products distinctive and competitive. It is therefore able to play an active role in the technological growth of the Fiat Group, its partners and the community in areas such as powertrain, in…

The Politecnico di Milano was established in 1863 by a group of scholars and entrepreneurs belonging to prominent Milanese families. Its most eminent professors over the years have included the mathematician Francesco Brioschi (its first Director), Luigi Cremona, and Giulio Natta (Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1963). The Politecnico di Milano is now ranked as one of the most outstanding European universities in Engineering, Architecture and Industrial Design, and in many disciplines is regarded as a leading research institution worldwide. In Italy the term "Politecnico" means a state university consisting only of study programmes in Engineering and Architecture. The Politecnico…