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, mechatronics, robotic, control, diagnosis, monitoring, and new generation supervising systems, virtual design methods of products and processes and new organizational, management and business paradigms.

ITIA's staff is comprised of 81 individuals of which 61 are researchers, 10 technicians, two collaborators, and eight administrative officials. It boasts a network of four major laboratories within the country. ITIA constitutes, with six other of Italy's National Council of Research institutes its Production System department.