Fraunhofer Italia Research

Fraunhofer Italia Research Scarl – Innovation Engineering Center, based in Bolzano/Bozen, is Italy’s first foreign independent institute of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Europe’s largest applied research organisation with over 25.000 employees. Fraunhofer Italia is made up of three research teams, namely Automation and Mechatronics Engineering, Process Engineering in Construction and Business Model Engineering, in addition to hosting the research centre ARENA. Through the various activities it carries out, it dedicates itself to the support of small and medium enterprises in projects linked to industrial automation in the manufacturing and construction sectors, as well as to the development of business models capable of harmonising complex production processes, digitalisation and sustainability.