Automotive

In Piemonte, North-West Italy, advanced manufacturing will have new headquarters: the Manufacturing Technology Center (MTC). It is a project worth 38 million € born out of the collaboration of 5 different bodies: Regione Piemonte, Politecnico di Torino, Torino Chamber of Commerce, City of Torino and University of Torino.

The new MTC will be in Torino at the Mirafiori Technological Pole - Torino Nuova Economia (TNE). A former industrial area of approximately 300 thousand square meters will be transformed into a technological center dedicated to applied research, vocational training, innovation and technology transfer. The Center will host research activities, technological demonstrators, "proof of concept" prototype laboratories, functional facilities to provide business services and a vocational training center, a real "Makers' School" unique in Italy.

The initial core of the MTC will be the Competence Industry Manufacturing 4.0 (CIM.4.0): one of the competence centers foreseen by the national Industry 4.0 Plan, financed by the Ministry of Economic Development and by the 24 member companies. The center will develop and provide innovative "pilot lines" for different manufacturing technologies, specifically  in the areas of additive manufacturing, robotics, new materials, Big Data, Internet of Things, cybersecurity and process efficiency.

The TNE area will become a highly competitive and attractive intelligent manufacturing center for Italian and foreign companies that will find a unique technological offer and specialized personnel in the new production methods.