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This article was published on November 30, 2015 at 13:33.
Skin regenerated through the stem. Or plastics produced by bacteria and totally biodegradable. Or still cold curvature of the glass for the construction of facades of buildings hi-tech. I asked, Bio-on and Focchi are just three examples, three stories among many that testify to the vitality of the Italian entrepreneurial system to innovation. Not only followers, then, but also the ability to produce and propose innovations to break, with the chance to win not only in Italy but also across the border.
Drugs lifesaving
“Yes, for ten years – said Andrea Chiesi, director R & amp; D Portfolio Chiesi group – we wondered how to deal with the future, which for a pharmaceutical company is clearly evolving.” The group’s answer has been to focus heavily on research, continuing on product areas increasingly complex, “because – said Chiesi, paraphrasing what happens in agriculture – the lower branches have already been collected.”
The experimentation has resulted in a number of areas, some developed thanks to spin-offs, a way to harnessing the different skills of the territory. Thanks to these collaborations, for example, Chiesi has been able to develop the first product in the world based on stem cells able to reconstruct human corneas “insults” from the fire. Other advanced testing, one that leads to heal permanently a rare skin disease that affects children, and that in the absence of treatment inevitably leads to death. “Our goals – explains Chiesi – were to aim for growth and exploitation of cross-disciplinary knowledge, because the research is not always possible to do alone.”
Microbes factotum
“We started from a former rabbit hutch, today we are in the bag.” Pretty route one told by Marco Astori, President of Bio-On, a company that was able to dust off an invention 100 years old and never fully utilized so as to produce plastics from agricultural waste. The fermentation of certain wastes, such as sugar cane, sugar beet, carried out through microbes, indeed leads to the production of plastics of very high quality, fully biodegradable. “You see – explains to the audience Astorri Opificio Golinelli the day of onset of Travel in Italy in which Innova launched by Sole 24 Ore with Confindustria and in cooperation with EY – this chair by Philippe Starck was first made of polycarbonate, today through” our “microbes”.
Invention leading the company to market the licensed around the world, with 12 open negotiations for the creation of as many production facilities. “From carousels Bramieri with Moplen – explains Astorri – the road was great and our history shows that not necessarily a company can innovate through production, we do not do. Yet, from a rabbit hutch, we are now listed on the stock exchange. “
Not only design
Game 101 years ago by building steel plows, today Focchi is an international leader in the construction of exterior walls de buildings of great complexity. Among the strengths of the company is, for example, the ability to bend cold large windows, enabling designers, engineers and architects, experimenting with new solutions. Focchi is of such a project for the London Stock Exchange, as well as the new building of the City totally glass baptized Can of Ham, canned ham. “To get to develop this work -s explains to the group of Focchi Maurizio Focchi – we have worked for over a year. It is a major breakthrough in technology, which allows the development of complex geometries. As you continue to grow? Doing research, developing new solutions and going to sell them in a larger number of countries in the world. “
Milking hi-tech
Innovation is possible even in traditional sectors, such as that of milking. “And our ability to innovate – says the general manager of InterPuls Gabriele Nicolini – was the main reason that convinced a large multinational group to rilevarci, but making our company the world research center of the group. How to nurture innovation? First with the skills: 20% in our staff graduated in science. “
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