Innovation with Pirelli Labs

Innovation and research are Pirelli's most distinctive hallmarks. The Company has pioneered new technologies in order to have an online integrated management system, from supplies to production, from distribution to sales - with the ultimate aim being to create value.

Pirelli Labs represents the Group's pole of technological excellence.
Born in May 2001 with a starting investment of 135 mn Euro, the research centre at Milano -Bicocca is active in the field of photonics and optical fibres and employs about 150 researchers.

The emphasis on Innovation has allowed the development of new businesses in the real estates field; here too Pirelli has made its mark, both in the great initiatives of development and in the management and increase of value of properties.


Pirelli Labs, the group's innovation engine, has carried out numerous research projects representing the hub of a network of qualified international partners, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Georgia Technical University, CNR, ENEA and the Milan Politecnico University, and domestic labs such as CORECOM and CORIMAV.

Pirelli Labs have focused on the following specific fields of activity:

• new-generation optical components and chips based on nanotechnologies; 
  
• new materials and processes for tyres;
  
• sensors and telemonitoring;
  
• fuel cells.

Pirelli Labs and the Innovation Group of Telecom Italia (where the former Telecom Italia Lab has now merged), work strictly together in the framework of a research cooperation contract on a set of common research projects.

124 researchers work in the various functions of Pirelli Labs, and a number of specific R&D projects are financed through grants to students attending partner universities.



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