Mission

As a joint private-public non-profit research consortium focussed on agrifood research, Tecnoalimenti S.C.p.A. is composed of 28 agrifood sector industries and one financial institution, trustee of the Italian Ministry of University and Research.
Established in 1981 for promoting, co-ordinating and carrying out industrial research, it features a record of over than 250 successful research projects and several patents. Thanks to the passion of qualified research managers, Tecnoalimenti has acquired a high level of professional skills in project set-up and research management and has become a leader in this sector.

Activities

Tecnoalimenti’s activities reach across the whole scientific innovation chain, from scientific idea generation to the technology transfer of project results. Therefore it works as “porteur de projet” for the agrifood sector, bridging the interdisciplinary gap between different expertises and so ensuring a consolidated project strategy.
Our activities are:
• creation of innovative project ideas, project strategies and future vision
• identification of the necessary know-how and specific skills
• set up of the project partnership
• set up of successful research proposals and submission to National and European funding
• management of multidisciplinary research consortia
• dissemination and promotion of project results and management of IPR.
• support to the technology transfer activities

Tecnoalimenti is active nationally and internationally. Its headquarter is located in Milan, Italy. A regional office is located in Naples.

Business Partners

Selection of major business partners:

  • Asociaciòn de Investigaciòn de la Industria Agroalimentaria – AINIA – Spain
  • Univeristy of Kent- UK
  • Institute of Logistics and Warehousing – ILIM, Poland
  • Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences- SLU – Alnarp, Sweden
  • Università di Parma, Italia
  • Università Federico II, Napoli, Italia
  • Università di Milano, Italia
  • Università Bicocca, Milano, Italia
  • Università di Perugia, Italia
  • Università di Firenze, Italia
  • Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna, Italy
  • City University, London, UK
  • Imperial College, London, UK
  • Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, CNR, Italy
  • Max Plank Gesellschaft, Germany
  • MTT Agrifood Research, Finland
  • TEAGASC, Agriculture and Food Development Authority, Ireland
  • Akdeniz University, Turkey
  • North South Consultants Exchange, Egypt
  • VTT, Technical Research Centre, Finland
  • Tuyap, Turkey
  • University of Bologna Food Science Department – Italy
  • Camst S.c.ar.l – Italy
  • Vilnius University – Institute of Materials Science and Applied research – Lithuania
  • Institutet for Livsmedel och Bioteknik AB – Sweden
  • Institute of Food Research – Food Safety and Computational Microbiology Group- United Kingdom.
  • Laboratoire National de Métrologie et d’Essais – Centre energie, materiaux et emballages – France
  • UAB “Palink” – IKI Lithuanina
  • University of Surrey, UK
  • Karolinska Institute, Sweden
  • IRAS/Utrecht University, NL
  • University of Dusseldorf, Germany
  • Italia Logistica – Gruppo FS
  • Rail Italia – Italy
  • Novamont – Italy