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Parco Tecnologico Padano

Entrepreneurial Research Ag-biotech

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Address

via Einstein
Località Cascina Codazza
26900 Lodi
(Lombardy)

Telephone

+39 0371 4662200

Fax

+39 0371 4662217

World Wide Web

www.tecnoparco.org

 


Overview

President:
Lorenzo Guerini
Director:
Luigi Tarenzi
Contact:
Gianluca Carenzo
Email:
ptplodi@tecnoparco.org

Main points

The foundation Parco Tecnologico Padano (FPTP) is a facility without profit-making intentions. Its aim is the development of biotechnological methods for the agrar-food segment to generate a good environment for research and to found new innovative companies in the segment agrar-food-biotechnology.

Its strengths are, among other things:
1) Outstanding position in research (the park is involved in the most important international genome projects in the agrar-good sector),
2) International network (the park is a member of an international network, which consists of 250 facilities from 50 counties and coordinates in addition the joint actions of the Italian agrar-food park),
3) Regional network (the park works integrated with the most important companies and facilities in the sector and promotes the interactions with them also for companies and centres belonging to its network),
4) Assistance for new companies (through its incubator, it can support researchers and potential entrepreneurs with the attempt to realise their own ideas),
5) Prospects (the park plans an already defined development plan from today to 2015, EXPO – date included and the aim also of growing in the following years).

The park is today already a national and international contact point in the agrar-food segment. Cooperation with it means not only access to scientific competence of very high quality but also entry to a network, which enables the build up and development of own research and corporate ideas.

Brief description

The Padano Parco Tecnologico plays a central role in the Lodi excellence pool for agriculture/foods/biotechnologies. It was founded by the Lombardy Region with the support of the regional authorities and the University of Milan. In addition to a corporate incubator of 2000 m² and a business park, above all, universities and private research centres are strongly represented in the pool. The pool acts as a development motor both for the region and also for the most important agrar-biotechnological clusters in Southern Europe.

Companies:
16
R&D facilities:
1
Area:
9.000 m²
Total Number of Employees:
160 Research centre (60 del PTP – CeRSA (Centro Ricerche e Studi Agro-alimentari) und 100 by others research centre and companies; 400 by cluster