Parco Scientifico e Tecnologico Kilometro Rosso

Sectors

• ICT and Industry
  • Telecommunications
  • Electronics/Electro-Technology
  • Microelectronics
  • Mechanics
  • Robotics
  • Industrial automation
  • Process automation
• Life Sciences und Materials
  • Biomedicine
  • Pharmaceutics
  • Biology
  • Materials Science

Services

• Research and Development
  • Commercialization of technologies
• Human Resources
  • Organisation of conferences, courses and seminars
  • Staff training
  • Staff recruiting
  • Partnerships with universities and other research institutes
  • Management consultancy
• Business
  • Confidential economic data
  • Development of business contacts
  • Consultancy related to intellectual property
  • Access to venture capital
  • Venture capital available
  • Network formations
• Administrative services
  • Certification
  • Consultancy for dealing with public administration
  • Administrative services for located companies
  • Support of relations with the EU
  • Technical support in the selection of locations by companies and laboratory facilities
• Other services
  • Territorial marketing
  • Location marketing
  • Consultancy for public administration related to energy resources
  • Environmental services

Data and Facts

Key data

• Founded in: 2003
• Seats: 2 (legal site and operative site)
• Companies: 2
• Research Facilities: 2
• Other: 1 administrative company
• Total Number of Employeees: 650
• Total area: 392.150 sqm
• Area built on: 90.000 sqm

Sponsors

These are exclusively private investors

Objectives

• Enhancement of the technology level of companies and institutions
• Concentration of innovative companies competitive at international level
• Competitive environment (town and province)
• Economic exploitation of the scientific results
• Build-up of new research activities
• Technological consulting for companies and institutions
• Enhancement of the competitiveness of companies
• Intensification of relations between universities and companies
• Attracting investors
• Foundation of new companies
• Creation of new jobs
• Enhancement of the job quality

Network

• APSTI (Italian Association of the Science and Technology Parks)
• IASP (International Association of the Science and Technology Parks)
• M.I.T. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
• AIRI (Italian Association for Industrial Research)
• IPI (Institute for Industrial Promotion)
• RIDITT (Italian Network for Innovation and Technology Transfer)
• Sviluppo Italia (Italian Association of the promotion of Small and Medium-Sized Companies)

Location

Location and Environment

Infrastructure and links

Accessibility

• Trade Fair Centre Bergamo (5 km)
• Congress Centre \"Giovanni XXIII\" (2 km)

Technology transfer

Inclusion in EU project

• I.R.E. (Innovating Regions of Europe)
• A.P.R.E. (representing European Research Promotion)
• IASP (International Association of Science and Technology Parks)
• M.I.T. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Activities

• A centre in Kilometro Rosso deals intensively with the foundation of new companies. Further training courses are offered specifically to managers and entrepreneurs with the focal point on innovations. This initiative was set up by further training centres and national and also foreign universities
• Foundation of a research centre in the advanced materials field. The centre deals with the development of new technologies and industrial processes of shaping and compression of advanced ceramic materials for structural applications. It was initiated by private and public industrial and research institutions also as partners of Kilometro Rosso
• Foundation of an excellence centre with the focal point on mechatronics in microelectronics, process automation, biomedicine and industrial automation. 70 private and also public research and industrial institutions have come together for this purpose
• Foundation of a competence centre in the maintenance field (remote maintenance, simulation, diagnostics sensors, training). About 20 public and private industrial and research institutions and also Kilometro Rosso partnerships have come together for this purpose
• Foundation of a research and development centre in the energy and environmental protection fields (experiments, technology innovations, energy regeneration, environmental compatibility, support, certification, safety and administration). A joint initiative by private and public industrial and research institutions and also Kilometro Rosso partnerships
• Foundation of an excellence centre in the agricultural industry segment. The Institute for Cereals Cultures in Bergamo is integrated into Kilometro Rosso in order to support the scientific and technical new orientation with regard to its economic interests in the production area. The new centre is sponsored by diverse local and national institutions

Contacts to Germany already exist:

The first active research centre in the park was Brembo Ceramic Brake Systems“ (from January 2004), a Joint Venture between the Brembo Group and DaimlerChrysler.
Here about 100 persons are employed (researchers, engineers, highly qualified staff), among them also some Germans.

Research and Development

Incubator and Incentives

Incubator

• The offices and laboratories are equipped with modern technology, including a broadband link for data transmission and reception.

Incentives

• Local: an agreement has been signed with Lombardy regarding sponsoring and funding of the initiatives, which locate to FTP. Some funding is now in the individualisation phase. Negotiations are being conducted with local and national banks for the completion of contracts for funding the companies who take up residence in the park.