Fincantieri has signed a multi-year collaboration agreement with Idea Prototipi Srl aimed at ensuring a rapid Integration of portable multipurpose cobotic solutions into the production chain of the shipbuilding group, with the aim of Strengthening automation, digitalisation and sustainability of its production activities, while promoting the creation of a highly innovative industrial ecosystem.

The goal is to accelerate the adoption of new solutions within Fincantieri's production processes, in particular Italy and abroad. Thanks to the contribution of Idea Prototipi, a company Friulian at the forefront in the development of integrated solutions hardware and software in the field of industrial robotics, the group will be able to quickly integrate advanced solutions, adapting them to the specific needs of the naval sector, through a co-development path based on agility and flexibility.

"The national manufacturing industry - said Pierroberto Folgiero, CEO and General Manager of Fincantieri, commenting on the agreement - has the possibility of use new production technologies to prolong and projecting our leadership into the future. Fincantieri in the last Three years invested in process robotization shipbuilding with entrepreneurship and pioneering spirit with a project that we have called "Innovation workable". This agreement demonstrates that the collaboration between the with the fabric of SMEs is the most effective way to accelerate the validation of new production technologies in the naval industry creating long-term value throughout the chain. I believe that Fincantieri can be a laboratory for the country on these issues. It is the beginning of a long but We are very pleased with the encouraging evidence we are harvesting every day from the field thanks to the team of experts who we have put to work together with beautiful realities such as Idea Prototypes".