One of the keys to the Group’s success is the major investments made in R&D. This department, in the specially dedicated R&D facility and run by a team of highly-qualified engineers with great inventive capacity, is constantly at work to design innovations for both existing and future projects, aimed at improving performance, reducing running costs, reducing maintenance with the application of special materials, optimising plant layout with a view to obtaining maximum yield at minimum cost and optimising production processes.
Continuous innovation
Processes, advanced materials, upcycling.
Integrated Smart Labs
Real industrial simulation.
Academic partnerships
Collaborations with Italian and international universities.
Smart Lab: a group of three cutting-edge centres
1. Material and Waste treatment research
Cleaning, recycling, chipping and analysis of all kinds of raw material available.
2. Process and Production
Drying, blending, forming and pressing for industrial production using all kinds of raw material.
3. Technical and technological research center
Technical and technological analysis of the products and compliance with international standards carried out in a fully equipped laboratory with over 50 testing units made by the IMALPAL Group.
Real tests for real solutions
Reduced maintenance
Special materials
Cost optimisation
In our Smart Labs, we test materials from all over the world, simulating industrial plant conditions on a full-scale basis. The data we collect allow us to develop more efficient solutions, reduce operating costs and offer customised plant configurations.
Funded European and/or national/regional R&D projects