A highly specialised industrial system

Cutting across all the region’s production chains, the Emilia-Romagna mechanics industry develops process and product innovations that are essential for specific industrial fields. Strongly linked to the craft tradition, this is evident in local production vocations and the presence of some leading historical companies.

From Piacenza to Rimini, from food processing to automotive design and manufacturing, there are plenty of world-class examples of excellence in the region: food processing machinery in Parma; agricultural machines, automotive design and manufacturing, oil hydraulics and electro-medical equipment from Modena to Bologna; ceramic machinery in Sassuolo and Imola; food storage and cold-chain systems in Romagna and ship building in Ravenna and the other maritime provinces.

Research laboratories in the High-tech regional network are organised as part of the mechanics and materials thematic platform and specialized in strategic technological areas: design, prototyping and testing, processing and nano fabrication, development and characterization of new materials, surface treatments, fluid dynamics; noise and vibration; automation: control and
diagnostics, actuators; sensors.

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The construction industry has been a key feature of the economy of Emilia-Romagna for decades; indeed, regional companies in this sector have become international leaders in product quality and design innovation and are at the cutting-edge of research into materials and production technologies. The Italian ceramics industry is concentrated in the provinces of Modena and Reggio Emilia – in particular in the municipality of Sassuolo – and boasts an annual production of over 600 million square metres, equal to approximately 13% of total world production and 43.3% of total EU production.