Policy Forum of the IKINET Project

1. Policy Forum of the IKINET Project Regional “competence centres” and European knowledge and innovation networks: an international comparison of innovation cluster policies How to promote creativity and new innovative projects and companies: The TEST S.c.a r.l. experience Prof. Vincenzo Torrieri TEST S.c.a r.l. President

2. TEST S.c.a r.l. The origin • TEST S.c.a r.l. is a consortium company with limited liability in charge of operating the Center of Competence for Transport Systems of the Campania Region (Italy). • The Center of Competence was established in the course of a three year project co-financed with the European Structural Regional Funds through the Regional Operative Program 2000/2006, aimed at realizing a regional network of Research resources (laboratories and competences) intended to integrate the relevant research offer, enable the qualification of advanced transport systems and satisfy the innovation demand of the transportation industry. • The main challenges addressed by the Centre of Competence are: • the reduction of environmental pollution, • the transport safety, • the transport systems’ efficiency.

3. UNIVERSITA ’ DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI “ FEDERICO II ” CNR - CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE (Majority of Social Capital 55%) DELLE RICERCHE (17%) UNIVERSITA ’ DI SALERNO (20%) UNIVERSITA ’ DEGLI UNIVERSITA ’ DEGLI STUDI DEL STUDI DI NAPOLI SANNIO (2%) “ PARTHENOPE ” (2%) PARCO SCIENTIFICO UNIVERSITA ’ E TECNOLOGICO - DEGLI STUDI DI TECHNAPOLI (2%) NAPOLI “ L ’ ORIENTALE ” (2%) TEST S.c.a r.l. Partners • MISSION: • provide advanced Engineering Services for the qualification of advanced transport vehicles and transport systems; • carry out Research activities and participate at reference project in the field with relevant Private and Public stakeholders; • support Spin-offs and perform Technology • deliver highly-qualified Training on Transport Technologies The company TEST S.c.a.r.l. was founded on 1st February 2006 by the Centre of Competence project partners.

4. TEST Laboratories PROPULSION CHAIN VEHICLES TRANSPORT SYSTEMS • Power Train and Vehicle Lab • Transportation electrical systems and drives Lab • Transportation vehicles Lab • Flight Test and Flight simulation Lab • Hydrodynamic Lab • Road safety Lab • ITS – Intelligent Transport System Lab • Transportation & territory Lab

5. Main Cooperations • FIREMA TRASPORTI S.p.A, PIAGGIO Aeroindustries, Consorzio TECNOLOGIS • Financed Project: Public-Private Laboratory TEST X TRANSPORT • The project focuses on the innovation in railway and aeronautic vehicles and on the introduction of advanced methods of design (also by applying Virtual Reality) and of production with composite materials • ALENIA Aeronautica • Testing of structural characterization of composite fuselage panels • ANSALDO BREDA • Static and fatigue structural testingfor the qualification of arailway boogie • FIREMA • Static and fatigue structural testing for the qualification of a railway boogie

6. A New Company for innovation in Transport Test S.c.a r.l. is going to constitute a new company dedicated to testing activities for the development of nautic, flight and terrestrial vehicles and their components. The new company will manage the TEST Vehicles Laboratory, in Caserta, where the following laboratories are located: • Static and fatigue structural testing of • full-scale large vehicles components • Virtual Reality Centre • Experimental estimation of Inertia tensors • Virtual Crash Test

7. Thanks for your attention Prof. ing.Vincenzo Torrieri President TEST S.c.a r.l. University of Naples Federico II Via Nuova Agnano, 11 80125 NAPLES - ITALY Tel. +39 081 7685123 – Fax +39 081 7685118 e.mail: info@crdctest.it www.crdctest.it