{"id":30704,"date":"2019-01-25T17:55:11","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T16:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyandgarden.com\/?p=30704"},"modified":"2019-01-25T18:10:17","modified_gmt":"2019-01-25T17:10:17","slug":"fitt-research-financing-from-the-ministry-of-economic-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyandgarden.com\/en\/production\/fitt-research-financing-from-the-ministry-of-economic-development\/","title":{"rendered":"FITT, research financing from the Ministry of Economic Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the\u00a0<strong>project \u201cNew generation \u2018100% Made in Italy\u2019 of functional products for the transportation of fluids\u00a0<\/strong>in EU and non-EU Garden, Building and Industrial sectors\u201d, FITT has received <strong>10 million euros funding <\/strong>from the Italian Ministry of Economic Development.<\/p>\n<p>The financing is part of the tender Major Projects &#8211; Revolving Fund to Support Companies and research investments &#8211; sustainable Industry project. The FITT project was developed within FITT&#8217;s Innovation &amp; Technology department, a structure created in just two years and that today employs a staff of over 40.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>objectives<\/strong>\u00a0it intends to accomplish are: the coupling of materials for the purpose of <strong>product mult-functionality<\/strong>; the creation of new materials to enable\u00a0<strong>savings in raw materials<\/strong>; and the\u00a0<strong>development of complete systems<\/strong>\u00a0to simplify application in B2B environments and monitor performance.\u00a0These objectives are in line with the company&#8217;s development drivers, which are <strong>eco sustainability, water saving and the central role of the final user.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alessandro Mezzalira, CEO for FITT, commented that,\u00a0\u201cThis important financing is recognition of FITT\u2019s capacity to develop innovative product-oriented projects and to have demonstrated its ability to observe and anticipate the market, creating products that have no competitors in a strict sense and that require test protocols created especially for the absolute novelty they represent.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the\u00a0project \u201cNew generation \u2018100% Made in Italy\u2019 of functional products for the transportation of fluids\u00a0in EU and non-EU Garden, Building and Industrial sectors\u201d, FITT has received 10 million euros funding from the Italian Ministry of Economic Development. The financing is part of the tender Major Projects &#8211; Revolving Fund to Support Companies and research [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":30591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"event_place_name":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2704],"tags":[2977,37,54,2922,2720],"posizione":[],"class_list":["post-30704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-production","tag-100-made-in-italy","tag-diy","tag-garden","tag-italian-diy-market","tag-italy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diyandgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/FITT-10-milioni.jpg?fit=800%2C400&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":69576,"url":"https:\/\/diyandgarden.com\/en\/production\/fitt-opens-a-new-plant-in-the-u-s\/","url_meta":{"origin":30704,"position":0},"title":"FITT opens a new plant in the U.S.","author":"Redazione","date":"7 November 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"FITT's American dream, which began in 2017, is being transformed into a full-fledged industrial plan that will lead to the construction of a manufacturing plant in Anderson, Indiana.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Production&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Production","link":"https:\/\/diyandgarden.com\/en\/production\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"FITT apre uno stabilimento in USA","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diyandgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/FITT-in-USA-A.jpg?fit=800%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diyandgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/FITT-in-USA-A.jpg?fit=800%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diyandgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/FITT-in-USA-A.jpg?fit=800%2C400&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diyandgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/FITT-in-USA-A.jpg?fit=800%2C400&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":30156,"url":"https:\/\/diyandgarden.com\/en\/production\/fitt-a-new-concept-for-stores\/","url_meta":{"origin":30704,"position":1},"title":"FITT, a new concept for stores","author":"Giulia Arrigoni","date":"10 January 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Presented at the most recent Spoga+Gafa, the store experience concept by\u00a0FITT is strongly linked to the change in pace that the group announced a few years ago, where the cardinal principle is studying end user behaviour.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Production&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Production","link":"https:\/\/diyandgarden.com\/en\/production\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diyandgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/fitt-concept-store.jpg?fit=800%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diyandgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/fitt-concept-store.jpg?fit=800%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diyandgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/fitt-concept-store.jpg?fit=800%2C400&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diyandgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/fitt-concept-store.jpg?fit=800%2C400&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":30590,"url":"https:\/\/diyandgarden.com\/produzione\/fitt-un-finanziamento-dal-mise-per-la-ricerca\/","url_meta":{"origin":30704,"position":2},"title":"FITT, un finanziamento dal MISE per la ricerca","author":"Redazione","date":"18 January 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"10 milioni a FITT dal MISE, per il progetto \u201cNuova generazione \u2018full Made in Italy\u2019 di prodotti funzionalizzati per il trasporto dei fluidi\u00a0nei settori Garden, Building ed Industrial dei mercati EU ed extra-EU\u201d.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Produzione&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Produzione","link":"https:\/\/diyandgarden.com\/produzione\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diyandgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/FITT-10-milioni.jpg?fit=800%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diyandgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/FITT-10-milioni.jpg?fit=800%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diyandgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/FITT-10-milioni.jpg?fit=800%2C400&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diyandgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/FITT-10-milioni.jpg?fit=800%2C400&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":30231,"url":"https:\/\/diyandgarden.com\/en\/communication\/leroy-merlin-and-the-new-do-it-with-us-garden-in-romes-tiburtina-neighbourhood\/","url_meta":{"origin":30704,"position":3},"title":"Leroy Merlin and the new \u201cdo-it-with-us\u201d garden in Rome\u2019s\u00a0Tiburtina neighbourhood","author":"Giulia Arrigoni","date":"10 January 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Through an initiative between\u00a0 Leroy Merlin and Tecnopolo S.p.A., the Leroy Merlin \u201cdo-it-with-us\u201d garden concept, already applied in Turin, has now been taken to Rome\u2019s Tiburtina neighbourhood.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Communication&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Communication","link":"https:\/\/diyandgarden.com\/en\/communication\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diyandgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/LM-Tiburtina.jpg?fit=800%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diyandgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/LM-Tiburtina.jpg?fit=800%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diyandgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/LM-Tiburtina.jpg?fit=800%2C400&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diyandgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/LM-Tiburtina.jpg?fit=800%2C400&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":69521,"url":"https:\/\/diyandgarden.com\/en\/retail\/bigmat-italy-closes-2023-with-240-stores\/","url_meta":{"origin":30704,"position":4},"title":"BigMat Italy closes 2023 with 240 stores","author":"Redazione","date":"22 December 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"And 156 members. This is the Group's balance sheet, in Italy, strengthened by seven new members in the past six months. From Tuscany to Campania to Sicily.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Retail&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Retail","link":"https:\/\/diyandgarden.com\/en\/retail\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Matteo-Camillini_BigMat","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diyandgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Matteo-Camillini_BigMat-A.jpg?fit=800%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diyandgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Matteo-Camillini_BigMat-A.jpg?fit=800%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diyandgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Matteo-Camillini_BigMat-A.jpg?fit=800%2C400&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diyandgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Matteo-Camillini_BigMat-A.jpg?fit=800%2C400&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":69596,"url":"https:\/\/diyandgarden.com\/en\/trends\/euro-plant-tray-for-reusing-plant-trays\/","url_meta":{"origin":30704,"position":5},"title":"Euro Plant Tray for reusing plant trays","author":"Alice Nicole Ginosa","date":"8 January 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"From 2024, the Euro Plant Tray will be available for supply to garden centers and DIY stores. Interview with Dirk Bansemer, managing director of EPT GmbH, to find out about this new project that thinks big.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Trends&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Trends","link":"https:\/\/diyandgarden.com\/en\/trends\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Euro Plant Tray","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diyandgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/euro-plant-tray-A.jpg?fit=800%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diyandgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/euro-plant-tray-A.jpg?fit=800%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diyandgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/euro-plant-tray-A.jpg?fit=800%2C400&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diyandgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/euro-plant-tray-A.jpg?fit=800%2C400&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyandgarden.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyandgarden.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyandgarden.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyandgarden.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyandgarden.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30704"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/diyandgarden.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30705,"href":"https:\/\/diyandgarden.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30704\/revisions\/30705"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyandgarden.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyandgarden.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyandgarden.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyandgarden.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30704"},{"taxonomy":"posizione","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyandgarden.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizione?post=30704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}