ITALIAN SPACE INDUSTRY Products - Services - Applications - Technologies CATALOGUE 2017 in collaboration with: Foreword This Catalogue collects the company profiles of the enterprises operating in the Space Sector in Italy, with its products, services, applications and technologies. The initiative was edited jointly by ASI and ICE, in collaboration with the National Industrial Associations AIAD, AIPAS and ASAS. The data contained in this Catalogue were provided directly by the companies, under their responsibility. This initiative complements the ASI tool D.V. (Distretto Virtuale web 2.0 interactive portal) Photo Credits: NASA 3 CATALOGUE 2017 Introduction Italy’s long tradition in Space, well as in services and applications. space industrial capabilities in Italy. dating back to the beginning of the Overall the italian space industrial Although it is not an exhaustive 20th century, has determined the system covers the entire value representation of the entire Space development and consolidation of chain, from the upstream (satellite Italian industry (in particular a well structured and competitive infrastructures and launching for the SMEs), it is an extensive industrial system. systems) to the downstrean sector representation, thus enabling (services and applications). international stakeholders to identify The national Space Industry includes potential Italian industrial partners in all the application domains and Italian space industry is open to space activities. space enabling technologies, with the world: there are cooperation excellent and traditional capabilities initiatives and commercial at system level and in payload relationships with a very large design and integration. At the number of countries in all continents. ASI, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana same time there is a well structured This Catalogue, issued for the first Roberto Battiston 00133 Rome (Italy) community of Small and Medium time, intends to provide on a yearly President of the Via del Politecnico snc Companies (SMEs) holding forefront basis a general overview of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) +39 0685671 capabilities at subsystem level as www.asi.it Photo Credits: ESA 4 CATALOGUE 2017 Introduction Aerospace is a sector of excellence essential part of the new satellites or catalogue, that aims to give the of the Italian industry, with a vested space missions. reader a comprehensive vision of our interest in innovation. companies’ activities, specialization Moreover, the Italian Aerospace and achievements, a working tool in The Italian Space sector is iconic Industry holds third place in Europe the process of starting a dialogue. amongst Italian industry, as it reflects in turnover after Germany and well some of its key features, such as France, for a total of 2 billions Euros, I trust it will give to many a clearer the ability to perform at the highest most of which is exported. picture of the capacity and potential level in cutting edge technologies of our industry, and may open International cooperation and and quality, and to compete with new opportunities for industrial, integration in multinational major global players. commercial or technical cooperation. ICE - Agenzia per la promozione projects is key to the success of our all’estero e l’internazionalizzazione In fact, Italy has always been a player companies, and for this reason we delle imprese italiane in the space industry: it was the 3rd carry out a large number of activities, 00144 Rome (Italy) | via Liszt, 21 country to ever launch a satellite, mostly in collaboration with the Michele Scannavini [email protected] and today Italian technology and Italian Space Agency (ASI). President of ICE www.ice.gov.it components are very often an Among the activities is this Italian Trade Agency Photo Credits: ESA 5 CATALOGUE 2017 Introduction AIAD, AIPAS and ASAS are very glad Moreover, Italy is characterized by The national ranking is the result of to participate and to contribute for an advanced technology, a wide the continuity of investments which the success of this National space range of available applications (civil, have been a priority since many companies catalogue. military and dual-use) and a fruitful years by the Italian Government, it interaction between research and materialized through the policies The Italian space industry plays a industry. and the programs of the Italian leading role in the Italian economy Space Agency (national programs, and stands out as one of the high- The Italian leadership leverages ESA programs) and the initiatives tech industries able to produce on the unique capabilities (skills of other national organizations and innovations generating positive and infrastructure) developed by institutions. ripple effects in other industrial the different actors of the sector sectors. (research institutes, universities and In Italy the Space sector has a AIAD, Italian Industries Federation industry) and on a broad spectrum significant number of both large Space is one of the few high-tech for Aerospace, Defence and Security of enabling technologies, ranging companies and small and medium- sectors in which Italy holds a global 00184 Rome (Italy) | Via Nazionale 54 from the manufacture of systems sized enterprises (SMEs). They leadership position. Italy belongs [email protected] (satellites, launchers, inhabited are represented by three different to the exclusive club of spacefaring +39 064880247 infrastructure, etc.) to the operational nations in the world that have a national organizations: www.aiad.it management of space centres, to complete supply chain and a full the provision of services in different range of expertise in the field. AIPAS, Association of areas of civil society (security, Italian Space Companies environmental monitoring, transport, 00186 Rome (Italy) | Via del Tempio 1 telecommunications, science, critical [email protected] infrastructure monitoring, etc.). +39 066869222 www.aipas.it ASAS, Association for Space-based ICT Technologies, Applications and Photo Credits: ESA Services 00187 Rome (Italy) | Via Barberini 3 [email protected] +39 06421401 www.asaspazio.it 6 CATALOGUE 2017 Credits ASI - Daniela Indennidate Communication management, content gathering, graphic design, editing and publishing ASI - Silvia Ciccarelli Information gathering process and content management ASI - Walter O. Piperno and Danilo Rubini Supervision of technical contents ICE - Agenzia Ufficio di Coordinamento Servizi di Promozione del Sistema Italia, Vincenzo Lioi, Dalila Parisi, Silvia Sebastiani Del Grande graphic design, editing and publishing Photo Credits: ASI 7 CATALOGUE 2017 Acknowledgements We wish to thank all the italian companies that have accepted to be present in this Catalogue. We thank also ICE and AIAD, AIPAS and ASAS, that gave their support to carry out this pilot project. Photo Credits: ESA 8 CATALOGUE 2017 Photo Credits: ESA Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti 9 CATALOGUE 2017 Contents Foreword ....................................................................................................................................................3 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................4 ASI................................................................................................................................................................ 4 ICE ............................................................................................................................................................... 5 AIAD-AIPAS-ASAS ..................................................................................................................................... 6 Credits ......................................................................................................................................................... 7 Acknowledgements .................................................................................................................................. 8 Matrix of Application Domains and Enabling Technologies ............................................................12 Alphabetical description of Companies SMEs ..........................................................................................................................................................18 Large Companies ....................................................................................................................................83 Alphabetical list of companies 11 CATALOGUE 2017 APPLICATION DOMAINS AND ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES APPLICATION DOMAINS ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES SYSTEM CAPABILITY SME LARGE COMPANY TO 50 KG TO ORATION, ORATION, TED APPLICATIONS AND TED APPLICATIONS TERIALS, STRUCTURES, THERMO- STRUCTURES, TERIALS, COMPANY NAME UNCH VEHICLE MISSION AYLOAD DESIGN AYLOAD EARTH OBSERVATION SYSTEM OBSERVATION EARTH SYSTEMS NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRANSPORTATION, | SPACE SYSTEMS AND RE-ENTRY LAUNCH HUMAN EXPL MANNED CAPSULE STATION, SPACE INTEGRA SECURITY SERVICES, SCIENCE THE UNIVERSE, OBSERVING EXPLORATION AND ROBOTIC MA MECHANISM MECHANICAL, OPTICS, PHOTONICS, ELECTRONICS, AND CRYOGENIC SENSORS INTEGRATED ELECTYRO COMPONENTS AND SIGNAL DATA INFORMATICS, PROCESSING FOR TECHNOLOGIES TRANSPORT SPACE NANO-MICRO UP 50-500 KG SMALL MEDIUM 500-2000 KG LARGE MORE THAN 2000 KG P AND INTEGRATION LA DESIGN AND INTEGRATION ACS AEROSEKUR AEROSPAZIO AGT ALI ALMA SISTEMI ALPHA CONSULT ALTEC