IMAST is the Italian technological district for the engineering of polymeric and composite materials and structures.

IMAST facilitates the birth and growth of a stable cooperative system between the Italian research institutions and the most important industrial companies for the development and dissemination of advanced technologies.

 Acting as an intermediate organization in innovation processes and fostering links between scientific research and national small, medium and large enterprises, IMAST designs and develops the connections between the two worlds, emphasizing its mission of territorial animation, fostering partnerships, providing resources and skills, with the aim of orienting and qualifying the trajectory of technological development.

ACTIVITY

In line with the national and European strategies for the development of innovation, the growing of competitiveness, the valorisation of excellence and talents, the activities of IMAST are concentrated along three strategic axes:   to strengthen international excellence in research, by facilitating the academy-company relationship, strengthening the knowledge base and reducing fragmentation, through the development of a critical mass of interdisciplinary and innovative skills;to attract and train talents through shared paths with the most innovative and dynamic companies, in order to enhance and reward talent and make it a driver for innovation;to accelerate the technological innovation of industry with the aim of promoting agglomeration processes, dimensional growth, qualitative and competitive raising of productions, organizations, skills, as well as their positioning in international markets, intercepting and attracting private investments in order to promote new entrepreneurship from emerging scientific and technological knowledge.  

IMAST works to:   

• overcome the information asymmetry between the worlds of research and business;
• giving a strategic direction to the choices in support of technology transfer and innovation;
• attract new initiatives with the aim of complementing specialization and networking;
• enhance innovation also in strong economic sectors;
• develop new spin-off companies, both from research and technological outsourcing of large and medium-sized enterprises, in the hi-tech sectors unrelated to their core business;
• increase the availability of innovative financial instruments, venture capital and seed capital.