Fincantieri has announced that it has joined the Industrial Liaison Program (ILP) of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the A platform that binds large companies in a long-term collaboration with the U.S. research university. Through this Accession Agreement, the Italian Shipbuilding Group will be able to develop dialogues with researchers, faculty and students to stay at the frontier of innovation.

The Industrial Liaison Program will also offer Fincantieri and its subsidiaries have the opportunity to establish strong relationships with the other companies that are part of the ILP program and with the more than a thousand start-ups linked to MIT, as well as On-demand training opportunities for Group employees.

"Joining MIT's Industrial Liaison Program - explained the CEO and General Manager of Fincantieri, Pierroberto Folgiero - will further contribute to increase the leadership that Fincantieri already expresses in high value-added shipbuilding: the opening towards International Centers of Excellence enriches our baggage knowledge base and increases our competitive advantage at the global level. worldwide. Our goal is to make innovation workable site, transforming it into concrete products that contribute to the the creation of new job opportunities'.