• Well established basic and applied research projects, capable of providing innovative results and extending the range and fall-out of this research;
• well-established relationships with International Research Centres;
• deep-rooted and very effective collaboration with Italian and foreign industrial research bodies, with the possibility of conducting applied studies of interest to small and medium-sized enterprises, taking advantage of the results of basic researches carried out;
• competence acquired in the field of technology transfer, thanks also to the collaboration with companies and Experimental Centres;
• possibility of acting as spin-off, in strict cooperation with the initiatives carried out by the University of Torino;
• well established relationships with several Ministries particularly with the Ministry for Environment and Territory) as well as with several Regions (Piedmont, Liguria, Sicily, Lombardy);
• well established relationships and full support from the Central Administration of the University of Torino.