TECNOPARCO DEL LAGO MAGGIORE S.p.A.
Via dell'industria, 25
Verbania 28924, Italy Tel: +39 0323 586898 Fax: +39 0323 586890 Contact: Direttore Ing. Andrea Cappelletto Email:tecnoparco@tecnoparco.it Website:http://www.tecnoparco.it
Technological Park of Lake Maggiore (Tecnoparco del Lago Maggiore) was founded in 1992, from a European Community and Piedmont Region project to promote the entrepreneurial development of the area through research and product technology and process innovation.
In connection with the University Institutes in Piedmont and Lombardy, the Company serves small and medium sized businesses which intend to set up innovative production with a high level of technological content, by acting as the link which joins businesses to university research.
Tecnoparco is the first and the largest technological park in Piedmont and its function is acting as the bridge between the huge amount of knowledge and experience of the local district and the extremely high-level-know-how of companies based all over the world.
Tecnoparco and its partners look to the future with the intention and certainty of improving the image of the area.
Tecnoparco is also in charge of coordinating the Pole of Innovation which is responsible for promoting the innovation in renewable energies Components, Systems and Plants.
Renewable Energy
General
Tecnoparco and the Pole of Innovation are active in promoting respectively technological innovation and renewable energies Components, Systems and Plants development.
Hydroelectric
Leading innovative projects to test the utilization of small power hydroelectric plants including the possibilities of using water pipelines.
Biomass
Solenia, based in Tecnoparco, has developed a pyrolysis cogeneration plant for generating electric and thermal power from biomass.
The electric power produced by the plant (250 kWe) will be supplied to the national grid. The thermal power will be used for district heating.
Sustainable Development
General
Several ongoing projects are evaluating innovative systems for supplying power produced by renewable sources.
Energy Efficiency
Projects:
- steam production with solar energy for paper production plants;
- integrated energy system for greenhouses warming.
Sustainable Transportation
General
Archimede, based in Tecnoparco, is developing and selling to Piaggio an innovative concept which integrates the electric car with electric power generation for house need, car batteries recharge and cogeneration.
Electric or Hybrid Vehicles
Leading a project that will produce a prototype of an innovative electric vehicle with the following features:
- long distance range;
- high payload;
- able to face high gradient way;
- low voltage batteries.
Region
Piedmont / Piemonte
Population of Region
4,401,266
Province
Verbania
Population of province
162.776
Airport
Aeroporto di Milano Malpensa
Airport Distance
70 km
Secondary Airport
Milano Linate
Tertiary Airport
Torino Caselle
Train Station
Verbania
Train Station Distance
4 km
Port
- -
Port Distance
- -
Driving Directions
Tecnoparco was created in the Province of Verbania, on the western banks of Lake Maggiore, between Piedmont, Lombardy and Canton Ticino. This locality benefits from excellent connections to the most significant centres in northern Italy, with Switzerland and France, and with the international airport of Malpensa, Linate and Caselle Torinese.
Our Headquarter is in Verbania, near the entrance to the A26 Gravellona - Genoa motorway.
How to get to us:
- by car: A26 motorway exit Gravellona Toce
- by train: Verbania-Fondotoce railway station.