Progetto Manifattura is the first cleantech-incubator certified in Italy. Today there are 100 incubators all over Italy, but only 26 of them have received the certification following the procedures of Unioncamere, the national Chamber of Commerce organisation. The certification has been based on the law 221 (known as “Decree for growth) of 2012 with the goal of incentivating the implementation of eccellence-incubators.

The Silicon Valley of the green economy? Don’t search for it in California.

Unicredit’s Start Lab landed in Rovereto. A unique mentoring and venture capital platform for young start-ups, the aim of Start Lab is to discover the most promising young Italian hi-tech innovative companies and to support their growth through targeted investment and personalized business mentoring.

The European EMAS Award is the most prestigious award in environmental management and has been granted to top-performing EMAS registered companies and public authorities for outstanding environmental management achievements since 2005. The European Commission has revised the EMAS Awards to enhance the visibility for the winners and nominees. From 2014 onwards EMAS Awards will focus on “Effective eco-innovations supporting improvements in environmental performance”.

Progetto Manifattura is a business innovation centre that operates primarily in the fields of green building/eco-sustainable building, renewable energy, and technologies for monitoring the environment and managing natural resources.

The primary aim of the project is to create an industrial cluster, specialized in the fields of environment sustainability and clean technology, that provides tailored services and opportunities for business growth.

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A tender for the construction drawings and construction of new light-industrial buildings for Progetto Manifattura is now open for bids. The buildings will replace recently demolished buildings.

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Three of Progetto Manifattura’s companies – Baciditrama, Collective and volver – presented products and accessories made of sustainable and recycled materials at the “Trentino Network Donna green” fashion show.

A number of companies that “grew up” at Progetto Manifattura – Italy’s first green economy hub – will be present at the Ecomondo trade show in Rimini this Nov. 6-9.

Three of them in the "Innovation Factory", one settling in the Greenhouse. From wooden buildings to the philisophy of the makers with 3D printing. The creative family within Progetto Manifattura is growing with Anna Campetti's Collective, a handicraft textile printing atelier using the traditional silk-screen printing method with a loom and water-based non-toxic inks.

With their shared goal of accelerating the growth of cleantech startup companies, strengthening regional green technology clusters, and creating green jobs locally, Progetto Manifattura of Rovereto, Italy, and ACTION, the Association of Cleantech Incubators of New England have renewed their partnership agreement.