PIEMONTE AGENCY

Cluster description

Role

Description of your aviation region

Piemonte offers a complete aerospace supply chain, skills and know-how, high-level manufacturing and technical services.

Vision/ Missons

Piemonte Agency is dedicated to inward and outward internationalization

Year of creation

2006

Region

Piemonte

Facts & Figures of regional aerospace

Number of companies

450+ (regional ecosystem), 160 (cluster partners)

Number of research institutes

Numbers of public authorities

Number of employees of all aerospace actors

35,000

Cluster Management

Organizational form

The Integrated Supply Chain Project “Aerospace” is promoted by Regione Piemonte (Regional Government) and carried out by Piemonte Agency

Financing

Promoted by Regione Piemonte, co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund 2021-2027 and carried out by Piemonte Agency

Main Actors

Main industry actors

ALTEC
Avio Aero
Leonardo
Mecaer Aviation Group,
Safran
Thales Alenia Space

Main research institutes

Politecnico di Torino
Università di Torino
Università del Piemonte Orientale
Environmentpark
ESA Business Incubation Center Turin
Città dell’Aerospazio
MESAP
INAF-Astrophysical Observatory of Turin
ITS Aerospace/Mechatronics

Cluster Competence and Strategy

Product worlds

Aircraft manufacturing
Aerospace propulsion
Advanced materials
Space systems
Satellites
UAV/UAS/OPV
Actuation systems
Interiors
Electrical, electronic systems
Avionics
Design and analysis
Engineering
Prototyping
Test and control equipment
Special processes
MRO

Cluster management services for members

The Integrated Supply Chain Project Aerospace provides international players a preferential channel to meet and start business with top class aerospace enterprises based in Piemonte. The project develops with the local companies best practices on supply chain performance. Teaming up with international aerospace players on screening of capabilities, technological evolution and effective business models, the project Team identifies capable suppliers ready to provide high-quality products at competitive prices with on time delivery.

Best practice of International collaborations of cluster management

The Aerospace Team assesses buyers’ needs and technicians’ requirements from all over the world and provides them with:

top class skills and unique manufacturing know-how
capable suppliers who can deliver on time high-quality parts and products at competitive prices
technologically qualified and competitive supply chains
technical working groups where local enterprises and foreign companies work together to develop projects aligned to the expectations of their international players

The project Team’s assistance is supply chain focused and completely free of charge for international players. It ascertains their outsourcing needs and arranges b2b meetings according to their technical requirements with the most suitable partners - in Piemonte or on their premises -, visits to local companies to discover the region’s aerospace sector, participation in international events and trade missions to connect demand and supply.