The projects we are working on today in our 26 Research and Development (R&D) centres around the world will help make energy and information delivery safer, cheaper and cleaner tomorrow, not only for our direct customers, but for individuals and communities everywhere they reach. Furthermore, our continual drive to improve sustainability means we’re working towards a better world for all.
Investing time and resources in R&D is a top priority. That’s why we nurture our skilled experts and professionals through agreements with 50 universities around the world, so they will be better equipped to find solutions that will keep us in the lead and deliver value for our customers.
The Group in an R&D industry leader because it has:
Here are some of the goals they are working to reach:
Prysmian has established research partnerships with over 50 universities and research centres in various countries around the world, including Italy, Brazil, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Spain, Germany, The Netherlands, India, China, France and Norway.
Here are just some of our partners:
In 2017, Prysmian co-founded Corporate Hangar, a place to identify and launch promising start-up ideas. Corporate Hangar collects ideas from Prysmian’s employees, as well as customers and stakeholders, and then transforms them into structured business plans and pilot projects. Successful pilots are then launched through the Prysmian Innovation Accelerator (PRIA).
Prysmian has adopted an “open innovation” model whereby it teams up with partners to pursue specific projects with add-on features that go beyond the Group’s core cables business. Corporate Hangar is an accelerator partly-owned by Prysmian that has incubated 3 startups: Alesea, a virtual assistant for cable management; Kablee, a digital business development tool for cable makers that aims to bring data connectivity to rural areas and create a marketplace for scrap cables; and Cultifutura, and “urban farming” company that develops vertical farming solutions for offices. Prysmian Electronics, fully-owned by Prysmian, has developed has developed solutions for the monitoring and fault location of Extra High, High, Medium and Low Voltage cable systems.
