The Municipality of Colle di Val d’Elsa is one of the founding members. Its participation has been and continues to be strategic in promoting and developing advanced and specialized technical-scientific courses in the Valdelsa area while continuing to enhance the historic municipal school building, the Palazzone in Colle di Val d’Elsa. The Palazzone is a highly symbolic site, having been a training center, a cultural and youth gathering center, and a research center from the late 19th century to the present day. The participation of the Municipality of Colle di Val d’Elsa in CREA is also crucial in promoting and supporting all local businesses in the research and development of innovative products and processes, and in encouraging the creation of new companies (innovative start-ups). Furthermore, CREA is a place where the citizens of Colle di Val d’Elsa can organize cultural seminars, exhibitions, and events, such as photography and painting exhibitions, creative writing courses, and music and singing evenings.

Eurobic Toscana Sud S.r.l. is one of the founding members, acting as a training and territorial development agency, particularly focusing on Southern Tuscany. Its participation is crucial to achieving one of CREA’s primary objectives: training highly qualified personnel for the agri-food, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries. The synergy between Eurobic Toscana Sud S.r.l. and CREA is perfect for boosting the economy and supporting the economic development of the Valdelsa area by investing in human resources. In this sense, Eurobic and CREA have conducted and will continue to conduct training activities in the chemical and biological fields to continuously enhance the professionalism of those already employed and support those seeking employment.

Eurobic Toscana Sud operates as a training agency and employment services agency accredited by the Tuscany Region and has an ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System. Specifically:

  • It designs, manages, provides technical assistance, and promotes community programs and initiatives such as Interreg, Life, Pro Invest.
  • It engages in activities related to animation, assistance, and consulting on community, national, and regional funding for public entities and businesses.
  • It promotes local development projects through partnership activation.
  • It conducts socio-economic research and study projects.
  • It designs and manages courses funded by the European Social Fund.
  • It designs and manages paid training.
  • It runs training courses for entrepreneurs, exemplified by the Business School.
  • It designs and manages community programs and initiatives (EQUAL, PROGRES, etc.).
  • It designs and manages interventions funded by the European Social Fund.
  • It manages networks of information, animation, and assistance offices aimed at specific individuals (CESID Network – Women’s Business Services Center, Equal Opportunity Centers, etc.).

 

The values pursued by Pianigiani Rottami srl reflect the company’s commitment to growing in harmony with the territory and the social fabric in which it operates. For this reason, Pianigiani Rottami srl is one of the founding members of CREA Scarl and has always believed in continuous industrial progress. It has participated and continues to participate in the realization of scientific research and technological development projects in the field of recoverable materials. This synergy between the recycling industry and research becomes strategic for creating innovative systems, making recovery increasingly safe and efficient from an environmental and energy perspective. Supporting research in this sector, while fully respecting legally established waste management practices, is a key step toward achieving optimal waste management both environmentally and economically for the Tuscan territory. This is precisely the direction in which Pianigiani Rottami Srl and CREA Scarl have been moving together since 2003.

Pianigiani Rottami Srl offers the following services:

  • Collection and recovery of scrap iron and metals, and materials such as waste paper, wood, plastics, packaging, and inert materials;
  • Processing of WEEE, Group R2 (Large Appliances);
  • Authorized collector for CO.BAT (Battery Recycling Consortium);
  • Rental of roll-off containers, mini compactors, and compactors;
  • Destruction of confidential archives in compliance with new privacy protection regulations;
  • Dismantling of end-of-life vehicles;
  • Sale and shipping of auto parts throughout Italy.

Green Engineering Srl is one of the founding members of CREA Scarl, as it has always believed in the innovative industrial development of small and medium-sized enterprises in the Valdelsa area. It is a company specializing in the design and development of state-of-the-art distillation plants, and thanks to its synergy with CREA, it now holds an international patent created in the high-performance laboratories of the Research Center. Green Engineering’s pursuit of perfection has continued for years, culminating today in ultra-modern and technologically advanced stills that produce distillates of the highest purity. The collaboration between Green Engineering and CREA Scarl has led to the installation of a cutting-edge pilot plant at the research center, which is optimally equipped for distillation technology testing, available to all companies in the area. Furthermore, the product from the plant can be immediately analyzed to determine its composition and quality using gas chromatography (GC) and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) available in the Palazzone laboratories. Thanks to this more than decade-long collaboration, Green Engineering and CREA have embarked on a path to make the Research Center a regional reference point for all wineries and distilleries.

Green Engineering Srl offers the following products:

  • Stills and distillation columns
  • Process pumps for fluid handling
  • Shell and tube heat exchangers and plate heat exchangers
  • Energy recovery heat exchangers (thermal and/or mechanical recompression)
  • Pressure and vacuum reactors
  • High-performance process instrumentation
  • Electronic process sensors (e.g., temperature, pressure, density, pH, flow rate, level)
  • Automatic control valves
  • Process valves
  • Electrical control and power panels
  • Process piping
  • Process instrumentation cabling

Additionally, Green Engineering Srl offers the following services:

  • Turnkey design of state-of-the-art distilleries
  • Process studies and analysis
  • HAZOP (Hazardous Operations) studies
  • Revamping (modernization) of old industrial plants
  • Energy optimization of industrial plants
  • Development of new products and new recipes for the beverage industry (distillates)
  • Training courses on distillate production
  • Automation and control training courses.

Busini Srl has been a leading company in the promotional items and corporate gifts sector since 1955. In 2003, it decided to become one of the founding members of CREA Scarl, believing in the development of small and medium-sized enterprises in the Valdelsa area, with particular attention to product quality and environmental sustainability. The partnership between CREA Scarl and Busini Srl has enabled continuous research and selection of innovative, competitive, and high-quality materials, while adhering to ethical and sustainable practices that effectively convey and utilize a promotional message.

Busini Srl offers the following products and services:

  • Its own line of handcrafted leather goods, which can also be designed by clients
  • Rental of lasers for use during events or fairs to personalize objects
  • Logo reworking
  • Digital printing of all formats
  • Classic printing or printing using innovative machines such as yag and co2 lasers and UV digital printing with zero environmental impact
  • Laser engraving
  • Gadget design
  • Fully customized products based on client needs, including direct management of imports from producing countries
  • Selection of objects for customization (e.g., clothing, agendas, photo albums, catalog holders, office and desk items, bags, calendars, folders, packaging, badge lanyards, meters, umbrellas, watches, pens, keychains, wallets, cardholders, menu holders, shoppers, wine accessories, tech gadgets, USB drives).

 

Bormioli Rocco Spa is a historic company and a well-established Italian industrial entity in the world of glass. It is a founding member of CREA Scarl because it has always believed in the importance of Research and Innovation. Consequently, it supports initiatives that help identify materials, treatments, and production technologies to create cutting-edge products that meet the expectations of the most demanding restaurateurs. Bormioli Spa and CREA Scarl together focus on the strategic leverage of high-level chemical research.

Bormioli Rocco Spa offers the following products and services related to the world of glass:

  • Glasses and goblets
  • Table service and accessories (e.g., bottles, plates, ice buckets, decanters, carafes, bowls)
  • Cups and saucers
  • Refrigerator and oven containers
  • Jars, containers, and lids
  • Customized solutions for companies
  • Development of solutions for the hospitality industry

 

Itla Spa is a founding member and a company in the sheet metal industry with 25 years of experience. It decided to support CREA Scarl due to its continuous desire to expand its skills and services in metalworking. Its commitment to sourcing high-quality materials to meet any customer requirement was the driving force behind its participation in the founding of CREA Scarl, making it a strategic choice.

Itla Spa offers the following products and services related to sheet metal and related fields:

    • Study and verification of preliminary feasibility analyses of the product
    • Process optimization
    • Product and equipment checking systems
    • Laser cutting
    • Bending processes
    • Stamping processes
    • Welding processes
    • Punching processes
    • Precision mechanical processing with QUASAR, allowing the production of high-finish products
    • Assembly processes
    • 3D testing

 

Alfazero Spa primarily targets the industrial automation electronics sector. It is a founding member of CREA Scarl because it has always believed in Research and Innovation. The company aims to develop innovative products and technologies that can improve our quality of life, make the cities we live in smarter, and eliminate unnecessary activities and travel, thus benefiting our space and leisure time, which are sources of our well-being.

Alfazero Spa offers the following products:

    • Electric car charging products
    • Electric quadricycles
    • Self-service kiosks and totems