Smart Factory is born: a new IFTS programme on Digital Transition

This morning, at the Viterbo offices of CNA Sostenibile, Chirale — together with a group of companies, universities and technical institutes based in Lazio — formally established by notarial deed an ATS (Temporary Purpose Association) to bring to life the IFTS Smart Factory project, winner of the recent regional call for the creation of higher-level technical-scientific training programmes.

The newborn institute will enrich the training offer available to young new graduates who intend to continue their studies with a university-level programme able to accelerate their entry into the job market.

The project set up by our ATS concerns the mechanics, plant engineering and construction sectors. The specialisations will be on industrial design and engineering techniques and on product and process industrialisation techniques.

The signatories of the ATS are: CNA Viterbo e Civitavecchia (chairman Alessio Gismondi); CNA Sostenibile (Luigia Melaragni); Università degli Studi della Tuscia (Gianluca Rubino, delegated by the Rector); Istituto Tecnico Tecnologico “Leonardo Da Vinci” (school principal Luca Damiani); Department of Architecture, Università Roma Tre (director Giovanni Longobardi); Istituto Statale di Istruzione Superiore “Francesco Orioli” (school principal Simonetta Pacchella); Chirale Srl (Rita Esposito); Tch Sistemi Srl (Giuseppe Faglieri); Fastal Srl and Blu Sistemi Srl (Stefano Capezzone).

The goal of the initiative is to train technicians specialised in new digital technologies, applicable to designing and manufacturing objects and semi-finished products. The technicians will be able to work in factories and craft workshops that have completed — or are completing — the transition of their production processes toward the 4.0 model.

What will students on the new training programme learn? A complete overview of digital fabrication technologies: 3D printing, Industry 4.0 (with specific reference to craft businesses and SMEs) and the use of CNC machines for printing and cutting, turning and milling. Basic skills will also be provided to understand and use these in manufacturing contexts and to set up work based entirely on software and digital machines.

The materialisation of this project demonstrates once again the high level of maturity and quality of Chirale’s training offer, and its ability to take on a leading role within the complex and critical process of technological innovation required of our business fabric.