A Politecnico di Milano spin-off
Rooted in Politecnico di Milano.
Innovation Factory transfers the excellence of academic research to industry. We combine vertical engineering expertise with strategic business vision to turn technological complexity into tangible, scalable, market-ready solutions.
Our mission
A significant share of the sustainable technologies developed in academia never reaches industrial application; at the same time, companies incur research costs for solutions that are already available or could be engineered.
Innovation Factory addresses this gap along two lines. It profiles technologies in operation or at prototype stage against consistent criteria – readiness (TRL), Intellectual Property protection, economic sustainability, ESG impact – making them assessable at board level. And it provides an engineering team for the development of custom solutions when the portfolio does not meet the requirement.
A partnership with Innovation Factory is a decision of strategic direction, not the acquisition of a tool.
Catalogue
An ecosystem of validated innovations
Technologies in operation or at MVP stage, profiled by readiness (TRL), Intellectual Property protection, investment range and SDGs. Part of the portfolio is confidential and presented on request.
Consult the catalogue →Custom solutions
Custom solutions engineering
For requirements not covered by the portfolio, we structure an end-to-end development path: from the initial technology audit to integration into production systems.
The development path →Organisation and responsibilities.
A lean structure, with a defined responsibility for each area of activity.
The team →Oliviero Malaguti
- Chairman and legal representative
- Head of community development
Roberto Cigolini
- Innovation support and relations with Politecnico di Milano
Andrea Pozzi
- Head of sales
Sebastiano Marchesi
- Head of operations
Stefano Colombo
- Head of technology
Stefano Bertoli
- Partner
Impact, measured against the SDGs.
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda are the reference against which we qualify the environmental and social contribution of each technology in the portfolio.
SDG 01No poverty
SDG 02Zero hunger
SDG 03Good health and well-being
SDG 04Quality education
SDG 05Gender equality
SDG 06Clean water and sanitation
SDG 07Affordable and clean energy
SDG 08Decent work and economic growth
SDG 09Industry, innovation and infrastructure
SDG 10Reduced inequalities
SDG 11Sustainable cities and communities
SDG 12Responsible consumption and production
SDG 13Climate action
SDG 14Life below water
SDG 15Life on land
SDG 16Peace, justice and strong institutions
SDG 17Partnerships for the goals
The Sustainable Development Goals icons are official United Nations material, reproduced for informational purposes only in accordance with the UN guidelines. Innovation Factory is not an entity of the United Nations system, nor is it affiliated with it: the use of the icons does not imply the endorsement by the United Nations of Innovation Factory, its activities or the technologies in its portfolio.
Code of ethics
We work with confidential information, undisclosed technologies and the strategic decisions of our partners. For this reason we adopt written rules governing the way we operate.
Document being drafted
Structure in preparation · subject to validation
- 01
Integrity and transparency
The criteria by which we present technologies, costs and readiness levels.
- 02
Confidentiality
The handling of non-public innovations and partner information.
- 03
Sustainable impact
The environmental and social criteria guiding the selection of innovations.
- 04
Conflicts of interest
The management of relations between those who propose and those who adopt an innovation.
The full text will be published in this section. For information on the way we operate, the team is at your disposal.
Contact
Let us assess the strategic fit together.
Share your organisation's development objectives. We will provide a transparent assessment of the contribution we can make.