Rome, Oct. 11, 2021 – There is a lot of attention to the environment and sustainability in the digital products, projects and services, winners of the Top of the PID award, the national competition promoted by the Digital Enterprise Points (PIDs) of the Chambers of Commerce now in its third edition. There are those who have created 3D furniture elements from materials destined for incinerators; those who have invented a robot capable of controlling the painting of industrial artifacts, limiting energy consumption and the amount of paint used; those who have optimized the Logistics of automated Pickup Points so beloved by eCommerce addicts, to enable Proximity distribution; and those who have reinvented the ancient art of dyeing and washing garments, cutting down on the consumption of water, energy and chemicals.
These entrepreneurial ventures received the recognition put up for grabs by the PID network as part of Maker Faire Rome 2021, the digital and technology exhibition that concluded yesterday in Rome. Six enterprises won the coveted award in one of the following categories: sustainability; smart and advanced manufacturing; social; services, trade and tourism; and new business models 4.0. Three other enterprises, however, were given special mentions.
The winners were selected from 127 applications submitted by enterprises that used at least one of the many services offered by PIDs. “Services, Trade and Tourism” was the most popular category among participants, but “Sustainability” and “Social” also received numerous nominations.
The numbers of the PIDs
In more than four years, the Digital Enterprise Points have accompanied more than 400 thousand entrepreneurs toward digitalization: 200 thousand participated in the info-training courses, 36 thousand measured their digital maturity with the SELFI4.0 self-assessment test, 4,500 took advantage of ZOOM 4. 0, guided in-company assessment by a PID digitizer, about 6,000 benefited from a personalized guidance and referral service to other Network 4.0 actors, more than 176 thousand took advantage of one or more of the digital tools made available to PIDs such as guides, tutorials, information pills,
In 2020, Chambers of Commerce made more than 50 million available, receiving nearly 20,000 applications from businesses to purchase 4.0 training, technology and consulting, adding to the more than 60 million made available in past years.
The 6 winners of the Top of the PID Award.
Award category: New business models 4.0
Company name: GEL Proximity Srl (Milan, Italy)
Project name: GEL Proximity: the last mile becomes sustainable!
Project Description: GEL Proximity is the first platform entirely dedicated to Proximity Logistics. GEL technology offers tens of thousands of automated Pickup Points and Lockers allowing consumers to choose from multiple Proximity services across the country.
Award Category: Sustainability
Company name: SuperForma Srls (Milan)
Project name: Velaskello: let’s make recyclable recycled.
The project enables the recycling of PLA, a bio-based material that, due to the absence of a dedicated recycling chain for 3D printing waste, ends up being incinerated. The PLA brought back to life becomes Velaskello, a zero-waste stool printed with recycled PLA inspired by one of Milan’s symbols.
Award category: Intelligent and Advanced Manufacturing
Company name: Tekno Idea Srl (Pescara)
Project name: Robotic 4.0 system for quality control of surfaces of industrial artifacts
Project Description: CTRL+Paint is an advanced robotic system capable of detecting any defect on treated surfaces of industrial and non-industrial artifacts. The project is protected by Italian patent extended in the main industrialized countries of the world (Europe, USA, China, Russia, Japan). The solution is able to help the transition to more sustainable production models as the system leads to reduced energy consumption and waste of paints and other materials.
Award category: Social
Company Name: X23 Srl (Bergamo, Italy)
Project name: EU UNESCO4ALL TOUR
Project Description: Through the use of advanced technologies, sensors, 3D printing, and wearable devices, a widespread network of museums has made a sensational number of UNESCO art assets “visible and talking” with reproductions and audio guides based on the “talking objects” model.
Award category: Services, Commerce, Tourism
Company name: Replayer Srl (Genoa, Italy)
Project name: Replayer book-play-replay
Project Description: Replayer is an innovative project based on an App that aims to offer new ICT-based services for sportsmen and women in the amateur and youth world: online management and booking services of playing fields, video-recording services of games played, and ancillary services for managing and sharing their files with multimedia content.
Award category: Services, Commerce, Tourism
Company name: SAU Srl (Milan, Italy)
