Brescia, 19th November 2019 – A framework agreement has been signed between the Camozzi Group and the University of Brescia for the realisation of a 1st Level Master Degree called "Sustainable and Smart Automation". The agreement has been signed by Prof. Maurizio Tira, Chancellor of the University, and Lodovico Camozzi, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Camozzi Group.

The University of Brescia, with its postgraduate programs, and the Camozzi Group, with its Academy programs, will launch a Master Degree that aims at providing both the knowledge and the skills of the Smart and Sustainable Industry, with a special focus on innovative materials. It will also be addressed to the use of fast prototyping and efficiency systems, innovative control systems, new machine monitoring systems and smart automation components.

The Master will take place inside the didactic structures of the University and will benefit from the technical and practical skills of the Camozzi Academy. This postgraduate programme will strengthen an already productive partnership, that throughout the years has allowed many university graduates to enter the Camozzi Group, becoming some of the most active collaborators.

The Master is part of the program of the SMAE Higher Education School of the University of Brescia. It will be introduced into the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department. It will be coordinated by Director Prof. Rodolfo Faglia and supported by two other members of the Board of Directors: Prof. Claudio Carnevale (University of Brescia) and Dr. Mauro Chiodo (Camozzi Automation S.p.A.).

The Camozzi Group is a global leader in the production of systems and components for industrial automation and it continues to create innovation in a process of development towards smart manufacturing, energy efficiency and the use of innovative materials. Continuous research and technological development are the basis of the Corporate strategy, together with the contribution of MARC, the Mechatronic Application Research Center, fully dedicated to technological research, and Camozzi Digital. Their combination allows to combine industrial and digital skills, thus offering products and services of a high added value.

The Master Degree

The Master Degree is structured according to the national legislation and to the regulations of the University of Brescia. It is recognised as a 1st level Master degree with international validity (60 educational credits).

It will start next March and it will last 12 months, for a total amount of 1.500 hours. The 450 hours of internship will take place in the research centers and in the companies of the Camozzi Group. The Master Degree is intended for 20 graduate students, both with a bachelor or a master degree.

The subjects are: Components for industrial automation (developed by Camozzi Academy professionals), Additive manufacturing, Systems and model based design, Polymeric and elastomeric materials (plastic rubbers), Advanced materials, Artificial intelligence, Predictive maintenance and efficiency analysis and Efficiency Improvement / Plant management.

At the end of the year, some students will be offered a collaboration at one of the Camozzi Group research centers / technical offices.

Throughout the years the Camozzi Group has developed its own Academy with the aim to support  the evolution and the growth of the Group around the world.  The development of innovative training programs ensure that Camozzi’s employees are always at the leading edge of the technological progress in all fields. Through the Academy, the Group is able to share the effects of the fourth industrial revolution in global manufacturing with its stakeholders, as well as the main technologies that are being developed (from artificial intelligence to interconnection and digitisation of productive processes).   

Through the Academy, the Group is able to share the effects of the fourth industrial revolution in global manufacturing with its stakeholders, as well as the main technologies that are being developed (from artificial intelligence to interconnection and digitisation of productive processes).

Maurizio Tira, Chancellor of the University of Brescia, said: "The 1^st level Master Degree in "Sustainable and smart automation” is focused on a branch of technological innovation within the fields of training and research of our University, such as the Department of Computer Engineering and the Departments of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, evidenced by the many projects financed by the degree programs and the third mission initiatives regarding Industry 4.0 and intelligent manufacturing. The aim of the master is the training of competent professionals in line with the technological and organisational changes of production systems, but also the development of innovative and sustainable business strategy models, which strengthen the link with the territory".

Lodovico Camozzi, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Camozzi Group, said: "We are very proud of this important partnership and training agreement with the University of Brescia: every year it prepares new students for the changes of the worldwide industrial revolution.. Thanks to this agreement students will have the opportunity to work in our Research Center in Milan, Via Rubattino, which represents the heart of our Group's R&D and Training department. They will also have the chance to test special automatic machines, maximizing the use of collaborative robotics within our production lines, as well as  of the additive manufacturing process. I am sure that this partnership will allow new talents to be trained and innovative projects to be delivered".

The new telescope will have a resolving power ten times greater than today’s leading global telescopes

• Ingersoll will produce the huge 1,300 ton precision steel optical support structure which will allow frictionless movement made possible thanks to the Camozzi Group’s highly advanced, globally recognized hydrostatic technology
• In total this is a 135 million dollar investment, the biggest realized to date by GMTO. The contract was won following a 2-year global tendering process. Over the next 9 years GMTO, MT Mechatronics and Ingersoll Machine Tools will work together to deliver the 1,300 ton steel structure, which is due to be delivered to Chile by the end of 2025, ready for mirrors to be installed in 2028.
• The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) is the result of the collaboration of 12 of the world’s leading universities and scientific institutes and it is planned to become operational in 2029 following its construction in the Chilean desert. Funding for the project comes from the partner institutions, governments and private donors
• The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) will significantly advance our knowledge and understanding of the universe through the study of planets beyond the solar system in the search for signs of life and the study of black holes and dark energy. The GMT will have a resolving power ten times greater than today’s leading global telescopes and could make discoveries that will change the view of our place in the Universe

Lodovico Camozzi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Camozzi Group, stated: “We are delighted that we will be working on the creation of an exclusive scientific and revolutionary system for studying the deep cosmos. The project fills us all in Camozzi with pride and is an inspiration to us. We are also very pleased at having been selected in a tender involving the world’s leading groups”.

30 October 2019 – Brescia – The Italian Group Camozzi, through its fully owned subsidiary Ingersoll Machine Tools headquartered in Rockford (Illinois), has entered into an agreement in conjunction with MT Mechatronics, located in Mainz (Germany) - with GMTO, the organization managing   the development of the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) on behalf of its US and international founders, to build the telescope’s steel precision structure.

The GMT is a 24.5 meter (80-ft) diameter next-generation giant optical-infrared observatory that will  explore the frontiers of astronomy, seeking forms of life beyond our solar system and capable of changing the history of space exploration.

Ingersoll Machine Tools together with MT Mechatronics will design and manufacture the 1,300- ton precision mechanism, known as the “telescope structure” that holds the GMT’s optics which will smoothly track celestial targets as they move across the sky. The telescope will be designed by MT Mechatronics and manufactured, assembled, and tested by Ingersoll before being shipped to, and installed at, the GMT observatory site high in the remote Chilean Andes.

The telescope structure contract will require nine years of effort by a large workforce of engineers, designers,

metal workers, and machinists and have total value of $ 135 million.

“Manufacturing the telescope structure is one of the biggest steps we will take on our journey to building the

Giant Magellan Telescope “, said Dr. Robert N. Shelton, GMTO President.

 “We selected Ingersoll Machine Tools and MT Mechatronics for their commitment to quality, extensive experience with astronomical telescopes and abilities to manufacture complex precision structures, following a two-year global competition”, added Dr. James Fanson, GMTO Project Manager.

The structure of the telescope will hold the seven giant mirrors of the GMT in position as they bring the light of distant stars and galaxies into focus so that they can be analyzed by the scientific instrumentation built into the telescope. The mirrors, the largest in the world, have been produced by the Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab of the University of Arizona. The structure of the telescope, complete with mirrors and all instrumentation, will weigh 2,100 tons and will float on a 50 microns thick (2 thousandths of an inch) oil film which will ensure frictionless movement to offset the earth’s rotation and follow the celestial bodies in their paths across the sky.  This “hydrostatic” technology was patented several years ago by INNSE, a Camozzi Group company, renowned throughout the world for this technology. With its unique design the GMT will have a resolving power 10 times greater than the Hubble Space Telescope in the infra-red section of the spectrum.

“It will be a special day when the GMT’ telescope structure is completed and placed in service in Chile, as part of one of the most complicated and fascinating projects that the world scientific community has ever undertaken”, said Chip Storie, CEO of Ingersoll Machine Tools.

The contract between GMTO, Ingersoll Machine Tools and MT Mechatronics will involve nine years of work and 1,300 tons of structural steel and the structure is expected to be delivered to Chile at the end of 2025 and be ready to accept mirrors in 2028.

The Giant Magellan Telescope

 The Giant Magellan Telescope is a next-generation ground-based telescope that promises to revolutionize our understanding and view of the universe. The GMT is poised to enable breakthrough discoveries in cosmology, the study of black holes, dark matter, dark energy, and the search for life beyond our solar system. The telescope’s primary mirror combines seven 8.4-meter (27 feet) diameter circular segments to form an effective aperture 24.5 meters in diameter. The GMT will be located at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert and the project is the work of a distinguished international consortium of leading universities and science institutions.

Information about the GMT Organization (GMTO)

GMTO manages the GMT project on behalf of its international founders:

Arizona State University, Astronomy Australia Ltd., The Australian National University, Carnegie Institution for Science, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Harvard University, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Smithsonian Institution, Texas A&M University, The University of Arizona, The University of Chicago and The University of Texas at Austin.

Started from September 12, 2019, Fausto Villa – collaborator of  Camozzi Group – has been appointed President of the new FEDERTEC Association.

FEDERTEC is the national association resulting from the merger of ASSIOT and Assofluid. It represents the Italian industry operating in Mechatronics Technologies for Fluid Power, Industrial Components, Power Transmission, Control and Smart Automation of Industrial Products and Processes. The total amount of the industrial sector reaches more than 12 Billion Euros.

Camozzi Group is proud of the trust FEDERTEC associates have granted to Fausto Villa and wish him to be a successful support for the Association in achieving relevant goals.

A framework agreement for scientific collaboration has been signed by Lodovico Camozzi, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Camozzi Group, and Professor Ferruccio Resta, Dean of the Polytechnic University of Milan. Camozzi is an international group active in industrial automation, machine tools, textile machinery and raw materials processing.

Under the agreement both organisations will combine resources and skills to develop common research and training initiatives. The aim is to seize opportunities created by industrial digitalisation and collaborative robotics to develop smart solutions and innovative production processes.

The agreement is structured along three main lines:

• Maximising the use of collaborative robots on Camozzi’s own production lines, from component assembly to communication with the company’s MES for the optimisation of layouts and scheduling. Special attention will be given to intelligent task planning and the analysis of robot and operator interaction;
• Development of components, sensors and software for Industry 4.0 (I4.0) applications;
• Study and analysis of additive manufacturing processes.

Students and researchers from the university will operate from the Camozzi Research Centre in Milan, a new state-of-the-art facility with 3000sqm of industrial space and 3600sqm of offices and laboratories that has been created within Innse Milano – a Camozzi Group company. They will develop common study and research programmes and also seek to broaden the scientific horizons around these fields. Camozzi will also conduct research in many of its group companies around the world.

Camozzi Automation manufactures intelligent Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) components and already uses collaborative robots in its production systems. Under the agreement, it will focus on advancing intelligent components and I4.0 technologies for future production processes, along with the field testing of man-machine collaboration.

In relation to additive manufacturing, Ingersoll Machine Tools – an American company of the Camozzi Group – will build on its already considerable experience in producing 3D printing machines for use with the innovative materials used in aerospace, navigation, power generation and large scale industrial plants and infrastructure.

For the university Ferruccio Resta says: “The relationship between the Polytechnic University of Milan and business is strengthened today through this agreement with the Camozzi Group, a leading partner in Italy and worldwide in the field of industrial automation. Camozzi represents for our university an excellent example of a company that invests in research, promotes digital innovation processes within the production system and offers a unique opportunity to our students and researchers in a modern laboratory. With this collaboration our university will advance with some of the best skills sets in the region to achieve common development and growth goals.”

Lodovico Camozzi explains: “We are very proud of this important agreement with the Polytechnic University of Milan. It is of great strategic importance to our Group and ensures continuous progress both in the research and the design of production models based on the connection between physical and digital systems. It is a goal that can only be achieved through sharing our consolidated know-how of industrial processes and our continuous investment in technological content, with the important innovation cues that Politecnico’s work-teams will bring, to outline a development path towards 4.0 Manufacturing.”

The agreement between the Dean of the Polytechnic University of Milan and thre President of the Camozzi Group

Today at ITMA in Barcelona Marzoli - A Company of Camozzi Group - and the Cotton & Textile Industries Holding Company of the Egyptian Government have signed the agreement for the supply of Marzoli textile solutions to renewing the Holding Company’s spinning equipments plants.

The first meeting between Marzoli and the Holding Company took place in Cairo on April 15, 2019 with the presence of the President of Arab Republic of Egypt Mr Abdel Fattah al-Sisi

The project - financed by the Lombardy Region within the Research and Innovation Agreements framework - relies on various technological application keys in various operational contexts:

• Smart components that self-diagnose their health
• Smart machines that generate data to analyse their status, predict future behaviours and regulate themselves
• Smart devices that facilitate human-machine interaction
• Smart factories equipped with monitoring and tracking system (connected factory)

Partners

The project leader is Cosberg, the partners involved are: Camozzi Automation (Smart component group); Politecnico di Milano (Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering and Department of Management Engineering); University of Brescia and Bergamo; CNR-STIIMA (Institute of Industrial Systems and Technologies for Advanced Manufacturing) and other leading companies for innovation.

Smart4CPPS shares the mission with the partners to:

• create a regional ecosystem of excellence that is a concrete expression of the Smart Factory concept
• transform Lombardy into a hub for digitisation processes for Small and Medium Enterprises.

The sectors involved are the manufacture of metal products - which covers 17% of regional manufacturing - the manufacture of plants and equipment - about 4% of regional VA - and the textile industry.

Smart4CPPs was launched in March 2017 and will end in September 2020.

The single Camozzi Automation distribution centre for Italy and Europe operates from Palazzolo Sull'Oglio (Brescia) in Via Sant'Alberto 10. Production coming from the two production plants of Lumezzane and Polpenazze also flow into the new logistics hub. Near the main freight forwarders, the A4 motorway and the Orio al Serio airport, the Hub provides a direct, widespread, rapid, punctual and efficient supply service. There are also numerous advantages for the network of our distributors who can guarantee their customers quick deliveries.

Lodovico Camozzi, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Camozzi Group, commented during the inauguration:

"This strategic investment, worth around €9 million, aims to make the logistics sector a competitive advantage, thanks to more efficient use of space and rationalisation of the internal layout, with positive repercussions in terms of employment. It will also allow us to provide our customers with a direct, widespread, rapid, punctual and efficient supply service ".

Intelligent automatic systems

The system operates in a single shift, as it is managed by the previous warehouses with the use of triple shifts, to respond flexibly to today's market logic, which is increasingly based on streamlined production in small lots and on parcel shipments.

The distinctive feature is the innovative Cuby system by SSI Schaefer, the first installation in Italy, powered by Artificial Intelligence Models. This technology involves the use of as many shuttles as there are shelf levels, offering a handling capacity 3-4 times higher than the traditional single SRM machine.

The heart of the system is the WMS warehouse management software - integrated with the SAP company ERP - which guides the operators in promptly processing orders, and minimising the risk of error.