INTECS has always placed great emphasis and commitment in Research and Development for study and experimentation of innovative technologies.in order to maintain up-to-date the knowledge acquired and to provide added-value support to its Customers.

These activities are carried out in collaboration with large Industries, SMEs and major Universities or Research Centres within national and European funding programs. Since the late '80s, in fact, INTECS has been participating in over 60 projects in European programs (European Community Framework Programmes, ARTEMIS, EUROSTARS, ESPRIT, …) as well as national or regional, on several occasions with the role coordinator.

Key elements of the innovation strategy pursued by INTECS are:

• the knowledge of the technology needs of integrators and end-users, operating in different application domains and markets, strengthened over time thanks to enduring partnership relations, and

• the continuous acquisition of methodological and technological innovations proposed by the academic community, gained through a close network of contacts with Universities or Research Centres.