With the AISME (Artificial Intelligence for Small-Medium Enterprises) project, UNILOCK wins funding from the Lombardy Region's Call for Research&Innova and signs a partnership with Prometeo srl for the application of new business models
Milan, Oct. 31 - Unilock srl, a Milan-based company with a strong innovative character that has been developing clamping solutions for CNC machine tools since 1985, with its AISME (Artificial Intelligence for Small-Medium Enterprises) project, has been awarded the Bando Ricerca&Innova funding from the Lombardy Region and has chosen Prometeo Srl for technological development.
The partnership will enable the use of state-of-the-art systems in the field of GenAI atraction through which predictive maintenance has become even more accurate and reliable, allowing complex anomalies to be identified and intervention times to be optimized, thus reducing maintenance costs and downtime.
Unilock srl chose Prometeo Srl as the Italian excellence in Generative AI that was selected first by the Region of Tuscany and then by Innovit among the Italian excellences in the field of Generative AI for an acceleration path in Silicon Valley - in December 2023 and March 2024 - where it confronted both the big players in the Information Technology market and the startups developing the most advanced AI applications. Prometeo Srl's unwavering commitment to innovation and the quality of the technological solutions it is able to offer guarantee Unilock and AISME (Artificial Intelligence for Small-Medium Enterprises) the support it needs to take place.
Over the past five years, Unilock Ltd. has embarked on a development path that has led it to operate according to the Industry 4.0 model, integrating state-of-the-art robotic systems and multitasking machine tools into its shopfloor.
"Unilock wants to further develop its path toward Industry 4.0 and 5.0. The development of an Artificial Intelligence approach consolidates the company's vision of innovation in the tradition of Italian mechanics, as is now confirmed in our forty years of activity," says Umberto Crosti , Administrator of Unilock srl.
"This is an important achievement for Unilock," says Valerio Grassi, Innovation Manager Unilock srl.
- which in fact was listed among the 39 Lombard companies that will have financial support to develop innovative products and strategies according to the Lombardy Region's "Ricerca e Innova" call for proposals. The AISME ( Artificial Intelligence for Small-Medium Enterprises) project was evaluated among those eligible for the facilitation with an excellent twenty-fifth place out of 73 projects presented throughout the Lombardy ecosystem. For me it is extremely stimulating to be the Project Leader of such an innovative project that moreover is declined in an SME that represents the typical example of Italian innovation and entrepreneurial spirit. We have found in Prometeo a reliable partner with broad expertise that I am sure will lead us to fully achieve the expected results."
"For Prometeo srl," says Giulio Ancilli, CEO of Prometeo srl, "being Unilock's partner of choice in this project is another step forward in the synergy between Italian companies and in the application of the advanced technology we are already able to bring to our country.
UNILOCK
Since 1985 Unilock has been a staple in the world of precision mechanics, an excellence in our sector. It has been collaborating with Italian and foreign companies since its origins, thanks to the experience, gained over the years, of its founder Umberto Crosti.Since the 1990s, Unilock has been filing patents and trademarks, standing out in particular for its dedication in the area of research and development. Since 2018, the Electronics Division has become the company's technology spin-off, under the name of Atlas Advanced Technologies, the section that develops IoT systems, consulting and training for the world of Industry 4.0.
PROMETEO
Prometeo srl is an Innovative SME from Siena selected by Innovit as one of the Italian excellences in the field of Generative AI. This prestigious recognition testifies to the constant commitment to innovation and the quality of the technological solutions proposed. Selection by Innovit underscores the company's role as a pioneer in the adoption and development of advanced technologies driving the future of artificial intelligence. Founded in the 1990s from a Spinoff of the University of Siena, today it collaborates with leading domestic and foreign academies and research centers spanning different fields of application. One of its latest projects - MAS - gave it access to the world's fourth most powerful computer in terms of computational capacity, the Leonardo supercomputer.
