Fedrigoni to open an Innovation Centre dedicated to premium papers
The Fedrigoni Group, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of special papers for luxury packaging and other creative solutions, as well as of premium labels and self-adhesive materials, has chosen to push the research and development accelerator, with the opening, next September, of an “innovation house” for sustainable, recycled and recyclable premium papers and self-adhesive materials.
The large, large-scale hotel is located in Verona, Italy. Area of 3,000 square metresThe Customer Experience Centre, Customer Academy and FedLab incubator will be located at the Customer Academy.
Fedrigoni’s new Research Development & Innovation will be fully operational in the First quarter of 2024. The investment will allow for the centralisation, coordination and optimization of functions that were fragmented in Italy and Europe.
Four complementary areas
The Innovation Centre will be divided into four complementary areas.
First will house the group’s Research, Development & Innovation teamFedrigoni is the Italian partner for HP Indigo’s HP Indigo 7K digital press printer. The printer will be used for digital printing testing.
The second section will be dedicated to FedLab, the incubator- accelerator of new ideas to be transformed into highly sustainable products, services or processes, also through an ecosystem of best-in-class actors, partnerships and collaborations already in place with Italian and foreign universities and research centres such as the Universities of Milan, Naples and Pisa, the International Paper Engineering School of Grenoble Inp-Pagora and the Pulp and Paper Research & Technical Centre (CTP), companies and start-ups that will be able to work together in co-working spaces.
The third area will be the host of Customer Experience CentreFedrigoni offers different interactive and immersive experience paths. All visitors will be able design and configure their own product in real-time, whether they are investors or brands, graphic designers or printers. Through a crowdsourcing platform, anyone can contribute their ideas and insight to the development of innovative solutions.
Fourth, the area will be the host of the Customer AcademyThis is a centre of learning and training for all members of the Fedrigoni family – employees, customers, partners, and students.
