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Pirelli, Milan university renew €1.5m joint lab research programme

Milan, Italy – Pirelli & C. SpA and the University of Milan have extended their partnership for another three years, signing an agreement to work on developing innovative materials and technologies for sustainable tires.

The Italian tire maker announced 24 Nov that within the context of the €1.5 million project, the two parties will work on use of nano charges to produce tires with low environmental impact.

The two institutions will work on development areas for products and cyber technologies, including noise reduction, aquaplaning resistance and tire aerodynamics.

They will also work on mathematical models for chips within ‘cyber tires’ to gather data for intelligent control of vehicles and development of other services that add extra value.

The research will also look into development of innovative materials that can protect tires from ageing, said Pirelli, which started its partnership with Politecnico University in 2011.

Commenting on the agreement, Marco Tronchetti Provera, executive vice chairman and CEO Pirelli said the challenges that the tire and automotive industries are going through were getting “increasingly bigger.”

“We are experiencing a period of unprecedented transformation where automation and connectivity are king,” he said, explaining the reason for close cooperation with research bodies.