Our history

Innovhub - Stazioni Sperimentali per l'Industria s.r.l. is the result of the merger of five Special Agencies of the Milan Chamber of Commerce, four of which former "Stazioni sperimentali per l'industria" (research and testing organizations under the authority of the Ministry of Industry), and continues to count on the skills and experiences of each of them. Today it is a limited liability company wholly owned by the Chamber of Commerce of Milan MonzaBrianza Lodi.

1896
1896

Establishment of Stazione Sperimentale Carta, Cartoni e Paste per Carta (SSCCP), a research and testing organization serving the paper industry which arose from the initiative of the industrialists of the paper sector as a laboratory for the control and evaluation of raw materials and finished products.

1904
1904

Establishment of Stazione Sperimentale per le Industrie degli Oli e dei Grassi (SSOG), a research and testing organization serving the industry of oil, fatty substances and derivatives which arose from the initiative of several industrial associations, the Milan Polytechnic University and others with the aim of promoting the technical advancement of the reference industrial sectors.

1923
1923

Establishment of Stazione Sperimentale per la Seta (SSS), a research and testing organization originally serving the silk industry then the whole textile/clothing sector.

1940
1940

Establishment of Stazione Sperimentale per i Combustibili (SSC), a research and testing organization which arose from the spin-off of the Fuels Laboratory from the Milan Polytechnic's Industrial Chemistry Department.

1987
1987

Establishment of the Euro Info Centre of the Chamber of Commerce of Milan, created to provide information services and technical assistance on EU legislation and funding issues.

2008
2008

Establishment of Innovhub as an evolution of the Euro Info Center to continue the original mission, as well as integrate its activities with a series of services aimed at transnational technology transfer, promoting and favouring the involvement of local companies in EU research and development projects and participation in trade fairs in Europe and around the world.

2011
2011

Establishment of Innovhub - Stazioni Sperimentali per l'Industria as the result of the merger of Innovhub (former Euro Info Centre), Stazione Sperimentale per i Combustibili (SSC), Stazione Sperimentale per Carta, Cartoni e Paste per Carta (SSCCP), Stazione Sperimentale per la Seta (SSS), Stazione Sperimentale per le industrie degli Oli e dei Grassi (SSOG).