Italcementi Group Inaugurates his Centre of Investigation and Innovation i.lab
18 April 2012
The inauguration of this singular building has been chaired by Corrado Clini, Italian minister of Environingingment, as well as by Giampiero Pesenti and Carlo Pesenti, president and CEO respectively of Italcementi Group. Equally, Mario Bracci, adviser delegated of FYM-Italcementi Group, also has had a presence stood out in the ceremony.
In the i.lab A team formed by 170 chemical –professionals, geólogos, engineers…–will develop the most innovative solutions of the sector of materials of construction. This emblematic building of 23.000 square metres constitutes a referent of the contemporary architecture, so much by the materials used –transparent cement or range of solutions autolimpiantes and descontaminantes– as by the principles of sustainability, integrating in the sustainable values of Italcementi Group.
For Carlo Pesenti, CEO of Italcementi Group, “from our origins does more than 140 years, the company always has stood out by his innovation, centred in developing processes of production more effective and sustainable that cover the needs of our customers and improve the quality of life of the community. The centre i.lab Is the fruit of this effort, that has turned us into an indisputable referent of the sector of materials of construction”.