BROWSE THROUGH OUR TRADE FAIRS IN PARMA FOR EMBEDDED SYSTEMS INDUSTRY

Parma is among the leading urban centres of the Italian embedded systems industry. This is due to the city featuring a comprehensive and high-value ES sector. It is part of the Emilia Romagna ICT cluster, one of the country’s leading industry-related regions. It comprises over 4 500 ICT companies, including more than 1 000 start-ups. They represent the entire value chain. This includes the embedded systems sector. This results in the employment of more than 30 200 specialists, including embedded software and hardware engineers. It also results in a market segment that is of significant value. For example, in recent years, the Emilia-Romagna ICT market has reached a value of 3 500 000 000 EUR. The cluster is additionally among the significant innovation hubs of the Italian ICT and ES industries. This is due to the region’s chief focus on research and development. For example, in recent years, the cluster has invested 200 000 000 EUR through more than 12 200 R&D projects. This includes the Parma tech hub, one of the leading technological hubs of the cluster which comprises six research centres that organise and host projects that often exceed 830 000 EUR. One such example is the most recent project of the University of Parma’s Future Technology Lab. Often, the cluster and its sectors, including the ES segment, display their latest innovations during trade expos. This includes annual expositions hosted in Parma. Such events attract tens of thousands of attendees to the city.