SPECIALIZED TRAINING
The Synergy Between University and Industry Enables the Integration of Technology, Innovation, and Research for a Sustainable Future Consolidating the close relationship between the industry and academia helps to build the foundations for a more sustainable future: an example of this is the seminar held by Alessandro Soba from Verind Spa for the Politecnico di Milano’s teaching course in Advanced Organic Coatings.
M
ay 2022 saw the end of the second semester of the Master’s
of nanotechnology, have also had the opportunity to meet a few
Degree in Materials Engineering and Nanotechnology at the
companies from the surface finishing industry.
Politecnico di Milano, Italy’s leading university for technical
The seminar held in English by Alessandro Soba from Verind S.p.A. (Dürr
and scientific education and one of the top fifteen universities in the QS
Group) for the Advanced Organic Coatings class was a concrete example
World University Rankings in the Engineering & Technology category .
of the interaction between students and businesses.
The students of this course, aimed at training new technicians with a
Thanks to videos showing surface coating lines for the automotive
broad spectrum of knowledge in the fields of production, processing,
and general industry sectors and presentations of specific equipment
and application of materials as well as in the more innovative field
for automatic and manual painting, several topics related to
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view to sustainability, efficiency, and process digitalisation.
