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Packaging machinery company seeks Robotics Startups

Deadline: November 2, 2019
IMA SpA is located in near Bologna, Italy with worldwide presence & operations.  Their business is machines for packaging coffee, tea, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals. The company sales are about 1.5B Euros. They have operations around the world. Customers include Unilever, Novartis, Bigelow.
 
The CTO is visiting MIT Nov 5 and 6.  He's interested in meeting robotics startups to improve their manufacturing process - reduce cost, increase speed, output.
 
Focus: robotics for repetitive tasks: mainly material feeding. Need to consider cost, speed, safety for operators working with robots. 
 
Things to know about this company:
- Past successes with MIT startup(s)
- Invested in MIT startup(s)
- They seem open to new ideas, and are looking to expand their capabilities.
- Open to working with MIT students or placing company personnel at MIT
 

In your response, please 

  • Explain concisely what you offer
  • Your match with the company above and their interest
  • Any relevant usecases / customer stories (can indicate industry/size if not ready to go public)
  • Your availability for the meetings (see above)
 
Questions? Please direct to beccax@mit.edu.
 
* Note this is a meeting opportunity, meaning there may or may not be a defined project as of the meeting.  The purpose of the meeting is mutual discovery: for you to learn about the company's problem and for them to learn about your products and services.  If there's mutual match, that could lead to more.  
 
Deadline: November 2, 2019
Posted on: September 28, 2018
Location: MIT
Industry: Manufacturing
Key Words:
computer vision, robotics, advanced manufacturing, packaging
IMA SpA is located in near Bologna, Italy with worldwide presence & operations.  Their business is machines for packaging coffee, tea, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals. The company sales are about 1.5B Euros. They have operations around the world. Customers include Unilever, Novartis, Bigelow.
 
The CTO is visiting MIT Nov 5 and 6.  He's interested in meeting robotics startups to improve their manufacturing process - reduce cost, increase speed, output.
 
Focus: robotics for repetitive tasks: mainly material feeding. Need to consider cost, speed, safety for operators working with robots. 
 
Things to know about this company:
- Past successes with MIT startup(s)
- Invested in MIT startup(s)
- They seem open to new ideas, and are looking to expand their capabilities.
- Open to working with MIT students or placing company personnel at MIT
 

In your response, please 

  • Explain concisely what you offer
  • Your match with the company above and their interest
  • Any relevant usecases / customer stories (can indicate industry/size if not ready to go public)
  • Your availability for the meetings (see above)
 
Questions? Please direct to beccax@mit.edu.
 
* Note this is a meeting opportunity, meaning there may or may not be a defined project as of the meeting.  The purpose of the meeting is mutual discovery: for you to learn about the company's problem and for them to learn about your products and services.  If there's mutual match, that could lead to more.  
 

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