Designing and manufacturing complete systems with an end-to-end approach requires, besides a set of focused technical skills, a “system-oriented” vision, and the ability to manage and put together complementary competences from various fields. It is unpractical, or even impossible, to put together all necessary elements within a single organization. For this reason, one of our qualfying abilites is the capability to work together with qualified partners with complementary skills, that sometimes may be quite different from our own ones.

For the above reasons, we at ISE consider our external collaborators and partners as a fundamental asset of our Organization, and we maintain close and constant relationships with our business partners.

If our best attention is devoted to our customers and clients, which drive all the efforts directed to the improvement of our set of products and services, our ambition is always directed at establishing effective and durable relationships with all our partners, including suppliers, service providers, and subcontractors.
When working with our Customers, our efforts are always directed at understanding at best their overall needs, in such a way to support their objectives in the best possible way. For this reason, we like to consider ourselves as "Partners" more than as simple "Suppliers".
When working with our partners, our commitment is always to grow a common experience and knowledge, in such a way to improve our overall ability to face the global Market challenges.

Some of our Most Important Customers:

• Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei S.p.A. (WASS)
  
  WASS is a Leader at an International level in Design and Manufacture of Underwater and Marine Warfare Equipment and Systems.

On behalf of WASS, ISE designs and manufactures integrated solutions of microprocessor equipment and systems for real-time control of underwater weapon systems and countermeasures. The highest design and manufacturing standards are used, to ensure the highest reliability and suitability for employment in harsh environment for extremely demanding application. System software is designed, tested and documented according to structured criteria, to ensure highest reliability and easy upgradability and maintainability..

• AnsaldoBreda S.p.A.
  
  (Finmeccanica Group). AnsaldoBreda is the leading Italian Manufacturer of Rolling Stock, and a well known provider of Complete Advanced Transportation Systems. AnsaldoBreda is one of the world global players in this field.
  ISE has been working with Breda Ferroviaria since its incorporation, and after the merging between Breda S.p.A. and Ansaldo, ISE has kept its strategical position of supplier of custom Microprocessor equipment for Diagnostic, Communication and on board Plant Automation for Rolling Stock.
  
  
  

Some of our Industrial Partners

Year after year, ISE has established a series of collaborations with industrial partners, aimed at the development of innovative products and services with a high content of electronic and information technologies.
We list hereunder some of the most significant partnerships established in this respect:

• Soatec srl.
  
  SOATEC srl is an academic spin off of the Department of Organic and Industrial Chemistry of University of Parma.  Incorporated in early 2003, it is committed to the development, production and commercialization of Products and Services based on the so-called "Artificial Olfactory System" (SOA) technology, in order to answer specific requirements from its customers.
  MISSION: "To develop and to Artificial Olfactory System solutions, able to simulate the human perception, and guaranteeing stability and instrumental reproduction.
  To satisfy moreover the necessity of qualification and characterization of products from the point of view of their Olfactory and Organoleptic Properties".
  

• Sider Sistem srl
  
  Sider Sistem operates in Piombino (LI), close to the one of biggest industrial area for steel production and processing in Italy, and produces measuring systems and tools for continuous casting plants and systems.
  
  
  

Public Entities, Organizations and Research Institutions

ISE keeps constant and close relationships with Public Entities and Organizations working in the fields of Research, Technology Transfer, promotion of Innovation and Economic Development in general, operating in the same area.
Maintaining continuous relationships with partners having an insitutional role in complementary areas is a fundamental part of ISE strategy for a better exploitation of its basic competences and capabilities. This enables to gather information from many complementary areas, to better exploit the potentialities of the territory and of the local economy, as well as to put together different viewpoints, that contribute to the innovation process both at technical and management levels.

• Unione Industriale Pisana
  
  ISE adheres to the “Association among Industrial Companies of Pisa province”, which in turn is part of the National Association (Confindustria). The latter represents and promotes interests of Industrial business, both at a local and national level.

ISE is an active member of the group of “Innovative Tertiary Industries” (the so-called ATA group), and contributes in many ways to the various initiatives promoted by the Association.

• University of Pisa
  
  ISE undertakes collaborations with several Departments and Institutes of University of Pisa. Among them, the Department of Information Technologies, the “Centro Enrico Piaggio”, the Department of Physics. Activities are conducted both on a didactic and on a technical level, with the activation of stages, training programmes, as well as Research Contracts on specific subjects.
  
  
  

• University of Parma – Organic & Industrial Chemistry Department
  
  The Organic & Industrial Chemistry Department of University of Parma supported ISE for the set up and validation of the ISENOSE Artificial Olfactory Device. Its long expertise in the use of various Artificial Olfactory techniques was of the essence for the definition of Instrumental Configurations, and for the set up and validation of the operation protocols and conditions. ISE and the working group of Prof.Enrico Dal Canale at University of Parma continuously undertake R&D activities aimed at improving the existing tools and technologies.
  
  

• Scientific and Technological Area of Navacchio (Cascina-Pisa)
  
  The so-called “Polo Scientifico e Tecnologico” di Navacchio is an integrated infrastructure promoted by Comune di Cascina and Provincia di Pisa, with the support of European Commission and of the Italian Government, aimed at facilitating the localization and development of small industries in the area.
  ISE cooperates with “Polo di Navacchio” both on specific projects for industrial development and technological research, and for supporting and promoting contacts and collaborations among small industries in the area.