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Interview to Renzo Lorenzi, research and development manager.<\/strong><\/p>\n What is the prospective for the company\u2019s development and growth?<\/em> Which are the emerging technologies in this field?<\/em> How much does Calpeda invest in innovation?<\/em> Interview to Renzo Lorenzi, research and development manager. What is the prospective for the company\u2019s development and growth? There is enormous ferment taking place.\u00a0 Never as today has there…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3720],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-28391","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-ie"},"yoast_head":"\n
\nThere is enormous ferment taking place.\u00a0 Never as today has there been such moment for a technological challenge.\u00a0 The field has gone from combining production and quality to the phase of commercial development and successively to that of marketing, where the importance of image and that of capturing the needs of the market, were fully comprehended.
\nNow research is the priority.\u00a0 It is true that we are undergoing an Asian \u201clow price\u201d competition, although the real challenge is technology.<\/p>\n
\nInternational regulations impose energy saving.\u00a0 This can be achieved with motors that consume less and with research in hydraulics in order to obtain higher efficiency.
\nDeadlines are set from 2013 and 2015, although Calpeda is already peremptorily driving in both directions.
\nAs far as electrical motors, the first deadline was June 16th 2011 and all motors were improved for this first deadline, even though this was simply a first step towards further goals.\u00a0 Furthermore, regarding hydraulic specifications, most of the rotating pumps and one piece units have been revised.<\/p>\n
\nCalpeda has counteracted towards the technological challenge investing 10% of its resources in research and development and, even in a moment of crisis as 2009, this division has never been set aside.
\nThere cannot be delays as far as research in a time when arriving first is priority.\u00a0 It is for this reason that, in order to protect our achievements, we have purposely structured a patent office.
\nOur competitors are multinational groups, as much a 20 times our size; and despite this, we remain competitive.\u00a0 The reason for this is that we have comprehended the importance of being present where future challenges and standards are being established, as in Europump (The European Organization of Pump Constructors).\u00a0 The best minds in the North Eastern part of Italy have been introduced to international research teams; we cooperate with the Department of Mechanics and Electronic Engineering of the University of Padua; and we are supported by technical offices abroad as well as by our research and development centre in India.
\nUp to now, many interesting ideas have emerged that permit us to compete with entities that are much larger than us.
\nWhat do you see in the future of the field?
\nMany steps ahead have been taken, although I believe that we must expect some surprises.\u00a0 Research in fact does not mean operating only with consolidated technologies; it means opening our prospective to invention and to intuition that should have influence on all fields, on the materials use, and on the production we conduct.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"