DALLARA GROUP SRL

Their core work

Dallara is an Italian automotive engineering company based in Varano de' Melegari, specializing in high-performance racing car chassis and advanced composite structures for motorsport (Formula 2, Formula 3, IndyCar, Formula E) and road-legal supercars. Their core expertise is carbon fibre composite design, aerodynamics, and vehicle dynamics — skills increasingly applied to lightweight mobility and advanced materials research. In H2020, they participated as a third party in the Graphene Flagship, contributing industrial know-how on integrating 2D materials into composite structures. They bridge fundamental materials science and real-world high-performance engineering.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In 2018-2020 (GrapheneCore2) Dallara's involvement spanned the full breadth of graphene applications — composites, energy, electronics, photonics, sensors, biomedical — reflecting the Flagship's broad exploratory phase. From 2020 onwards, their participation narrowed toward 2D materials and pilot-line manufacturing (GrapheneCore3, 2D-EPL), signalling a shift from basic research exposure to industrial scale-up. The trajectory is clearly from exploring what graphene can do toward making graphene components at production scale.

Moving from exploratory materials research toward industrial pilot production of graphene-enhanced composites for high-performance applications.

How they like to work

Dallara joins very large pan-European consortia exclusively as a third party, meaning they contribute specific industrial expertise without taking on coordination or core partner responsibilities. With 219 unique partners across 21 countries in just three projects, they sit inside one of Europe's largest research networks — the Graphene Flagship. Approach them for specific composite and mobility integration expertise, not consortium leadership.

Embedded in the Graphene Flagship ecosystem with 219 partners across 21 countries, giving them deep exposure to Europe's leading graphene research institutions. The network is concentrated in Western and Northern European research clusters typical of FET Flagship projects.

What sets them apart

Dallara is rare in the graphene research space: a world-class motorsport engineering firm with genuine expertise in carbon fibre composites and high-performance vehicle structures. While most Graphene Flagship industrial partners come from electronics or chemistry, Dallara brings the demanding application context of racing — where weight, stiffness, and reliability are tested at the limit. Partners wanting to validate graphene composites in the most aggressive real-world mechanical environment should talk to them.

Highlights from their portfolio

• 2D-EPL
  The Graphene Flagship's experimental pilot line — Dallara's participation signals direct interest in production-grade 2D material manufacturing for industrial use.
• GrapheneCore3
  Third instalment of the flagship core project, where Dallara sustained involvement as 2D materials moved toward commercial maturity.
• GrapheneCore2
  Dallara's entry point into EU graphene research, covering the widest spectrum of potential applications including composites and sensors.