Italian SME specializing in electrospinning, nanostructured coatings, and surface engineering for biomedical implants and robotic systems.
Linari Engineering is a Pisa-based SME specializing in advanced surface engineering and electrospinning technologies, with roots in dental implant manufacturing. They develop nanostructured coatings and surface modifications for biomedical applications, particularly using techniques like sol-gel, laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS), and electrospinning. More recently, they have expanded into soft robotics and bioinspired engineering, contributing materials and fabrication expertise to plant-inspired robotic systems.
NanoSurf focused on nanostructural surface development for implants; Nanofix developed miniature electrospinning for in-situ coating — both directly related to implant surface engineering.
Electrospinning appears as a core technique in NanoSurf and is the central technology of Nanofix (miniature electrospinning system for drone-based coating).
GrowBot project (their largest by funding at EUR 703k) focused on plant-inspired growing artefacts using soft materials and bioinspired robotics.
Nanofix, where Linari served as coordinator, developed a miniature electrospinning system specifically designed for drone-mounted in-situ coating.
Linari Engineering began with a clear biomedical focus — dental implant surfaces, zirconium-titanium alloys, and osseointegration enhancement through nanopatterning and sol-gel techniques (NanoSurf, 2018). By 2019, they pivoted toward a broader materials science scope, contributing to bioinspired soft robotics in GrowBot, their largest funded project. Their most recent project (Nanofix, 2021) bridges both worlds, applying their electrospinning core competency to an entirely new delivery mechanism — drone-mounted coating systems.
Linari is evolving from a biomedical surface specialist toward a versatile advanced materials and fabrication company, applying electrospinning expertise to increasingly unconventional use cases like drones and robotics.
Linari operates primarily as a specialist participant, joining larger consortia (18 unique partners across 11 countries) but also capable of leading — they coordinated Nanofix as a CSA project. Their mix of participant and coordinator roles suggests a company confident enough to lead smaller focused projects while contributing niche fabrication expertise to larger research efforts. Working with them likely means accessing hands-on manufacturing and prototyping capability rather than theoretical research.
Despite only 3 projects, Linari has built a surprisingly wide network of 18 partners across 11 countries, indicating they integrate well into diverse European consortia rather than relying on a narrow circle of repeat collaborators.
Linari occupies a rare niche at the intersection of advanced surface engineering and practical fabrication technology — they don't just research coatings, they build the systems that apply them. Their Nanofix project (drone-mounted electrospinning) shows an unusual willingness to take lab-scale techniques into field deployment. For consortium builders, they offer something hard to find: an SME that bridges nanomaterials science with real-world manufacturing and device integration.
