POLLINI LORENZO E FIGLI SRL

Their core work

Pollini Lorenzo e Figli (trading as Autodemolizioni Pollini) is an Italian vehicle dismantling and automotive recycling company based in Bedizzole, in the Brescia industrial belt. Their core business is processing end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) — physically dismantling cars, recovering reusable parts and materials, and managing automotive waste streams according to regulatory requirements. They bring rare, hands-on operational expertise to EU research: they are not a lab or consultancy, but a company that handles real cars at the end of their life every day. In H2020 projects, they contribute as an industry practitioner, providing operational data, real-world testing environments, and practical grounding for circular economy concepts developed by research partners.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Both projects started within one year of each other (DigiPrime in 2020, TREASURE in 2021), so there is no long arc to trace — Pollini entered H2020 research late and concentrated its participation in a tight two-year window. What the data does show is a progression from broader digital circular economy platforms (DigiPrime, no automotive-specific keywords) toward a sharper automotive sector identity in TREASURE, where end-of-life vehicles, circular design, and car electronics become explicit themes. The trajectory, though short, points toward increasing specialization: starting as a generic circular economy industry partner and moving toward becoming a recognized ELV-sector practitioner in research consortia.

Pollini is moving toward deeper involvement in automotive circular economy research — particularly end-of-life vehicle material recovery and car electronics reuse — suggesting they are positioning themselves as the go-to industry practitioner for ELV-focused projects in future calls.

How they like to work

Pollini has never led an H2020 project — they participate exclusively as a consortium partner, which is entirely consistent with their profile as an operating industry company rather than a research organization. With 54 unique partners across 16 countries in just 2 projects, they work within large, multi-actor consortia typical of Innovation Actions and Research and Innovation Actions. This breadth of exposure suggests they are sought after as a real-world validation site or practitioner voice, rather than as a technical research contributor.

Despite only two projects, Pollini has built a network of 54 consortium partners across 16 countries — an unusually wide reach for such limited participation, reflecting the large consortia typical of circular economy Innovation Actions. Their network spans well beyond Italy, with a clearly European scope.

What sets them apart

What sets Pollini apart is that they are an actual operating car dismantler — not a research group studying end-of-life vehicles, but a company that processes them commercially every day. This makes them genuinely rare in European research consortia, where real ELV practitioners with regulatory licenses, operational data, and dismantling infrastructure are hard to find. For any project consortium that needs to demonstrate real-world applicability of circular automotive concepts, Pollini offers something universities and institutes cannot: a live industrial environment with authentic material flows.

Highlights from their portfolio

• DigiPrime
  Largest funded project for Pollini (EUR 182,438), connecting them to a cross-sectorial digital circular economy platform — giving them exposure to data infrastructure and material marketplace concepts well beyond their core dismantling operations.
• TREASURE
  Most directly aligned with Pollini's core business, explicitly targeting end-of-life vehicles, circular design, and car electronics recovery within the European automotive supply chain transition.