SPIN - RICERCA, INNOVAZIONE E TRASFERIMENTO TECNOLOGICO SRL

Their core work

SPIN is a technology transfer and innovation consultancy based in Calabria, Southern Italy, dedicated to strengthening the innovation capacity of SMEs in the Mediterranean region. Their core work involves helping small companies access EU-funded support, adopt innovation management practices, and bridge the gap between research outputs and commercial application. All of their H2020 activity centers on the INCAME initiative — a multi-phase program designed to build SME competitiveness in underserved Southern Italian regions through structured innovation support services.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

SPIN's H2020 trajectory is remarkably consistent: all five projects are successive phases of the same INCAME initiative, running from 2014 through 2021. The early phase (2014-2016) focused broadly on innovation capacity for Mediterranean enterprises across multiple sectors including security. From 2017 onward, the energy sector became the dominant tag, suggesting that their SME support work increasingly targeted energy-related companies and technologies.

SPIN is narrowing from general SME innovation support toward energy-sector technology transfer, making them a potential partner for energy projects needing SME engagement in Southern Italy.

How they like to work

SPIN always participates as a partner, never as coordinator, across all five projects. They work within a domestic Italian network — all 13 consortium partners are from the same country. This suggests they serve as a reliable regional partner who brings local SME networks and territory knowledge to consortia, rather than leading international efforts.

SPIN has worked with 13 unique partners, but all within Italy. Their network is domestically focused, centered on the Southern Italian innovation ecosystem around Calabria and the broader Mediterranean south.

What sets them apart

SPIN occupies a niche as a technology transfer intermediary embedded in one of Italy's less industrialized regions (Calabria). For consortium builders, their value lies in providing genuine access to Southern Italian SMEs — a demographic that EU programs specifically aim to reach but that large research organizations often struggle to engage. Their sustained multi-year INCAME program demonstrates persistence and established relationships in this underserved territory.

Highlights from their portfolio

• INCAME_2 (2020-2021)
  The largest funding phase at EUR 114,210, representing the culmination of six years of iterative SME capacity-building work under the INCAME brand.
• INCAME (2014)
  The founding project that launched SPIN's H2020 involvement and established the INCAME model for Mediterranean enterprise innovation support.