TESTORI AERO SUPPLY SRL

Their core work

Testori Aero Supply is a Milan-based aviation SME specializing in aircraft cabin safety components, with demonstrated expertise in developing and certifying test methods for aircraft seat cushions under EASA regulatory standards. Their H2020 work focused entirely on creating a new dynamic test method to replace the industry-standard 16g crash test for seat cushions — a highly specific certification challenge that sits at the intersection of materials engineering and aviation safety compliance. They progressed from a feasibility study through to a fully certified solution, suggesting they operate as both a product supplier and a technical standards developer within the aerospace interior supply chain.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Testori Aero Supply's H2020 participation spans 2014 to 2018 and tells a single, focused story: the development of a new 16g dynamic test method for aircraft seat cushions, from concept to EASA-certified product. Phase 1 (2014–2015) was an SME Instrument feasibility study, while Phase 2 (2016–2018) delivered the full certified solution with roughly 25x the budget. There is no thematic shift or broadening of focus — this is a company that identified one high-value regulatory gap in their niche and executed a structured R&D programme to close it.

Their H2020 activity concluded in 2018 with a certified product; whether they have continued innovating beyond this programme is unknown, but their track record suggests a company capable of taking a niche regulatory problem from idea to certified solution.

How they like to work

Testori Aero Supply operated exclusively as project coordinator in both H2020 projects, with no recorded consortium partners — meaning they ran both initiatives as solo SME Instrument grants rather than as part of a multi-partner team. This pattern is typical of SME Instrument recipients who are commercializing their own proprietary technology and do not need or want shared IP arrangements. A potential collaborator should expect to work with an independent, product-oriented company that leads rather than follows.

The available data records zero unique consortium partners and zero countries collaborated with, consistent with the SME Instrument funding scheme which funds individual companies rather than multi-partner consortia. Their collaboration network within H2020 is effectively non-existent in the formal sense, though they likely maintain industry relationships with EASA, seat manufacturers, and certification bodies outside the project structure.

What sets them apart

Testori Aero Supply occupies an exceptionally narrow niche: they are one of the few SMEs in Europe to have developed and secured EASA certification for an alternative 16g dynamic test method specifically for aircraft seat cushions — a problem that affects every commercial aircraft interior manufacturer. For consortium builders in aviation safety, cabin interiors, or aerospace certification, they bring regulatory credibility and a validated testing methodology that is difficult to replicate. Their value is not breadth but depth: they know this one certification problem better than almost anyone.

Highlights from their portfolio

• 16gAirTest-Phase2
  The largest of their two projects at €1.28M, this SME-2 grant delivered a fully EASA-certified alternative to the destructive 16g crash test for aircraft seat cushions — a rare case of an SME completing the full arc from concept to regulatory approval within H2020.
• 16gAirTest
  The Phase 1 feasibility study that validated the concept with just €50,000 and directly unlocked the Phase 2 scale-up, demonstrating a clean and disciplined use of the SME Instrument two-phase pathway.