XEV SRL

Their core work

XEV SRL is a Torino-based engineering company working at the intersection of advanced materials design, additive manufacturing, and computational mechanics. Their technical contribution centers on metamaterials — engineered structures whose properties emerge from internal architecture rather than bulk composition — and on methods for designing these structures so that material gradients and topology are optimized simultaneously at multiple scales. They bring industrial application context to research consortia, with documented interest in automotive and satellite components. Their work combines classical mechanics frameworks (crystal plasticity, continuum mechanics) with machine learning and data-driven modeling to accelerate virtual prototyping of 3D-printed structural parts.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Both projects launched in 2021 and run to 2025, so there is no long temporal arc — but the keyword shift between the two projects still reveals a meaningful deepening of focus. CoMetaS started from a broad base combining metamaterials, machine learning, data-driven modeling, and direct industrial endpoints (automobiles, satellites, virtual prototyping). XS-Meta, the larger and later-awarded project, narrowed and sharpened that focus toward multiscale computational mechanics, cross-scale concurrent design, and rigorous material modelling — dropping the ML framing in favor of more formal simulation methods. The trend suggests XEV SRL is moving from exploratory, data-assisted design toward first-principles multiscale simulation as its core technical identity.

XEV SRL appears to be building depth in cross-scale simulation of 3D-printed metamaterials, making them a relevant partner for any consortium needing industrial-grade computational modeling of advanced manufactured structures.

How they like to work

XEV SRL participates exclusively as a consortium member — they have never coordinated an H2020 project — which is typical behavior for a private industrial company in MSCA-funded networks where universities and research institutes hold the lead role. With 12 distinct partners across 6 countries from just two projects, they work in medium-sized European consortia rather than bilateral arrangements. Their participation in both MSCA-RISE (staff exchanges) and MSCA-ITN (doctoral training) formats signals that they actively host researchers and contribute practical industrial mentoring alongside technical work.

XEV SRL has collaborated with 12 unique partners across 6 countries, a relatively broad network for just two projects, suggesting active integration into European academic-industrial consortia. Their Torino base places them naturally within the Italian automotive and aerospace industrial ecosystem.

What sets them apart

XEV SRL occupies a specific niche: an industrial company in Torino — Italy's automotive engineering capital — that engages with frontier academic research on metamaterials and 3D-printed structures, rather than outsourcing that work to universities. This makes them unusual as a private company in MSCA projects, which typically attract universities and public research institutes. For a consortium builder, they offer the industry validation role that MSCA projects require to demonstrate real-world applicability, with genuine technical depth in computational design rather than just a logo on the partnership page.

Highlights from their portfolio

• XS-Meta
  The largest project by funding (EUR 261,500) and an MSCA-ITN doctoral training network, signaling that XEV SRL hosts and co-supervises PhD researchers on cross-scale 3D-printed metamaterial design — a significant institutional commitment.
• CoMetaS
  Combines metamaterial design with machine learning and targets both automotive and satellite applications, making it the project that best illustrates XEV SRL's industrial application range.