Research and Development is the strategic function of our entire corporate organization. It represents the division entrusted with the company's ability to build and preserve the competitive advantage. We highlight two primary activities: The search for new products and the verification over time of the functioning of our new technologies. This is a function which, in order to be effective, must pursue precise and targeted objectives with the aim of obtaining concrete and satisfactory results, and which must be in continuous dialogue with all the other strategic functions, such as production and marketing.