Pirelli Funded University Chair Established for Tyre Research
As part of plans first announced last year, the Pirelli Group has signed an agreement with Milan’s Politecnico di Milano University to jointly create a chair in “Chemical Foundations of Technology of Rubber and Composites” at the University. The new professorship is intended for the study of innovative materials and the application of nanotechnologies in the development of the next generation of tyres. As part of the agreement, Pirelli will also finance five grants for research Ph.Ds over a ten-year period at the “G. Natta” Department of Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering at the Politecnico di Milano.