INNOVATION
Alongside the solid presence in the Energy, Steel and Shipping sectors, the Group developed the Innovation division, with the aim of proving itself capable of being at the edge of new frontiers.
INNOVATION DIVISION
The Corporate innovation team was established in recent years in order to provide a digital infrastructure that enable digitalization within companies.
Innovation division includes different companies, operating in a number of diversified activities within the Energy, Real Estate, Environment and Logistics sectors, pursuing the mission to empower synergies within the Group.
+1,600,000 €
INVESTMENTS IN
THE DIVISION
47%
INVESTMENTS DEDICATED TO
R&D OPERATIONS
Duferco Engineering
The first company established in this division is Duferco Engineering. It provides engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, project management and O&M services to the Duferco Group as well as for third parties.
With a team of high qualified profiles, Duferco Engineering acts as the Group’s company appointed for developing complex studies that give rise to innovation projects able to promote the energy transition from fossil fuel to green sources.
Mainsim
The software company Mainsim was born in 2008 following a startup acquisition.
Based in Genoa it joined Duferco Group in 2014 and developed the computerized maintenance management system for daily maintenance activities, furthermore Mainsim started immediately to collaborate with some of the Group companies while maintaining its customer portfolio.
Duferco Dev
Established in 2017 and based in Genoa, Duferco Dev supports companies in their path to digitization: strategic digital plan, application architecture roadmaps, enterprise application development, websites, mobile apps, software and complex customizations.
It is enabling digital transformation within and outside the Group with its research on Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence together with the provision of applications to enable companies to perform at their best. This role turned to be fundamental in fostering and accelerating digitalization process the Group had to follow in order to ensure business continuity during Covid-19.
Duferco Wallonie
Duferco Wallonie, the Belgian company of the group, in partnership with Société wallonne de gestion et de participations (SoGePa), focuses mainly on four domains (brownfield, environment, energy and logistics) with the common aim of developing new businesses by offering solutions to classical concerns on the environment pollution produced by industries.
To this day, Duferco Wallonie supports its customers at all stages of the land rehabilitation process, from design to post-management, through the execution and coordination of work. In the logistics sector, Duferco Wallonie offers intermodal handling and storage services but also transportation on water channels, railways or roads. During FY21, Duferco Wallonie enlarged its scope of activities by investing in two solar parks: a first photovoltaic field of 1.25MWp in Ittre (Belgium), while a further plant of the same power in Clabecq (Belgium).
COMPANIES OPERATING IN THE INNOVATION BUSINESS
Baslab S.R.L.
Genova, ITALY
Duferco Albania SHPK
Tirana, ALBANIA
Duferco Dev S.R.L.
Genova, ITALY
Duferco Engineering S.P.A.
Genova, ITALY
Duferco Sviluppo S.P.A.
San Zeno Naviglio, ITALY
Duferco Vanadium
Investment Holding S.A.
Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG
Duferco Vanadium (PTY) LTD
Wadeville, REPUBLIC
OF SOUTH AFRICA
Duferco Wallonie S.A.
Marcinelle, BELGIUM
Grafton Commodity
Trading LTD
London, UNITED KINGDOM
Mainsim S.R.L.
Genova, ITALY
Neo Operations Limited
London, UNITED KINGDOM
Virtual S.A.G.L.
Lugano, SWITZERLAND
Virtual S.R.L.
Chiavari, ITALY