Summary
- Profile Type
- Technology offer
- POD Reference
- TOIT20260709022
- Term of Validity
- 13 July 2026 - 13 July 2027
- Company's Country
- Italy
- Type of partnership
- Research and development cooperation agreement
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
General information
- Short Summary
- The Italian company offers a proprietary SPES optical technology for single-particle classification, counting and characterization in complex liquids and aerosols, supporting R&D, formulation development and quality control in pharma, cosmetics, chemicals, food and environmental applications. The company is seeking industrial and research partners – companies, universities, laboratories and technology centres – for technical cooperation and validation of the technology on real samples.
- Full Description
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The Italian technology company is based in Milan, active in the design and manufacture of advanced optical instruments and software for particle analysis. The company focuses on single-particle classification and characterization of complex liquid and aerosol samples, serving scientific and industrial users in fields such as pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, specialty chemicals, food, environmental monitoring, aerosols and biological fluids.
Many industrial and research processes involve fluids containing particles of different sizes, shapes, compositions or optical properties. Examples include pharmaceutical formulations, cosmetic emulsions, pigments, inks, food dispersions, environmental water samples or biofluids. Understanding these particles is essential for product quality, stability, safety and process control. However, complex and heterogeneous samples are often difficult to analyse with conventional particle sizing methods, because many existing solutions provide average results over a whole population of particles or require assumptions and model-based calibration. This can hide important differences between individual particles and may limit the ability to understand real-world samples.
The company addresses this challenge through proprietary SPES technology. The technology uses optical measurements to analyse particles one by one, enabling multiparametric information on each particle rather than only global averages. This makes it possible to classify, count and characterize particles in complex liquids and aerosols, including samples that are polydisperse, heterogeneous or difficult to treat with standard approaches. The technology can support R&D, formulation development, quality control, process monitoring and application-specific validation.
Main application areas include life sciences and pharmaceuticals, where particle properties can affect formulation performance and stability; cosmetics and personal care, where emulsions and dispersions need to be controlled; pigments, inks and specialty chemicals, where particle size and classification influence product performance; food and agrochemical applications, where dispersed particles and droplets are relevant to quality; and environmental or aerosol analysis, where real samples are often complex and variable.
The preferred cooperation types are technical cooperation and validation-oriented partnerships. These cooperation types have been selected because the technology can generate the highest value when adapted and tested on real samples and operational needs from different sectors. An international partnership would allow the company and its partners to identify specific analytical challenges, define performance requirements, test the technology on representative samples and validate new use cases in relevant laboratory or industrial environments.
International cooperation is envisaged as a practical collaboration with companies, research centres, universities or laboratories that have complex particle-analysis needs, application know-how or access to relevant samples and testing environments. Partners may contribute with use cases, samples, protocols, sector-specific requirements and benchmarking against existing methods. The Italian company would bring its technology, instrumentation know-how and data interpretation expertise. The desired outcomes are joint development, validation or demonstration of advanced particle analysis solutions that can improve product development, quality control or environmental and industrial monitoring across European and international markets. - Advantages and Innovations
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Compared with conventional particle sizing methods that mainly provide population averages or require model-dependent calibration, Companys’ SPES technology analyses particles individually by combining optical extinction and scattering signals. This gives access to multiparametric information for each detected particle, supporting classification, counting and characterization in samples where particles differ in size, composition or optical properties.
The main advantage is the ability to work with complex, heterogeneous and polydisperse liquids and aerosols, where average-based measurements can hide minority populations, aggregates, contaminants or changes in formulation stability. This is particularly relevant for real industrial samples such as pharmaceutical formulations, cosmetic emulsions, pigments, inks, food dispersions, environmental waters, aerosols and biological fluids.
The know-how offered is not limited to the instrument itself. It includes optical measurement design, single-particle data acquisition, interpretation of extinction/scattering patterns, sample-specific protocols and application-driven validation. This enables users to obtain more detailed information on particle populations without relying only on bulk measurements.
For partners, the innovation lies in adapting this single-particle approach to specific analytical problems: detecting relevant sub-populations, comparing formulations, monitoring process variations, supporting quality control or validating new measurement workflows. International cooperation can therefore help benchmark SPES-based analysis against existing methods and demonstrate its added value in sector-specific use cases. - Stage of Development
- Already on the market
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
- Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
- Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
- Goal 13: Climate Action
- IPR status
- IPR granted
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
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The Italian company is seeking industrial and research partners with concrete analytical challenges involving complex liquid or aerosol samples, where standard particle sizing or bulk analytical methods do not provide sufficient information on individual particle populations. Depending on the type of cooperation, suitable partners and their expected contribution are as follows.
R&D cooperation – Who: companies, universities, research organisations or applied laboratories working with dispersions, emulsions, suspensions, aerosols or biological/environmental fluids. Role: contribute application-specific knowledge, representative samples, reference data and clear performance requirements; help define the analytical problem, support the design of test protocols, compare SPES-based results with existing methods and jointly assess the relevance of single-particle information for their sector.
Technical cooperation – Who: analytical laboratories, instrument users, process-control teams, formulation developers or technology centres with experience in particle characterization or product testing. Role: help adapt the measurement workflow to specific sample types and operational conditions, including sample preparation procedures, measurement protocols, data interpretation criteria, integration with existing laboratory workflows or quality control procedures, and feedback on usability requirements.
Validation-oriented cooperation – Who: companies or organisations able to provide access to real use cases, benchmark samples and testing environments, in sectors such as pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, specialty chemicals, pigments, inks, food, environmental monitoring, aerosols and life sciences. Role: validate the technology on relevant industrial or scientific samples, assess repeatability and robustness, compare results with current techniques, and identify application areas where single-particle analysis provides additional value. - Type and Size of Partner
- R&D Institution
- Big company
- SME 11-49
- SME 50 - 249
- Type of partnership
- Research and development cooperation agreement
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 02009018 - Measurement devices
- 09001009 - Sensor Technology related to measurements
- 09003 - Electronic measurement systems
- 09001007 - Optical Technology related to measurements
- Market keywords
- 08001019 - Speciality/performance chemicals
- 04017 - Micro- and Nanotechnology related to Biological sciences
- 05004003 - Laboratory equipment
- 05007002 - Pharmaceuticals/fine chemicals
- Sector Groups Involved
- Energy-Intensive Industries - Materials
- Targeted countries
- All countries