NOI Techpark
- Location
- Bolzano - Bozen, Italy
- Industries
- Food ingredients & products, New food processing techniques, Food safety & quality, Waste efficiency, Alternative proteins, Controlled environment agriculture, Food reformulation, Bio-energy & biomaterials
- Domains
- Animal based primary products, Ingredients, Plant based primary products, Processed food products
- Technologies
- Fermentation, Extraction, Artificial intelligence, Sensor technology, Internet of things, Industrial robotics, Biotechnology & sustainable inputs, Processing
About NOI Techpark
NOI Techpark is South Tyrol’s innovation district, bringing together companies, start-ups, research institutes, universities and competence centres in one place. It is designed to connect science and business through practice-oriented research, shared infrastructure and collaboration services.
The park positions itself as a next-generation European science and technology park with a strong focus on sustainability, open innovation and the needs of the region. It operates in Bolzano and Brunico, and aims to make innovation accessible even for smaller companies by lowering the barriers to R&D, testing and knowledge transfer.
Core Values
- Sustainability: NOI consistently frames innovation as a way to support climate action, resource efficiency and long-term regional resilience.
- Open innovation: The park promotes collaboration across companies, research institutions and universities, and makes shared infrastructure and know-how available.
- Practical relevance: Research and innovation at NOI are explicitly practice-oriented, with an emphasis on solutions that can be applied immediately in business.
- Regional impact: NOI focuses on areas where South Tyrol has strengths and potential, aiming to strengthen the local economy while aligning with broader European goals.
- Accessibility: The organisation stresses that innovation should be accessible to companies of different sizes, including smaller firms and start-ups.
Unique Aspects
- Two-location innovation district: NOI operates in both Bolzano and Brunico, with Brunico positioned as a hub for sustainable production and mobility.
- 70 laboratories and prototype workshops: The park provides a substantial shared infrastructure base for applied research, testing and prototyping.
- Broad ecosystem under one roof: Companies, start-ups, universities, research institutes and competence centres work side by side, which is central to NOI’s model.
- Strong regional anchoring with international outlook: NOI is rooted in South Tyrol but explicitly presents itself as internationally oriented and aligned with European values.
- Named research and institutional network: The ecosystem includes the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Eurac Research, Laimburg Research Centre, Fraunhofer Italia and several institutional partners.