MICS
Made in Italy Circolare e Sostenibile 

Made in Italy Circolare e Sostenibile (MICS) is an Extended Partnership funded by MUR (Ministero dell’università e della ricerca)thanks to the funds provided by the European Union under the NextGenerationEU program and it represents one of  the projects concerning the PNRR Mission 4 “Education and Research” (in Italian “Istruzione e Ricerca”).  MICS’s vision is to enable a fully closed-loop, self-sufficient, self-regenerative, reliable, safe, and energy-aware design and manufacturing of Made in Italy products and services.

MICS aims to carry out the foundational research that lies at the basis of this visions. It therefore proposes eight thematic areas, named “Spokes”, that need to be focused on to address the challenges that currently confront our models of design, production, consumption, as well as the End-of-Life of materials, products, production technologies and processes that are necessary for moving towards greener and circular pathways and patterns. Initially three main industries, namely Fashion, Furniture and Automation, characterizing the Italian industrial scenario will be within the scope of MICS, but there is a possibility for extending the research to other industries.