Centro Ricerche FIAT S.C.p.A
About us
Centro Ricerche FIAT (CRF) is an industrial organization having the mission to promote, develop and transfer innovation for providing competitiveness to the Stellantis Group. With a full-time workforce of more than 600 highly trained professionals, CRF fulfills its task by focusing on the development of innovative products & materials, implementation of innovative processes, development of new methodologies and training of human resources. To properly cover a very wide technological spectrum, CRF developed a global network with national and international institutes, private and public research organizations, universities and companies, through the promotion of common research activities, associations, conferences and seminars and researchers’ mobility.
This network further strengthens the center’s global innovation strategies, the implementation of specific activities locally, creation of expertise and continuous monitoring to enhance competitiveness and further development in areas such as transportation vehicles and components, innovative materials and application technologies, as well as the work on innovative alternative propulsion systems and transmissions. CRF is organized in four technical divisions: Process Research, Vehicle and Body, Powertrain and Materials Engineering Methods and Tools. The division Materials Engineering Methods and Tools guarantees to Stellantis the knowledge and applications of the materials from innovation to ensuring the quality of the materials in all phases of product development. MEMT is a part of the material laboratories for the whole Stellantis group. This division is directly involved in the project.
