| List of main clusters, consortia, associations, bodies active in the promotion, support, research and innovation of industrial technologies | | |
| Association | Description | Website |
| A | | |
| A.I.MAN | Italian Maintenance Association | http://www.aiman.com/ |
| A3 Association | Association for Advancing Automation | http://www.a3automate.org/ |
| AAA | Association of Environmental Analysts | http://www.analistiambientali.org/ |
| AAG | Automation Alliance Group | |
| Accredia | Italian Accreditation Body | http://www.accredia.it/ |
| ACIMAC | Association of Italian Manufacturers of Machinery and Equipment for Ceramics | http://www.acimac.it |
| ACIMALL | Association of Italian woodworking machinery and accessories manufacturers | http://www.acimall.com |
| ACIMGA | Association of Italian Manufacturers of Machinery for the Graphic, Converting, Paper and Allied Industries | http://www.acimga.it/ |
| AEEG | Electricity and Gas Authority | |
| AEIT | Italian Federation of Electrotechnics, Electronics, Automation, Informatics and Telecommunications | http://www.aeit.it/ |
| Afil | Associazione Fabbrica Intelligente Lombardia | www.afil.it/ |
| AHTD | Association for High Technology Distribution | http://www.ahtd.org/ |
| AIA | Global Association for Vision Information | https://www.visiononline.org/ |
| AI*IA | Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence | |
| AIAS | Italian professional association for environment and safety | http://www.networkaias.it/ |
| AICA | Italian Association for Informatics and Automatic Computing | http://www.aicanet.it/ |
| AICE | Italian Economic Engineering Association | http://www.aice-it.org/it/ |
| AICQ | Italian Quality Culture Association | http://www.aicqcn.it/ |
| AICTC | Italian Association of Textile Chemistry and Dyeing | http://www.aictc.org/ |
| AIDAM | Italian Association of Mechatronic Automation | https://www.aidam.it/ |
| AIDIC | Italian Chemical Engineering Association | http://www.aidic.it/ |
| AIFM | Italian Metal Finishing Association | http://www.galvanotecnica.org |
| AILM | Italian Lean Managers Association | https://ailmitalia.wordpress.com/ |
| AIM | Italian Metallurgy Association | http://www.metallurgia-italiana.net/ |
| AIPND | Italian Association of Non-Destructive Testing Diagnostic Monitoring | http://www.aipnd.it |
| AIPSA | Italian association of corporate security professionals | http://www.aipsa.eu/ |
| AIRI | Italian Association for Industrial Research | http://www.airi.it/ |
| AISE | Italian Association of Systems Engineering | http://aise-incose-italia.it/ |
| AIS-ISA ITALY SECTION | Italian Association of Instrumentalists | http://www.aisisa.it/ |
| AISM | Italian Marketing Development Association | http://www.aism.org/ |
| AITA | Italian Association of Additive Technologies | http://www.aita3d.it/ |
| AITEM | Italian Association of Mechanical Technology | http://www.aitem.org/ |
| AIV | Italian Association of Science and Technology | http://www.aiv.it/ |
| Albiqual | REGISTER OF QUALIFIED BUILDERS OF ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS | http://www.albiqual.it/ |
| AMAFOND | Italian Association of Suppliers of Foundry Machinery, Products and Services | http://www.amafond.com/ |
| AMBLAV | Environment and Work Association | http://www.amblav.it/ |
| ANALITYCAL | Centre for Chemical Analysis Business Services | http://www.analytical.it/ |
| ANFIA | National Association of the Automotive Industry | http://www.anfia.it/ |
| Anie | National Federation of Electrotechnical and Electronic Companies | http://anie.it/ |
| ANIE AUTOMATION | Association of companies supplying technology for factory and process automation | http://anieautomazione.anie.it/ |
| ANIMA | Federation of National Associations of Mechanical and Allied Industries | http://www.anima.it/ |
| ANIMP | National Association of Industrial Plant Design | http://animp.it/ |
| ANIPLA | Italian National Association for Automation | http://www.anipla.it/ |
| ANIT | National Association for Thermal and Acoustic Insulation | http://www.anit.it/ |
| APER | Renewable Energy Producers Association | http://www.aper.it/ |
| ASCOMUT | Italian Association of Machinery, Technology and Tools | http://www.ascomut.it/ita/index.cfm |
| ASHRAE | American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers | https://www.ashrae.org/ |
| AS-INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION | Association supporting and promoting the AS-Interface standard | http://www.as-interface.net/ |
| ASITA | Federation of Scientific Associations for Spatial and Environmental Information | http://www.asita.it/ |
| Assil | National Association of Lighting Manufacturers | http://www.assil.it/ |
| Assinform | Italian Association for Information Technology | http://www.assinform.it/ |
| ASSIOT | Italian Association of Transmission and Gear Manufacturers | http://www.assiot.it/it/ |
| Mechanical Association | Italian Mechanical Association | http://www.associazionemeccanica.it/ |
| Assocomaplast | National Association of Plastic and Rubber Machinery and Mould Manufacturers | http://www.assocomaplast.org/ |
| Assodomotica | Italian association contributing to the development of knowledge and dissemination of home automation culture | http://www.assodomotica.com/ |
| AssoEGE | Association of Energy Management Experts | https://www.assoege.it/ |
| ASSOFLUID | Italian Association of Hydraulics and Pneumatics Manufacturers and Operators | http://www.assofluid.it/ |
| Assogalvanica | Italian Galvanic Industries Association | http://www.assogalvanica.it/ |
| Assologistica | Italian Association of Logistics, General Warehousing, Cold Storage, Port, Interport and Airport Terminal Companies | http://www.assologistica.it/ |
| ASSOLOMBARDA | Assolombarda Confindustria Milan Monza and Brianza | http://www.assolombarda.it/ |
| Assomac | National association of Italian manufacturers of machinery and accessories for footwear, leather goods and tanneries | http://www.assomac.it/ |
| Assomarmomacchine | Association of machinery and equipment manufacturers for natural stone processing | http://www.assomarmomacchine.com/ |
| Aster | Technological Consortium | http://www.aster.it/ |
| ATI | Italian Thermotechnical Association | http://www.ati2000.it/ |
| AutomationML | Consortium for the dissemination of the AutomationML standard | https://www.automationml.org/ |
| B | | |
| Bacnet | Association supporting and promoting the Bacnet standard | http://www.bacnet.org/ |
| BERGAMO DEVELOPMENT | Special Agency Chamber of Commerce | https://www.bergamosviluppo.it/sito/index.php |
| Bureau Veritas Italy | Body active in control, verification and certification services for Quality | http://www.bureauveritas.it/ |
| C | | |
| CC-LINK PARTNER ASSOCIATION | Association supporting and promoting the CC-LINK standard | https://www.cc-link.org/en/ |
| Cefriel | Centre of excellence for innovation, research and training in Information & Communication Technology | https://www.cefriel.com/it/ |
| CEI | Italian Electrotechnical Committee | https://www.ceinorme.it/it/ |
| CEMEP | | |
| CENELEC | European Committee for Electrotechnical and Electronic Standardisation | http://www.certiquality.it/ |
| CERTIQUALITY | Quality Certification Institute | http://www.certiquality.it/ |
| CESI Research | Italian Experimental Electrotechnical Centre | http://www.cesi.it/Pages/default.aspx |
| CiA | CAN in Automation | https://www.can-cia.org/ |
| CIAM | College of Engineers and Architects of Milan | http://ciam1563.it/ |
| CLUI Exera | Association of Users of Automation, Control and Measurement Equipment | http://www.exera.com/it.asp |
| Clusit | Italian Association for Information Security | https://clusit.it/ |
| CNR | National Research Council | https://www.cnr.it/ |
| CODESYS Automation Alliance | CODESYS International Association | https://www.codesys.com/ |
| Comet | Reference cluster for the management of Friuli Venezia Giulia's metalworking system | http://clustercomet.it/ |
| CONAI | National Packaging Consortium | http://www.conai.org |
| CONFORM | Association of Certification, Inspection, Testing and Calibration Bodies | http://www.associazioneconforma.eu/ |
| ITALBIOTEC CONSORTIUM | Industry and universities together for the development of biotechnology | http://www.italbiotec.it/index.php/it/ |
| PROFIBUS and PROFINET ITALY CONSORTIUM - P.I. | Association supporting and promoting Profibus and Profinet standards | http://www.profibus.com/?id=5220 |
| TECNOIMPRESE CONSORTIUM | Partners of companies and associations in the technology sectors | https://tecnoimprese.it/ |
| E | | |
| EDAA | European Design and Automation Association | https://www.edaa.com/ |
| Elettrimpex | Consortium - Electronic Components | https://elettrimpex.it/ |
| EMIT | Technical Training Body | http://www.emit.polimi.it/ |
| EMVA | European Machine Vision Association | http://www.emva.org/ |
| Enea | National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development | http://www.enea.it/it |
| Enocean Alliance | Association supporting and promoting the Enocean standard | https://www.enocean-alliance.org/ |
| ETHERCAT TECHNOLOGY GROUP | Association supporting and promoting the Ethercat standard | http://www.ethercat.org/default.htm |
| ETHERNET POWERLINK STANDARDISATION GROUP | Association supporting and promoting the Powerlink standard | http://www.ethernet-powerlink.org/ |
| F | | |
| FAST | Federation of Scientific and Technical Associations | http://www.fast.mi.it/ |
| Fegime | | |
| Fieldbus Foundation | Consortium for the Promotion and Support of Fieldbus Technology Foundation | http://www.fieldbus.org/ |
| Fieldcomm Group | Organisation supporting and promoting integration and communication technologies in the process automation industry | https://www.fieldcommgroup.org/ |
| Fire | Italian Federation for the Rational Use of Energy | http://www.fire-italia.org/ |
| FME | Italian Association of Electrical Distributors | http://fmeonline.it/ |
| FNDI | National Federation of Industrial Distribution | http://www.fndi.it |
| G | | |
| G.I.S.I. | Association of Italian Instrumentation Companies | http://www.gisi.it/ |
| GENOA FIELDBUS COMPETENCE CENTRE SRL | Fieldbus and Industrial Automation Association | https://www.gfccitaly.com/index.php/it/ |
| Gimav | Italian association of suppliers of glass processing machines and accessories | http://www.gimav.it/ |
| GSICA | Italian Scientific Group on Food Packaging | http://www.gsica.net/ |
| GSMA | GSM Association | http://www.gsma.com/ |
| H | | |
| H2IT | Italian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association | http://www.h2it.org/ |
| I | | |
| IAARC | International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction | http://www.iaarc.org/ |
| IACSIT | International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology | http://www.iacsit.org/ |
| IEEE Italy section | Leading authority in a broad range of areas such as computer engineering, electric power, aerospace and consumer electronics, biomedical technology, and telecommunications. | http://sites.ieee.org/italy/ |
| IEEE RAS | IEEE Robotics and Automation Society | http://www.ieee-ras.org/ |
| IFR | International Federation of Robotics | https://ifr.org/ |
| IIC | Industrial Internet Consortium | http://www.iiconsortium.org |
| IIP | Italian Packaging Institute | http://www.istitutoimballaggio.it/ |
| IIP | Italian Institute of Plastics | http://www.iip.it/ |
| ILVG | Italy LabView User Group | http://www.ilvg.it |
| IMaSS | Italian Mass Spectrometry Society | http://www.imass.it/ |
| IMQ | Italian Quality Label Institute | http://www.imq.it/it/index.html |
| INSTM | Inter-university consortium for research activities on advanced materials and related technologies | http://www.instm.it/0000001157.aspx |
| IoTC | The Internet of Things Consortium | http://iofthings.org |
| IoTItaly | IoT Italy | www.iotitaly.net/ |
| ISEA | International Safety Equipment Association | https://safetyequipment.org/ |
| ISO | International Organisation for Standardisation | https://www.iso.org |
| ISPE | International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering | http://www.ispe.org/italy |
| ITIA | Institute of Industrial Technology and Automation | http://www.itia.cnr.it/it/ |
| K | | |
| Keytron | Electronics and industrial automation consortium | http://www.keytron.it/ |
| Konnex Italy | Association supporting and promoting the Konnex standard | http://www.knx.it/ |
| Lonmark Italy | Association supporting and promoting the Lonmark standard | https://www.lonmark.it/ |
| Lora Alliance | Association supporting and promoting the LoRa standard | https://www.lora-alliance.org/ |
| M | | |
| MADE | Competence Center Industry 4.0 (Lombardy) | https://www.made-cc.eu/ |
| Marche Manufacturing | Aggregation of universities, research institutes and companies in the Marche region | http://www.marche-manufacturing.it/ |
| MCMA | Motion Control & Motor Association | https://www.motioncontrolonline.org/ |
| MESA | Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association | http://www.mesa.org/en/index.asp |
| Mesap | Polo Mesap - Smart Products and Manufacturing | https://www.mesap.it/ |
| ModBUS Organisation | Association supporting and promoting the ModBUS standard | http://modbus.org/ |
| O | | |
| OCTIMA | Organisation for the cultural and technological growth of the advanced materials industry | http://www.octima.it/ |
| ODVA | Open DeviceNet Vendors Association | https://www.odva.org/ |
| OMAC | The Organization for Machine Automation and Control | http://omac.org/ |
| OPC Foundation | Association supporting and promoting the OPC standard | https://opcfoundation.org/ |
| P | | |
| PLC Forum | Italian reference forum on PLCs and electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic and IT industrial automation | http://www.plcforum.it |
| PLCOpen | PLCopen is an independent global association of PLC vendors and manufacturers. | http://www.plcopen.org/ |
| R | | |
| RFIDba | International RFID Business Association | http://www.rfidba.org/ |
| RIA | Robotics Industries Association | https://www.robotics.org/ |
| S | | |
| SKIS | Italian Chemical Society | http://www.soc.chim.it/ |
| SID | Italian School of Design | http://www.scuolaitalianadesign.com/ |
| SERCOS INTERNATIONAL E.V. | Organisation supporting and promoting the Sercos automation bus | http://www.sercos.org/ |
| SIAM | Society for the encouragement of arts and crafts | http://www.siam1838.it/ |
| SICC | Italian society chaos and complexity | http://www.sicc-it.org/ |
| SIDRA | Italian Society of Teachers and Researchers in Automatics | http://www.automatica.it/ |
| SIF | Italian Society of Physics | http://www.sif.it/ |
| SIIT S.c.p.a | Intelligent Systems Technology District | http://www.siitscpa.it/ |
| SIRI | Italian Association of Robotics and Automation | http://www.robosiri.it/1/ |
| T | | |
| THA | Triple Helix Association | https://www.triplehelixassociation.org/ |
| TMP | Italian Association of Plastics Technicians | http://www.associazionetmp.com/ |
| TUV | | |
| TUV Italy | Independent certification, inspection, testing and training body | http://www.tuv.it/it-it |
| U | | |
| Ucima | Union of Italian Manufacturers of Automatic Packaging Machines | http://www.ucima.it |
| Ucimu | Association of Italian manufacturers of machine tools, robots, automation and related products | http://www.ucimu.it |
| Udib | Union of Italian Bolt Distributors | http://www.udib.it/ |
| UGIS | Union of Italian Scientific Journalists | http://www.ugis.it/ |
| UNI | Italian National Unification Board | http://www.uni.com/ |
| UNICHIM | Association for Unification in the Chemical Industry Sector | http://www.unichim.it/ |
| Utilitalia | Federation of Water, Environment, Electricity and Gas Utilities Companies | www.utilitalia.it |
| V | | |
| Venetian Cluster | | |
| Veneto Innovation | Veneto Region company for the promotion of applied research and innovation | http://www.venetoinnovazione.it/ |
| Veneto Nanotech | Nanotechnology district | http://www.venetonantech.it |
| W | | |
| Wi-Fi Alliance | Organising the adoption and deployment of the Wi-Fi standard | http://www.wi-fi.org/ |
| Z | | |
| ZigBee Alliance | Organisation for the adoption and dissemination of the ZigBee standard | http://www.zigbee.org/ |
