Beyond engineering,
human connections.
We are a University of Bologna spin-off: a team of engineers, researchers and professionals who combine academic expertise and industrial vision to guide companies toward a sustainable future.
We believe that true innovation arises from the intersection of different fields of knowledge — from mechanical engineering to artificial intelligence, from circular economy to finance — and that it is people, with their curiosity and expertise, who make the difference.
That is why we work as a bridge between University and Industry, developing tailored solutions that transform sustainability into a concrete, measurable and lasting competitive advantage.
Prof. Ing. Augusto Bianchini
Partner and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Board Member
Mechanical Engineer and Associate Professor of Industrial Plants at the University of Bologna. Expert in business organization, industrial instrumentation and automation, circular economy, and sustainability.
Ing. Paolo Venturi
Consultant, Board Member
Electronic Engineer with decades of executive experience in the mechanical and packaging industry. Currently a strategic advisor at Turtle Srl, focusing on sustainability and data-driven organizational models.
Ing. Nicolò Pascale
Consultant, Board Member
Electronic engineer and management consultant working at Turtle S.r.l. He specializes in developing optimization projects for logistics and supply chain management across a wide range of industrial sectors. He is the president of A+network, an association of professionals and managers dedicated to promoting business culture.
Ing. Matteo Morolli, PhD
Consultant, Board Member
Mechanical Engineer, PhD in Industrial Engineering from the University of Bologna, consultant at Turtle Srl. He deals with circular economy, data collection, and the development of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for monitoring corporate sustainability.
Marco Siboni
Automation Engineer
Riccardo Farneti
Mechanical Engineer
Valentino Solfrini
Industrial Engineer
Ivan Savini
Mechanical Engineer
Francesco Manuzzi
Mechanical Engineer
Riccardo Caselli
Mechanical Engineer
Alessandro Riceputi
Mechanical Engineer
Alessandro Andreoni
Industrial Engineer
Gianluca Giratoio
Mechanical Engineer
Gianluca Di Francesco
Mechanical Engineer
Matteo Colamonaco
Mechanical Engineer
Nicolò Zandoli
Industrial Engineer
Gabriele Galletti
Industrial Chemist
Clelia Cappelli
Product Designer
Gianluca Gueli
Computer Scientist
Edjon Duka
Financial Statistician
Tommaso Carasso
Industrial Engineer
Andrea Gianfrancesco
Mechanical Engineer
From the experiences gained in previous years, Turtle Srl was born, a University of Bologna spin-off dedicated to measuring and improving industrial sustainability.
Tailor Lab
The research laboratory where universities and businesses work together to form scientific excellence, stimulate curiosity and bring out talent and passion at the service of industrial innovation has been inaugurated at the Siropak Italia plant.
ViVACE® Model
The ViVACE model is born: an innovative visualization tool that allows you to quantify the flows of resources in different business scenarios, making new and/or unexplored opportunities visible and providing data for the calculation of sustainability KPIs (environmental, economic, social).
Prosumer Project
The project, financed by EIT Climate KIC funds (2020), dealt with the definition of a methodology to support companies in carrying out a feasibility study relating to the recovery of phosphorus from the waste of agri-food companies and its reuse for fertilizer production.
Corripulito Project
The #CORRIPULITO project, held on the occasion of the VIII Edition of the Alzheimer's Marathon (15/09/2019), aimed at optimizing the management of plastic waste produced during the event through a practical implementation of a circular economy.
Ricircola Project
The RICIRCOLA – Plastic Waste Free project proposed a new model for managing plastic food trays throughout their life cycle, through the implementation of an integrated supply chain aligned with the principles of circular economy.
I'M A PRO-ACTOR
The practical-educational project I AM A PRO-ACTOR anticipates the insertion of high school students within the industrial context, through the form of collaboration PCTO (former school-work alternation), in order to support companies in the activation of sustainability and circular economy paths.
Turtle S.r.l.
From the experiences gained in previous years, Turtle Srl was born, a spin-off of the University of Bologna dedicated to measuring and improving industrial sustainability.