UNINFO

Name

UNINFO

Legal name

UNINFO - Ente federato all'UNI

Website

https://uninfo.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1947

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Torino, TO

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Membership dues: Annual membership fees paid by member organizations (Soci Effettivi, Soci di Diritto, Soci Onorari). The number of members grew from 180 to 195, with membership dues revenues increasing to compensate for declining project funding.
2. EU/International project participation: Participation in EU-funded research and innovation projects (Horizon Europe, Erasmus Plus, CEF) that provide project funding and strengthen the organization's role in European standardization.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

UNINFO is the Italian federation delegated by UNI to develop technical standards in the ICT sector, representing Italy in CEN and ISO and participating in ETSI as a full member. It coordinates more than 30 technical commissions covering Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Technologies, Industry 4.0, IoT, Cybersecurity, Blockchain, Smart Cards, e-Accessibility, Intelligent Transport Systems, and e-Business. In addition to standards development, UNINFO assigns identification codes (IIN, OID, RID, NRA) on behalf of UNI for electronic transactions, publishes professional role profiles under the UNI 11621 series, and participates as a partner in EU-funded research projects.

Product overview

UNINFO is a membership-based standardization organization (Ente federato all'UNI) for Information Technologies and their applications, not a traditional software product company. Its offerings consist of standardization services, code assignment authority services, monthly newsletter (I see T), and participation in EU-funded research projects. The core service is technical standardization in ICT through 30+ technical areas including AI, Quantum Technologies, IoT, Cybersecurity, Blockchain, and Intelligent Transport Systems. UNI 11621 series provides professional profile standards for ICT, while the European Projects portfolio includes initiatives like AGILEHAND, Blockstand, CEF SCALES, and Pharaon.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ICT Technical Standardization (Normazione Tecnica ICT)

Quantifiable outcome

• Member base grew from 180 to 195 organizations, demonstrating increasing relevance and financial stability
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Agenzia per la Cybersicurezza Nazionale (ACN)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2026UNINFO co-organized cybersecurity workshop with ACN (National Cybersecurity Agency) in Rome, February 27, 2026. ACN entered UNINFO as member about a year prior. ACN participates in UNINFO technical committees and Board. Workshop focused on role of standards in implementing cybersecurity policies and creating shared technical language.
• CEN/CENELEC JTC 21coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2024CEN/CENELEC Joint Technical Committee 21 on Artificial Intelligence. UNINFO hosted the plenary meeting in Turin, November 4-6, 2024 - first time held in Italy. Responsible for developing AI standards supporting AI Act implementation in Europe. UNINFO's leadership role in Italian AI standardization recognized through hosting.
• CEN/CENELEC JTC 25coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2024CEN/CENELEC Joint Technical Committee 25 on 'Data management, Dataspaces, Cloud and Edge'. Italian secretariat assigned to UNINFO. Develops standards supporting Data Act implementation and European digital single market. Kick-off meeting September 2024. German presidency by DIN. Project: https://blockstand.eu
• AgileHAND ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024EU Horizon Europe project (Grant No. 101092043) developing AI-based solutions for agile production line reconfiguration. UNINFO participates as partner. Project addresses workpiece handling systems including grading, handling, and agility aspects for manufacturing. Demonstrated in 4 industrial pilots covering vegetables, berry fruits, fishes, and meats processing sectors. Website: agilehand.eu
• CEN/CENELEC JTC 19coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024CEN/CENELEC Joint Technical Committee 19 on Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies. UNINFO participates through Andrea Caccia as Chair. Publishes standards on decentralized identity management and environmental sustainability for blockchain. Connected to European Blockchain Partnership and EBSI initiatives.
• BlockStand ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023EU-funded project supporting increased participation of European experts in blockchain and DLT (Distributed Ledger Technologies) standardization. UNINFO is a partner. Project supports European Commission Rolling Plan for ICT Standardisation, reinforces links with European Blockchain Partnership (EBP) and European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI), and funds expert participation in international standards development. Led by DIGITAL-SME consortium. Website: blockstand.eu
• TOURINGS ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Erasmus Plus project developing training course on Collaborative Robotics for EU manufacturing sector. Partners: UNINFO, CETEM (Spain), Hochschule Karlsruhe (Germany), IMECC (Italy), KIT (Germany), IMT-BS (France). Project aims to increase competitiveness through collaborative robotics installation, improve robot cell design, and reduce worker musculoskeletal problems.
• ESSA ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2020European Software Skills Alliance: alliance of 26 partners from 12 European countries bringing together industry and education actors in software services. Project objective: design and implement European strategy for software skills, create professional training programs, and release internationally recognized certification. UNINFO is partner. Kick-off meeting December 2, 2020. Website: softwareskills.eu
• Pharaon Consortium (41 organizations)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2019Pharaon (Pilots for Healthy and Active Ageing) is an Innovation Action funded by EU Horizon 2020 with 21 million Euro investment. The project develops interoperable open platforms integrating IoT, AI, robotics, cloud computing, smart wearables, and big data for active aging. UNINFO participates in this large-scale pilot involving partners from 12 European countries (Italy, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Slovenia, Croatia, Germany, France, UK, Belgium, Austria, Estonia). Led by Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSSA) in Pisa, duration 48 months (Dec 2019 - Nov 2023).
• CEF SCALES ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018National project funded by European Commission through Connecting Europe Facility (Action No. 2018-IT-IA-0053). Coordinated by AgID with UNINFO as partner alongside Politecnico di Milano, InfoCert, and Consorzio DAFNE. Objective: national architecture for digital services supporting e-invoicing and e-procurement through service-oriented architecture based on distributed repositories and DLT/blockchain. Builds on previous eIGOR and EeISI actions.
• Politecnico di MilanominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in CEF SCALES project for e-procurement and e-invoicing architecture development
• InfoCertminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in CEF SCALES project for e-procurement and e-invoicing architecture development
• Consorzio DAFNEminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in CEF SCALES project for e-procurement and e-invoicing architecture development
• CINI - Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per l'InformaticaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProgram agreement allowing young researchers to approach technical standardization through UNINFO activities
• StandICT.eu 2029minorGTM or Marketing PartnerOpen Call for Experts providing financial support for ICT standards activities. UNINFO participates and promotes among members.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• IEEE Standards Association: Global standards developer across ICT and engineering domains (including AI, IoT, cybersecurity); comparable to UNINFO in producing technical standards used internationally, though organized as a professional society rather than a national federation.
• BSI - British Standards Institution: UK national standards body and a global commercial standards publisher; comparable to UNINFO in its national federation role while also commercializing standards products at much larger scale.
• ISO - International Organization for Standardization: International federation of national standards bodies in which UNINFO participates on delegation from UNI; comparable in mission and member-driven governance model, but at global rather than national scope.
• CEN-CENELEC: Joint European standardization organization whose secretariats UNINFO manages (JTC 19, JTC 21, JTC 25); comparable as the supra-national standardization umbrella that UNINFO participates in and helps staff.
• UNI - Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione: Parent Italian national standards body to which UNINFO is federated; sets national standards outside ICT and delegates ICT authority to UNINFO — comparable because both operate Italian standardization infrastructure and member networks.
• ETSI - European Telecommunications Standards Institute: European standards organization for ICT/telecommunications in which UNINFO is a direct full member; highly comparable as a member-driven technical standardization body operating across multiple ICT domains.

Regional players

• AFNOR: French national standards body representing France in ISO and CEN; structurally and functionally analogous to UNINFO as a member-based federation running technical committees and standardization programs.
• DIN - Deutsches Institut für Normung: German national standards body and member of ISO/IEC; comparable to UNINFO as a national federation responsible for representing Germany in international standardization forums and coordinating industry participation.
• ANSI - American National Standards Institute: US national standards body coordinating private-sector standardization and US participation in ISO/IEC; functionally comparable to UNINFO's national-federation model in a different jurisdiction.
• UNE - Asociación Española de Normalización: Spanish national standards body representing Spain in ISO and CEN; structurally comparable to UNINFO as a member-based organization operating technical standardization committees and selling standards.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/uninfo

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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