Łukasiewicz Research Network – Poznan Institute of Technology

Profile 

Łukasiewicz Research Network - Poznan Institute of Technology (Ł-PIT) was founded in January 2022 as a result of the merger of five research institutes in Poznan that operated for over 70 years. This merger increased the research and commercialization potential and allowed more effective competition especially in the international R&D projects. Łukasiewicz – PIT has now new interdisciplinary research directions that facilitate, among others, in acquiring international grants and foreign business partners for projects with a high degree of innovation.

Łukasiewicz-PIT has a strong expertise on dealing with the challenges of the agri- food industry for over 75 years. We have experience and specialized laboratories that can be used for food testing. During this time the Institute created the history of agricultural mechanisation. We have knowledge of the trends and changes that have taken place in the agri-food industry. For the past 10 years, we have been working dynamically with companies involved in mechanisation, processing and technology in the food industry. By working with the industry, we identify its needs. We are very active in the agri-food sector. We have implemented several hundred innovative projects, including dozens in the food sector alone.

Agricultural and Food Technology Center that operates in the Institute has a strong team of analysts, specialists in the field of agro, food, forestry, energy storage, transfer and technology evaluation. As a European DIH (funded by EC) and Polish Satellite in Agri-food TEF (funded by DEP) we are leaders in the European flagship programmes and we create EU-wide innovation. Moreover, Institute has long-term cooperation with agriculture advisory agencies on the national and European level. Łukasiewicz-PIT is responsible for the preparation and implementation of innovative technologies/products at the national and European level with the participation of public entities. L-PIT has also experience in reducing agri-food and forestry carbon footprint (ZeroWaste).

Compentences & capabilities: 

Agricultural and Food Technology Center Łukasiewicz-PIT has been dealing with the challenges of the agri- food industry for over 75 years. We have experience and specialised laboratories that can be used for food testing. During this time the Institute created the history of agricultural mechanizstion. We have knowledge of the trends and changes that have taken place in the agri-food industry. For the past 10 years, we have been working dynamically with companies involved in mechanisation, processing and technology in the food industry. By working with the industry, we identify its needs. We are very active in the agri-food sector. We have implemented several hundred innovative projects (national project, FP7, CIP, H2020, ESA, DEP, HE), including dozens in the food sector alone. 

We have strong competences in creating innovation to transform the food processing, technology and whole food systems. We are committed to educating young scientists in agri-food innovation. We support students, organise student internships, and place great emphasis on staff exchanges (scientific and entrepreneurial staff). We co-created wide, built on a strong foundation, European community. We take part and organise industry and popular science events. Our employees are actively involved in European working groups and teams at the government level as experts. We are co-authors of the directions of development of the agri-food industry in Poland. We are part of a huge European community of SmartAgriHubs. We are a European Digital Innovation Hub that supports agri-food entrepreneurs in digital transformation. We are the leader of the only Agri-food TEF Polish Satellite funded by Digital Europe Programme. Łukasiewicz – PIT is already a gold partner of EIT Urban Mobility Partnerships and runs EIT UM RIS Hub, moreover participants in Europe’s Rail JU.