Stazione Sperimentale del Vetro (SSV) is an international research center and a specialized analysis laboratory accredited UNI CEI EN ISO/IEC 17025, and provides technical and scientific support to the entire supply chain of glass: producers, manufacturers, users of glass, producers of raw materials, of refractories and of machinery for the glass industry. More than fifty people, including graduates, engineers and specialised technicians, work in laboratories equipped with the latest generation of scientific instruments, developing applied research projects, providing technical assistance services and carrying out quality control, certification and compliance tests in the various fields of the glass industry: hollow glass, flat glass for the building industry and for transport, household articles, technical glass, glass fibres and artistic glass.