Technologies, Design and Materials European Research Centre (CETMA) is a private research centre that has acquired, in more than 25 years of applied research studies, tools and knowledge in the innovative materials (composites, ceramics, hybrids), in advanced design techniques and numerical simulation and in the development of software for industrial applications. In particular, the Modelling and Simulation Area carries out applied research activities and provides services for product and process innovation using the most advanced CAE technologies. The modelling and simulation activities are supported by an internal Materials Technology Laboratory for testing on polymeric, composite and stone materials.