Consorzio Intellimech was founded in Bergamo in 2007 to fill the gap between the research and the industrial sector, promoting the collaboration of companies of different sizes and from various industrial domains. The consortium currently involves 44 high-tech enterprises

Intellimech research activity is primarily focused on the Smart Factory field, which includes advanced electronics, computers, AI, ICT systems and mechanical design for applications in a wide range of industrial fields. Furthermore, Intellimech relies on two laboratories: JOiiNT LAB, established in 2020 in partnership with Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) focused on advanced robotics technologies; SmartLab, a demonstrative laboratory where different machines from Intellimech associated companies are interconnected following different principles of the Industry 4.0 paradigm.