A building, a tunnel, a crowd: we build models to understand their complexity and tackle complications.

Cantene was founded in 2007 at I3P, an incubator of innovative technological enterprises located in Turin by five professors, engineers and mathematical analysts of the Energy Department at Torino Politecnico and by two engineering companies specialised in the design of mechanical and electrical equipment for infrastructure and tertiary sites. We work in a multidisciplinary team alongside architects, civil and mechanical engineers in order to share the advantages of a performance-based approach in all the design solutions.

Cantene is a center for the development of numerical applications solving thermal issues in civil, industrial and infrastructural fields, like tunnels, metro, high rise buildings, shopping malls, and arenas. We’re specialized in Fire Safety Engineering (FSE), an alternative solution in fire safety, especially in confined spaces and, more in general, in Thermal Science applied to ventilation and energy plants.

Cantene’s background comes from the shareholders' experience in the 1999 Mont Blanc’s tunnel fire investigation analysis. We use Computational Fluid Dynamic, Tunnel Ventilation System design, Smoke Control – Pollutants dilution, Pedestrian Flow and Risk Analysis. Cantene is the distributor of Thunderhead Engineering solutions (Pyrosim and Pathfinder) for the Italian and Hungarian market. We have strict transparency policies: Cantene innovates to guarantee high quality consultations and technological products to our customers. We nurture excellence by returning our values to our territory, and in this way giving back what we received.