A New Italian Product Direction for the Future of Intelligent Infrastructure

OMNIC announces the upcoming opening of OMNIC Product Lab in Milan in Q3 2026 — a new open platform for product innovation and the next step in OMNIC’s evolution as an Italian product company.

The launch reflects a broader shift happening across the market.

Intelligent infrastructure is no longer defined only by hardware. Lockers, kiosks, robots, self-service systems, and connected physical products are becoming part of how people experience services, buildings, cities, and digital ecosystems.

As this shift accelerates, OMNIC believes the next generation of physical products cannot be created through traditional isolated development models anymore.

Engineering alone is no longer enough.

Software alone is no longer enough.

Industrial design alone is no longer enough.

The products shaping the next decade will be created through the integration of product thinking, industrial design, AI, software, infrastructure expertise, operational reality, and real-world deployment from the very beginning.

OMNIC Product Lab is being created as a response to this new reality.

Why Milan

For OMNIC, Italy is not just part of the company’s identity. It is a product culture that shapes how the company thinks about engineering, design, detail, and human experience.

With OMNIC Product Lab, the company is making a deliberate investment into the part of Italy it believes will matter most for the future of intelligent infrastructure: the ability to unite engineering, aesthetics, detail, and human experience into one product direction.

A culture where engineering and aesthetics are developed together.

Where details are treated as part of performance.

Where products are expected not only to function — but to create meaningful experiences.

For decades, Milan has been one of the world’s centers of industrial design, product thinking, and the transformation of technology into human-centered experiences.

OMNIC Product Lab is designed to strengthen this direction inside OMNIC and turn Milan into the company’s center for product vision, experimentation, and next-generation physical product development.

What is OMNIC Product Lab

OMNIC Product Lab is an open platform for product innovation focused on intelligent physical products and infrastructure experiences.

Its purpose is clear:

To create an environment where strong product ideas can move faster from concept to prototype, testing, deployment, and real-world use.

The Lab is designed for:

• industrial designers,
• engineers,
• AI innovators,
• startups,
• product teams,
• technology companies,
• students,
• and creators working on the future of physical products and intelligent infrastructure.

Unlike traditional innovation spaces focused mainly on concepts or presentations, OMNIC Product Lab is built around practical product creation and implementation.

The platform will support:

• industrial design exploration,
• rapid prototyping,
• hardware and software collaboration,
• AI-powered physical experiences,
• infrastructure UX experimentation,
• pilot scenario validation,
• and deployment preparation.

The space will also host:

• product reviews,
• collaborative workshops,
• innovation sessions,
• partner programs,
• and concept presentations.

Beyond Concepts

What makes OMNIC Product Lab different is its connection to real operational environments.

The platform is not designed only to generate ideas.

It is designed to help meaningful products enter the real world.

Participants will have access to:

• engineering expertise,
• manufacturing capabilities,
• infrastructure testing,
• pilot deployments,
• international market opportunities through OMNIC’s ecosystem,
• and selected grant support or product funding opportunities for promising concepts and early-stage product development.

OMNIC believes the future belongs to companies capable of connecting vision, engineering, infrastructure, and deployment into one integrated product creation process.

OMNIC Product Lab is being created to support exactly that.

Open Platform for Collaboration

OMNIC Product Lab is designed as an open ecosystem connecting creators, engineers, startups, technology partners, and businesses around real product innovation.

The goal is to create a space where multidisciplinary teams can experiment, build, validate, and accelerate products capable of shaping the next generation of intelligent physical infrastructure.

Opening in Q3 2026

The official opening of OMNIC Product Lab is planned for Q3 2026 in Milan.

Additional details regarding collaboration programs, Product Grants, residency initiatives, funding opportunities, and the first open Pitch Window will be announced in the coming months.

Born in Milan. Built for the Next Generation of Intelligent Physical Products.