4S has established a partnership network with certification bodies, consulting and engineering, and software producers, to cover areas complementary to the own one, as to provide complete and qualified services.
In particular, 4S collaborates with the following strategic partners:
- Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, is an Italian-American multinational auto maker. FCA’s mass-market brands operates through two main subsidiaries: FCA Italy (previously Fiat Group Automobiles) and FCA US (previously Chrysler LLC). The company’s portfolio includes many well-known automotive names including Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Fiat Professional, Jeep, Lancia, Ram Trucks, Abarth, Mopar and SRT. FCA also owns Maserati, Comau, Magneti Marelli, and Teksid.
- Volvo Group is a Swedish multinational manufacturing company headquartered in Gothenburg. While its core activity is the production, distribution and sale of trucks, buses and construction equipment, Volvo also supplies marine and industrial drive systems and financial services.
- Continental AG founded in 1871, is a leading German automotive manufacturing company specialising in tyres, brake systems, automotive safety, powertrain and chassis components, tachographs, and other parts for the automotive and transportation industries. Continental is the world's fourth-largest tyre manufacturer.
- EMBRAER is one of the largest aerospace companies in the world. Over our 45 years in the aerospace business, it has operated in the design, development, manufacture, sale and after-sale support stages of aircraft for the commercial and executive aviation markets, as well as offering integrated solutions and systems for the defense and security industry.
- Centro Ricerche Fiat plays an active role in several public and private research consortiums to develop innovative power units, vehicle systems, materials, methods and processes to improve the competitiveness of FCA products. On a national scale, CRF collaborates with the Ministry for Universities and Research, the Ministry for the Environment and the Ministry for Economic Development.
- MetaCase founded in 1991, is a provider of Domain-Specific Modeling (DSM) environments. The company's flagship product, MetaEdit+®, is providing thousands of developers worldwide with a more productive, higher quality approach to system and software development.
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology founded in 1827, is Sweden's first polytechnic and is one of Scandinavia's largest institutions of higher education in technology. KTH is one of the leading technical universities in Europe and highly respected worldwide, especially in the domains of technology and natural sciences.
- MESAP, association to promote innovation in the field of Mechatronics and Advanced Production Systems, funded by Piedmont Region and managed by Unione Industriale Torino
- AMET, a leading engineering company specialized in model-based design, partner of 4S to supply engineering services
- IBIMEC, a leading consulting and information technology company specialized in the software solutions for industry, to jointly develop software tools in support of product development and manufacturing.
- Neohm Componenti S.r.l. was founded in March 1990 with the acquisition of Neohm Electronics know how, brand and experience, a company in the international electronics market since the early sixties. Its is an electronic services custom company proposing itself as an electronic partner providing electronic outsourcing services.
- CSP–Innovazione nelle ICT perfroms RTD activities in Collaborative projects with businesses and RTD, the Technology Labs and in the Joint Labs with Academy and businesses. It activities range from Energy, Environment and Smart building, to Health, well-being & disability, to Digital networks, to Digital creativity, Knowledge & learning, to Agrofood, to Secure society & Civil Protection.
- Mecel founded in 1982, is a software and systems consulting firm, specializing in the automotive industry. Since 1997 it's been wholly owned subsidiary of Delphi company which is created by General Motors.
- CEA is a French public government-funded research organisation in the areas of energy, defense and security, information technologies and health technologies.
- ARCCORE AB was founded in 2009 launching a set of products initially developed by the 3Core group of companies. It provides Standards, Open and Innovative AUTOSAR products to the automotive market.
- Systemite provides a high performance open platform for component-based systems development within the area of computer based systems. It contributes to higher product quality and possibilities to rationalize the design process, as well as improved information maintenance and better project management.
- Technische Universität Berlin is one of Germany’s largest and most internationally renowned technical universities. Located in Germany’s capital city outstanding achievements in research and teaching, imparting skills to excellent graduates, and a modern service-oriented administration characterize TU Berlin.
- University College Hull was founded in 1927 through the support of local benefactors. Its academic portfolio contains disciplines across the arts and humanities, business, education, health, the sciences and the social sciences.
- GMV is a technological business group founded in 1984. It offers its solutions, services and products in very diverse sectors: Aeronautics, Banking and Finances, Space, Defense, Health, Security, Transportation, Telecommunications, and Information Technology for Public Administration and large corporations.
- OVGU - Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg has a distinctive profile. It aims to create a lean and sharply-defined structure with its main focus of expertise in the traditional areas of engineering, the natural sciences and medicine. It also views economics and management and the social sciences and humanities as essential disciplines for a modern university in the information age.
- SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden is an international research institute. Its business areas include Energy, Information and Communications Technology, ICT, Life Science, Risk, Safety and Security, Built Environment and Transportation.
- FCUL - University of Lisbon Faculty of Sciences is established in 1911 by the transformation of the former Polytechnic School (Escola Politécnica). It has been granted several honours so far, namely a finalist position in the Descartes Prize and two IBM Scientific Awards.
- Chalmers university founded in 1829 is ocated in Gothenburg with focus on research and education in technology, natural science, architecture, maritime and other management areas. It has partnerships with major industries mostly in the Gothenburg region such as Ericsson, Volvo, and SKF.
- Polito - Politecnico di Torino founded in 1859 is a "Research University" aknowledged as a centre of excellence in all over the world for the qualifying research areas of Architecture and Engineering. In Engineering & IT, it's ranked as 16th in Euorpe and 58th in the world.