Stazione Sperimentale per i Combustibili
(SSC, Fuel Experimental Station) is an experimental institute that operates within the framework of the Italian Department of Industry.
SSC is involved in activities connected with fossil fuels and derived products.
SSC was founded in 1940 replacing of the Fuel Section of the Institute of Industrial Chemistry in Bologna.
In 1965, the SSC location was moved from the Institute of Industrial Chemistry - Technical University of Milan, to San Donato Milanese, the present location, on the southern outskirts of Milan.
About seventy people are employed in the various laboratories of SSC. Twenty staff members hold University degrees in chemistry or industrial chemistry.
Students and graduates attend research activities.
Financial support is obtained from fuel importing companies (gas, petroleum, coal), from the analytical work, research and consultancy performed at SSC.
Fuel companies, Departments, Universities and Research Institutions are represented on the Board of Directors, appointed by the Secretary of Industry.
The Institute is accredited by SINAL for a series of test methods on fuels (EN 45001)