David Avino

Argotec In 2008, Avino founded Argotec in Turin.

In 2024, Argotec opened SpacePark Argotec in San Mauro Torinese. Press coverage described the project as involving a €25 million investment in the redevelopment of the former Cartiera Burgo site, originally designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer.

Projects ISSpresso Avino was involved in the development of ISSpresso, a capsule-based espresso machine designed for use in microgravity. ArgoMoon: a satellite built by Argotec and launched on the Artemis 1 mission to observe the deployment of secondary payloads from the Orion/Space Launch System mission profile. IRIDE: Argotec has participated in the development of satellites for IRIDE, the Italian Earth-observation constellation programme.

Recognition Avino and Argotec have been cited in connection with several recognitions, including a NASA award in 2016 for an International Space Station experiment, He was also described by Yahoo Finance Italia as having been named "Person of the Year" in 2023 by the Turin edition of Corriere della Sera.