Cdp has signed an agreement with Maire Tecnimont, a plant engineering company with great technological and construction skills, which plans to encourage the growth and development plans of the Italian group's strategic suppliers, through access to financial products and services offered by Cassa Depositi.
The protocol was signed by the number one of Cdp, Fabrizio Palermo, and by Pierroberto Folgiero, CEO of Maire Tecnimont. The company's supply chain is made up of 5 Italian and foreign companies which, thanks to this agreement, will be able to access the tools made available by CDP.
"With this agreement, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti and Maire Tecnimont further strengthen their support to the reference supply chain to support internationalization processes and strengthen training for the benefit of innovation", reads the joint note from the two companies.
In detail, according to Maire Tecnimont's growth and development plan, the group's Italian suppliers will be able to join coaching and training initiatives aimed at areas such as co-engineering, product and process innovation, project management, credit management, digitalization, and the finalization of strategic partnerships in foreign markets.
Fabrizio Palermo, CEO of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, commented: “Thanks to the agreement signed today we will be able to activate important synergies to support Maire Tecnimont's investments and competitiveness, guaranteeing access to the financial products and services of the CDP Group and offering concrete support to companies in the Italian engineering, innovation and energy supply chain. We believe it is of fundamental importance to continue supporting national strategic supply chains, which represent a significant part of our country's industrial and technological heritage, as well as demonstrating the excellence of Made in Italy in the world, with important repercussions on the Italian economy also in terms of induced".
Pier Roberto Folgiero, CEO of Maire Tecnimont, commented: “In Italy we have formidable skills in the natural resource transformation sector: today with Cassa Depositi e Prestiti we are taking another decisive step to support them abroad, equipping them with tools to strengthen and adapt to those geographies where it is necessary to increase synergy with local businesses, a fundamental driver of competitiveness.”
