Zignago Vetro: Assembly approves 2023 budget and distribution of dividend €0,75/year (+25%)
The 2023 financial statements and the distribution of a dividend of 0,75 euros per share have been approved. The purchase of own shares is also authorized
Latest stock market news: European stock markets rising driven by industry and quarterly reports. In Milan, banks at the top, oil companies at the tail
The excellent accounts of the Swiss ABB are dragging European industry upwards and consequently the stock markets, which continue to celebrate the future rate cut. The spread is stable, oil is down, nickel and aluminum prices are rising
Italian industry: Same tractors become brands of historical interest
Same has been registered in the special register of historical brands of national interest. In over 80 years of history, the company has been a key driver of Italian agricultural mechanization. Its tractors are marked with the iconic tiger logo
Italian industry: turnover +0,7% in 2023 but investments and consumption decreasing, exports ok. Analysis of Intesa-Prometeia
The Italian manufacturing sector confirms a stable turnover in the first 11 months of 2023. Consumption and investments are falling. Among the sectors, automotive (+14%) and pharmaceuticals did well, furniture (-8,7%) and household appliances did poorly
Confindustria, what is it for and who does it really serve? Behind the scenes of the presidential race. The Orsini case
Confindustria needs a leader who is finally up to the challenges that await Italian industry but the race for the new Presidency is full of maneuvers and intrigues and not all candidates have the right requirements. The cards speak: Orsini…
Industry: Prato, a textile hub and capital of industrial tourism, presents its heritage. A Festival in April
A symbolic city of working Italy organizes visits and a festival dedicated to its industrial history. A unique project of great social value
Industrial districts: exports are growing and for 82 the increase is over 50%. Mechanics and agro-food first and foremost
According to the Intesa Sanpaolo District Monitor, in the first nine months of 2023 the overall exports of the industrial districts grew by +0,4% equal to 409 million euros. The mechanical and agri-food performances were excellent. The fashion system is declining…
Draghi meets the top managers of European industry on competitiveness in Milan: "I'm here to listen"
In view of the preparation of a report on European competitiveness which will be presented after the European elections, the former prime minister sees all the top managers of EU industry
Italian Hydrogen Valleys: the list grows. Four projects in Abruzzo, Friuli, Basilicata, Lazio
The projects and availability of local authorities for green hydrogen hubs are growing. Four initiatives announced in the last week in favor of SMEs.
Home tech: Sales down in first 9 months of 2023, but less than expected. Positive news for Whirlpool
Exclusively for FIRSTonline, GFK data on domestic technology sales for the first 9 months in Italy - Positive news from Whirlpool awaiting the CMA verdict
Fund Fair 2023: The Small Industry of the Turin Industrial Union alongside SMEs for the capital market
The event organized with AIFI and Borsa Italiana - Euronext Group aims to make companies aware of the growth opportunities offered by extraordinary finance
The role of the Italian industry in achieving the objectives of the new PNIEC: the Agici event
The Agici Green Deal Monitor will be held on Tuesday 21 November at 13.15 pm in Rome - An opportunity for discussion between institutions and companies on the future of climate, energy and renewables
Federchimica elects Francesco Buzzella as new President and wants to leave 2023 behind
Chemistry remains central to the industry but must invest and renew in order not to be left out of the green transition.
Bain: Italy is unlikely to reach its climate objectives by 2030, there is a risk of 10 billion in damage per year
If the path towards the transition proceeds at the current pace, Italy will fail to meet the 2030 and 2050 objectives - By 2050, 60% of the territory will be at risk - "The country could suffer widespread losses and damage"
Industry: companies in the North-East are sounding the investment alarm, the risk of recession is growing
The last meeting of Confindustria Vicenza warned the political world about the risk of a serious recession coming, aggravated by the war in the Middle East. Adverse demography, job market, declining industrial production: exports are also showing signs of slowing down
Turin, four development perspectives for the Metropolitan City: the white paper of the Amma Foundation
The white paper, presented at the Turin Industrial Union, intends to provide a tool for reflection capable of outlining a ten-year vision of the production system and the Turin territory and the entire North West
Appointments: Pirelli, Campari, De Longhi and Prysmian turnover at the top
Andrea Casaluci is the new CEO of Pirelli in place of Giorgio Bruno. At Campari, CEO Bob Kunze-Concewitz will leave in the spring and will be replaced by Matteo Fantacchiotti. At Prysmian Massimo Battaini will replace CEO Valerio Battista. In the end…
Mediobanca: the industry withstands the blows of inflation, but workers are the most penalized
According to the Mediobanca Research Area, in 2022 the nominal turnover of the industry grew by 30,9% and the real one by 0,6%, but the purchasing power of workers fell by 22%
They are going through the storm but not all is lost: its other side are the companies in the area that are worth 5 billion in turnover
Caivano is not the Green Park and vice versa. The State reorganizes its local powers but there are industrial excellences in the area that can set an example. Reclaiming the territory is not the most appropriate expression.
Istat, industry slows down: in July production drops by 0,7%. Urso: “Alarm signals partly expected”
After two months of recovery, industrial production returns to negative. In trend terms the overall index decreased by 2,1%
Industry: €300 million from the Transition Fund. Applications from October and work in three years.
After a decree from August to October applications for access to the Fund with an endowment of 300 million euros. Half of the resources available for energy-intensive companies.
Stock Exchange 6 September latest news: the collapse in orders from German industry is also weighing on Piazza Affari
Shock fall in orders from the German manufacturing industry (-11%) which drags down all European lists and above all the Milan Stock Exchange considering that Germany is the main European outlet market for Italian industry
Textiles: Italy has become the European leader in the technical sector. The prospects are all on the upside
The technical fabric, sought after for its highly specialized characteristics, has entered many worlds: from sport, to space, to healthcare, up to high fashion. A product of the highest quality and almost invisible innovation, in which Italy excels, surpassing Germany…
Circular economy: Fondimpresa launches courses for companies in the North. Confindustria-Union Agreement
Fondimpresa launches a call for professional training on the circular economy. Applications for companies in the North by April 2024
Auto, the blue suits of Detroit vote for the strike: clash with GM, Ford and Stellantis, the Fed's fight against inflation is also at stake
Strong union clash in the car factories of GM, Ford and Stellantis - Tavares: "I don't let anyone dictate my agenda"
Patents and trademarks: the reform is under way. Here are all the latest news
The amendments to the Industrial Property Code claim "exhibition priority" and the transfer of ownership of inventions to research institutions and universities - will this be enough to facilitate the transfer of technology to the production system?
Germany, achtung recession: the shower of public subsidies complicates Berlin's relations with the EU
Berlin is discovering all the fragility of Made in Germany - German manufacturing suffers above all and Germany's fear is that its development model has come to an end
Record instrumental export: the future is already in Africa
In 2022, sales of capital goods (+10,7%) recorded a turnover of 55,4 billion. Africa, with 60% of the world's uncultivated arable land, offers enormous opportunities: sub-Saharan agricultural production has grown at an average annual rate of…
Italian industrial production up in June. Surprising boom in orders in Germany
In June, industrial production rose more than expected on a monthly basis but fell by 0,8% on an annual basis. Germany rears its head
Carlo Calenda, where is the innovative minister of Industry 4.0 who now changes his mind every quarter of an hour?
Divorce between Action and IV and division of the parliamentary groups. Renzi certainly has his responsibilities, but in recent times Calenda has changed his mind often and willingly and has appeared as the pickaxer of the Third Pole
Italian industry: turnover +3,7% in the first months of 2023 but activity is slowing down. Analysis of Intesa-Prometeia
Manufacturing turnover remains at record levels thanks to rising prices, but activity and investments are slowing down. Stable export. And for the future everything will depend on the recovery from inflation
Unione Industriali Torino: the Credit, Finance and Insurance Group is born
The Credit, Finance and Insurance Group brings together more than forty companies, including banks, advisors, insurance companies, brokers and financial companies, representing key sectors for the economic development of the area. In the first meeting held on Thursday 15 July, the offices were defined…
Unione Industriali Torino survey: cautious optimism in the forecasts of Piedmontese companies for the third quarter of 2023
The economic survey conducted by Unione Industriali Torino and Confindustria Piemonte on Piedmontese companies for the third quarter of the year has been presented. Declining optimism is observed, mainly due to the slowdown in the manufacturing sector, while the services sector shows an improvement
Assolombarda, the locomotive of Europe's second largest industry turns its back on Salvini's sovereignty and populism
In front of Prime Minister Meloni, the President of Assolombarda, Alessandro Spada sent a very clear message of pride in the strength and successes of regional and national industry to the assembly on 3 July, but also of a clear distancing from…
Home: German sales plummet. The economy slows down, the big names invest abroad
The real estate crisis hits Germany. Investments by large companies move abroad. The signs of a slowdown of the German locomotive are growing and suggest caution on Europe
Stock exchanges June 23 afternoon: in Germany and France industry suffers and drags down the price lists. Saipem collapses in Milan
The stock markets are all in the red: the slowdown of industry in the heart of Europe weighs but also the drop in oil and the uncertainty about the next moves of the central banks - Siemens Energy collapses: -37%
Assonime, Patrizia Grieco re-elected to the presidency: "European industrial policy without distorting the market"
In her report to the biennial assembly of Assonime, the re-elected president Grieco underlined the need "not to reduce the ambitions of the Pnrr" and to encourage women's employment. "A demographic crisis is underway" - Gentiloni comments: "A relationship with a European dimension"
China is betting on a new miracle and focuses on 8 strategic sectors for its supremacy and technological autonomy
We are publishing an excerpt from Luca Paolazzi's extensive analysis on China, which appeared in the Ceresio Investors Newsletter, which clearly explains where the power of the Asian giant comes from and what it aims at
Manufacturing industry: stable in 2023, up 1,3% since 2024. Intesa-Prometeia report
The Italian manufacturing industry will remain stable (turnover + 0,4%) but consolidating the progress made in the two-year period 2021-22 when it saw growth of 9,1%. Exports this year will exceed the threshold of 50% of total turnover for the first time
Farewell to Umberto Minopoli, political leader and industrial expert of rare finesse and passion
Umberto Minopoli, the first innovative Neapolitan leader of the PCI much appreciated by Giorgio Napolitano and then an industrial expert and highly competent manager, disappeared in the night
Alarm from Anima Confindustria: the shortage of materials continues to slow down the mechanical industry in 2023
Uncertainty, inflation and the repercussions of restrictive monetary maneuvers worry Anima Confindustria which has to deal with the scarce availability of raw materials
Bioterra takes off and chooses Fulgoni as CEO: now the industrial holding of Basilico and Cagnin is looking for a target company
Federico Fulgoni is the CEO of Bioterra chosen by Paolo Basilico and Giampaolo Cagnin for their vertical holding which has opened its doors these days and which will operate in advanced cosmetics and nutraceuticals with expected investments and acquisitions…
Waste, GDP, circular economy: why doesn't Italy have a winning strategy?
Industrial symbiosis is struggling to establish itself in Italy. A study by the Ref Research Center examines data on industrial waste and indicates medium-term solutions
“Europe at the crossroads between greater cohesion and a return to nationalism”. Interview with Perissich on the challenges of the EU
INTERVIEW WITH RICCARDO PERISSICH, former senior executive of the European Commission - "The response of Europe and NATO to the Russian aggression has been fantastic" and now a "consensus on the new challenges based on national aid to companies managed by the Commission…
Industrial automation: Timken Company acquires Nadella Group
The transaction, subject to Antitrust approval, is expected to close in the first quarter of 2023
Italian capital of culture 2025: here are the ten finalist cities. Proclamation on March 21st
Ten cities are competing for the title of Italian Capital of Culture in 2025. The ability to reconcile culture and business observed from all over the world
The eco-design pillar of the circular economy. The EU rules for recycling and saving raw materials
Eco-design makes its way into developed economies. A study by the REF Ricerche Laboratory describes actions to reduce the consumption of raw materials. Italy's dependence on imports, an opportunity for change.
Confindustria Veneto Est: the industrial metropolis worth 96 billion GDP takes the field
The Presidency Council of Confindustria Veneto Est completed the new team with the attribution of powers and unanimously approved the appointment of Gianmarco Russo as new general manager
Whirlpool postpones the quarterly report in view of the sale of the European subsidiary to the Chinese or the Turks
Maximum uncertainty about the future of Whirpool Emea: it cannot be excluded that the sale will not even end, but it is a hypothesis that would put many jobs in Italy and Europe at risk - On February 3 the meeting of the trade unions calling…
European industry: the energy crisis and not only risk displacing it according to the Public Accounts Observatory (Cpi)
Pressed by war, high energy prices and US measures, European industry is at risk of survival. The "home" dynamics, the expansion of the flat rate and the tax regimes of the self-employed and employees create inequalities. Here are the last two analyzes of the Public Accounts Observatory directed by…
Whirlpool: the Naples plant passes to the Government Commissioner, the sale formalised
The transfer of the Naples plant to the Extraordinary Government Commissioner for the Campania Region Special Economic Zone has been formalised. Zero euro transfer
Italy, once upon a time there was big industry: "From Montedison to Baghdad", a book by Lino Cardarelli
The presentation in Bologna of Cardarelli's book, published by Guerini and edited by Gianfranco Fabi, was the occasion - also thanks to the intervention of Romano Prodi - to re-read Italy's extraordinary industrial adventure but also to focus on themes and…
SMEs: the Committee of the European Regions rewards the most innovative. The tender for 2024 is ready
The Committee of the Regions promotes the sustainability award for 2024. The winners will obtain a label valid for one year
Lazio Region and Unindustria launch new services dedicated to multinationals to encourage investments
Lazio Region and Unindustria kick off the new public-private collaboration to encourage the establishment of multinationals. How many big foreign companies are there in Lazio
Post-global world: this is how it will be. Research by the Einaudi Center and Intesa Sanpaolo
Bigger companies, a growth-friendly tax system and a four-day work week. In the post-global world Deaglio outlines some proposals to get out of the crisis
Cimolai, the clumsy use of derivatives endangers even a very solid company like that of Pordenone
The vicissitudes of Cimolai, a jewel of Made in Italy, are becoming a school case for the damage that the abuse of derivatives can cause even to a very healthy company like the one in Pordenone
Piedmontese companies: confidence falls, but investments remain stable and employment increases
The economic survey carried out by Unione Industriali Torino and Confindustria Piemonte also shows a deterioration in profitability. Positive orders. President Marsiaj: "We are experiencing a phase of exceptional uncertainty"
Industry and services: in 2021 unprecedented post-war recovery, but now inflation weighs
According to the latest survey by the Mediobanca Studies Area, in 2021 the recovery of Italian industrial and tertiary companies was record-breaking, with turnover exceeding that of 10,1 by 2019% - In pole metallurgy and household appliances, but this year inflation…
Daylight saving time all year round: the petition to keep it is progressing. 50 people have already signed up
The petition continues to ask the government to change the system. A 2018 EU decision is being resumed. Minister Cingolani's perplexities
Veneto, Emilia-Romagna and Lombardy on the podium of industry with the highest added value but must attract more talent
Vicenza, Lecco, Treviso, Modena and Brescia are, according to a new research by the North East Foundation, the most virtuous provinces in the production of products with higher added value but to escape the "development trap" they must attract more talent
Campers, second-hand market boom: lack of chips blocks new productions
The lack of chips slows down the delivery of chassis and blocks the Italian motorhome industry despite exploding demand: the second-hand market benefits but "nothing can be found anymore"
Many global crises in just a few years and their effects on the Italian production system: mistakes not to be repeated
The latest book by Giorgio Brunetti, a long-time business economist, reminds us of what happened between 2007 and 2021, a period that has profoundly marked Italian political and economic history, even in terms of production structures.
Federmeccanica: “It is incomprehensible to have dropped Draghi. Three points for the agenda of the future government”
INTERVIEW WITH FEDERICO VISENTIN, President of Federmeccanica, the association of metalworking industries - "The government crisis has thrown us off balance: it's difficult to understand the political reasons" - The GDP trend is reassuring and businesses have held up but autumn will be difficult -…
European industry: signs of recession, PMI indices drop in Italy, Germany and France
The PMI manufacturing indices in July drop everywhere below the threshold that separates expansion from contraction, at their lowest for over two years - The lowest figure is the Italian one
The political crisis worries the multinationals but they won't leave Italy: what the Unindustria task force reveals
INTERVIEW WITH ALESSANDRA SANTACROCE, director of IBM Italia and vice president for multinationals of Unindustria Lazio - "The political crisis creates some elements of instability but it is not what determines the investment choice of multinationals as much as a context…
Italian industry: good production, turnover and exports, but high risks for the second half of the year
According to Prometeia-Intesa Sanpaolo, Italian industry continued to grow in 2022 - Exports + 21%, the fashion system recovers - War, expensive energy and government crisis will cause a slowdown in the second half of the year
Culture and business: enemies or friends? The key is a propulsive synthesis between the two
In his latest book, the president of Museimpresa, Antonio Calabrò, explains how business and culture must change profoundly to face new and unprecedented challenges
Industry, Istat: producer prices stable in April (+0,2%), but a leap of +35,3% year on year
According to Istat estimates, industrial production prices recorded a modest rise in April. Accelerations spread to almost all manufacturing sectors. The buildings undergo the high cost of materials
Industry: rising costs shock Europe. In Italy, construction is good, fashion and pharmaceuticals are bad
Ref Ricerche explains that the weakening of the euro partially compensates for the rise in energy prices, but less than commonly believed, because other currencies are also losing ground
Northeast and reshoring: the war is changing the scenarios. Chiara Mio speaks, Ca' Foscari economist
INTERVIEW WITH CHIARA MIO, economist of Ca' Foscari and President of Credit Agricole Friuladria - "Many processes that are now located in Eastern Europe will return to Italy" - War acts as a detonator for a changing scenario that must face…
Work: over 444 hires in May. Braking for manufacturing and construction
Signs of weakening from manufacturing and construction but the demand for labor holds thanks to the recovery of tourism and personal services. Fixed-term contracts still prevail
Goodbye globalization, war pushes the return of strategic productions: Jeffry Frieden (Harvard) speaks
INTERVIEW WITH JEFFRY FRIEDEN, Harvard University economist - "Productions of strategic goods will return home": here they are - "The Russian invasion of Ukraine will strengthen both NATO and the EU"
Lombardy districts, exports beyond pre-Covid levels: Brescia metals and Varese aerospace at the top
In the Intesa Sanpaolo Monitor, 15 out of 23 districts are above the levels reached before the crisis - Sprint of Varese aerospace and Brescia metals - Signs of recovery also from fashion
Lazio industrialists: this is how the crisis can be overcome
During the assembly of Unindustria Lazio, concerns emerged about the stability of the economy, but also about the opportunities ahead for Rome and the Region
Piedmont industrial districts, Intesa: in 2021 exports grow by 15,6% and are approaching pre-Covid levels
In the Intesa Sanpaolo Monitor, the agro-food districts stand out positively - District mechanics are also making a strong recovery - Signs of recovery emerge for exports of the Fashion System
Patents, green light to the revision law of the Industrial Property Code: the Mise explains the news
Applications to the Italian Patent and Trademark Office will be simpler and more digital - Controls and protection increase - The Mise: "The goal is to encourage investment"
Expo 2030 Rome: a great opportunity. That's why Unindustria launched the idea first
The idea of nominating Rome to host Expo 2030 came from Unindustria Lazio which considers it as an unrepeatable opportunity to relaunch the capital and the whole country
War upsets food supplies: large grain deficit for the EU. Speak Pedon
INTERVIEW WITH MATTIA PEDON, director and board member of PEDON spa, one of the world's big players in the cereal market - "There is a lot of nervousness about expensive energy and more with regards to food raw materials: here's what can happen…
VicenzaOro, the goldsmith industry recovers pre-Covid levels and is ready to counter the effects of war
The Italian gold industry has fully recovered its pre-Covid levels and is preparing to face the uncertainties of the war: a survey presented to VicenzaOro by the Club degli Orafi and Intesa Sanpaolo reveals
War, industry, the challenge to the future of Rome and Lazio: speaks Camilli, president of Unindustria
INTERVIEW WITH ANGELO CAMILLI, president of Unindustria - The anxieties and effects of war on industry in Rome and Lazio - The Rome Technopole project as an emblem of the turning point that the Capital and the Region are dreaming of
European carbon tax, alarm from the household appliance industry: it risks favoring Asian dumping
The association of household appliances manufacturers, Applia, warns of the risks of the new EU carbon tax and asks that imported finished products also be taxed
Industry: 2022 growing, but beware of energy and geopolitical risks
According to the Prometeia-Intesa report on industrial sectors, the record recovery of 2021 weakened in the last part of the year. 2022 growing but beware of geopolitical and energy risks
Economy: in 2022, the end of the pandemic and an odyssey in the real challenges
The Omicron variant is rampant in the world: the health consequences are milder, will the economic ones be the same? Will it be the last year of the pandemic? What challenges, by now not new, await us? Will the flood of inflation flow back into calm prices? Why rates are…
Federmeccanica: "Against the high energy price, the Government will give us a hand"
INTERVIEW WITH FEDERICO VISENTIN, President of Federmeccanica - Italy is Europe's industrial locomotive but "two major concerns hover over the recovery: the cost of energy and the supply of raw materials" - "Draghi's authority reported trust in Italy" - "Against…
Work: 458 hires in January over a million in March
Unioncamere, the recovery for the industry continues despite the increases in energy and raw materials - Tourism penalized by Covid is slowing down - The demand for immigrant workers is growing
Versalis (Eni) and BTS, agreement for biogas and biomethane plants
Versalis and BTS Biogas together for the joint development of an innovative technology for the production of biogas and biomethane from lignocellulosic biomass
Exports and industry grow in Italy
The trade balance of Made in Italy returned to positive (+1,5%). Sales were good especially in Turkey (+12,5%), Japan (+10,0%) and China (+4,4%) - Industrial production (+0,2%) was affected by the scarcity of some components and materials first
Industry and relocations: three out of four return
The pandemic has reversed the phenomenon of manufacturing outsourcing. There are many factors at play and it is not easy to get back. Here are names, numbers and stories of a bucking phenomenon
Gaggio Montano, the boomerang of the relocation of coffee machines
"Relocating Gaggio Montano's professional coffee machines to Romania and Spain is equivalent to a harakiri for our country" claims the former general manager of the household appliance industry association, Guerrini
From gas to chips, industry grappling with famine
Today's drop in gas and oil prices revives the stock exchanges but factories risk stopping production. The microchips for the car are missing. And central banks are confronted with the unprecedented supply shock
Companies: online requests for workwear are booming
The increase in online requests for workwear is driven by needs that specialized platforms are able to satisfy thanks to the versatility of virtual stores
Deloitte rewards Italian excellence: from yachts to sparkling wine, that's who they are
The 2021 edition of the Best Managed Companies Award concluded with 74 companies awarded according to different parameters. 74% have increased investments in technology and innovation
Industry and services, there is a recovery but not yet at pre-Covid levels
The latest report from the Mediobanca Research Area examines 2.140 medium-large Italian companies: the 2020 crisis has affected less than that of 2009, but it will take time to return to pre-pandemic turnover
The engineering industry runs and returns to pre-Covid levels
According to the latest economic survey carried out by the Federmeccanica Study Center, in the second quarter of 2021 production rose by 47% on the same period last year and by 1,5% compared to the months immediately preceding the outbreak of the pandemic
Salone del Mobile: the Italian LegnoArredo industry runs faster than the others
A study by Intesa Sanpaolo, in collaboration with the Salone del Mobile and FederlegnoArredo, certifies the state of health of the sector, which is on course for new records - Gregorio De Felice, the bank's chief economist, highlights the points…
Spa Benefit, Cappeller from Vicenza allocates part of the profits to the local area
The Cappeller of the industrial district of Bassano del Grappa, the ideal type of the second generation Venetian company, becomes the first Italian spring mill to transform itself into a Spa Benefit, bearing witness to the changes taking place in the Northeast and a growing awareness…
Work, 257 hires expected in August
Compared to 2019, however, above all fixed-term contracts are growing, while permanent contracts remain at a standstill. Confirmed the difficulty in finding the required skills
Italian industry: 2021 turnover returns to pre-Covid levels
According to a study by Intesa and Prometeia, in the first 5 months of the year revenues grew by 5,3% compared to the same period of 2019 - There is optimism for the future, but uncertainty increases together with the infections
The Stock Exchanges overcome the fear of variants and close higher
Piazza Affari is among the liveliest stock exchanges and marks an increase of 0,5% thanks to the progress of industrial stocks (Prysmian and Cnh above all) and asset management (Azimut and Banca Mediolanun)
Stock market: energy and digital, here's who's running with the Recovery
Ursula von der Leyen's arrival at Cinecittà coincides with the green light from Brussels for the first tranche of funding for Italy. Utilities are on the launch pad, but not alone: here are the most promising titles