During the meeting between Assolombarda and the MEPs of the territory, investments in raw materials, the single energy market and talent attraction were discussed as key elements for the competitive future of European industry. Spada, Assolombarda: "without industry there is no Europe"
According to the analysis by Ref Ricerche, in the second quarter of 2024 Italy shows modest growth with a slightly increasing GDP, mainly supported by tourism, which reaches a historical record. While industry struggles to take off, the service sectors and…
The summer of 2024 has brought mixed signals for the Eurozone economy. Falling inflation was not enough to revive growth, with industry in difficulty and services recovering. The latest analysis by Ref Ricerche explains why
Bioengineering could transform every industry sector with 96% of organizations already exploring solutions. Sustainability emerges as a key driver for this revolution. Here is the result of the Capgemini Report
While services and construction continue to support regional growth, industry struggles to keep pace and recovery is expected only in the second half of the year
In 2024, Bankitalia expects a slight increase in manufacturing sales with more stable prices and declining investments while the construction sector could record a slight decline in production, after having benefited from significant growth in 2023 thanks…
For the next four years he will replace Giorgio Marsiaj, who has reached the end of his mandate. The presentation of the new presidential team will take place on June 25th, while the election by the general assembly is set for July 15th
On 7 and 8 June, 16 companies associated with the Turin Industrial Union will offer free guided tours of their factories. The event is part of the "Turin, space for the future" program, in the year in which Turin is the Capital of business culture
The event “Industry and finance in dialogue for sustainable development”, organized by the Pesenti Foundation and the Corriere della Sera Foundation in collaboration with Vontobel, highlighted the need for a combination of industry and sustainability to guarantee a future…
Given the forecast that seemed to outline the Textile-Clothing turnover at 64,4 billion euros, therefore growing by +3,0% compared to the previous year, the latest indications gathered point to a more contained end of the year, with a hypothetical turnover…
Vicenza's manufacturing production is in crisis, with a decline of -5,2% in the first quarter of 2024. Laura Dalla Vecchia, president of Confindustria Vicenza, denounces inadequate European policies and political immobility, aggravated by weak global demand and global uncertainties.…
The report drawn up by Intesa Sanpaolo and Prometeia on the analysis of industrial sectors: the turnover of Italian industry should stabilize at 1.160 billion euros at the end of the year, with an increase of 250 billion compared to 2019, closing a cycle…
May 1st in Taranto was a sad day due to the difficult situation of the former Ilva. The workers don't like the government's plan but the state seems to be the only one to guarantee money from the EU. Sales hypotheses
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
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
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
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 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…
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…
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
Exclusively for FIRSTonline, GFK data on domestic technology sales for the first 9 months in Italy - Positive news from Whirlpool awaiting the CMA verdict
The event organized with AIFI and Borsa Italiana - Euronext Group aims to make companies aware of the growth opportunities offered by extraordinary finance
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
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"
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
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
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…
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%
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.
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.
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
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…
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?
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
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…
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
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
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…
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
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…
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
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%
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"
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
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
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
Uncertainty, inflation and the repercussions of restrictive monetary maneuvers worry Anima Confindustria which has to deal with the scarce availability of raw materials
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…
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
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…
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
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.
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
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…
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…
The transfer of the Naples plant to the Extraordinary Government Commissioner for the Campania Region Special Economic Zone has been formalised. Zero euro transfer
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…
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
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
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
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"
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…
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
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"
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.
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 -…
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
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…
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
In his latest book, the president of Museimpresa, Antonio Calabrò, explains how business and culture must change profoundly to face new and unprecedented challenges
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
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
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…
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
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"
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
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
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
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"
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
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…
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
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
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
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
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…
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…
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 and BTS Biogas together for the joint development of an innovative technology for the production of biogas and biomethane from lignocellulosic biomass
