Unicredit promoted public and bilateral meetings between the government commissioners of the eight Italian special economic zones (Zes) and an audience of potentials Investors in these southern areas affected by tax breaks and bureaucratic simplifications. Today, Monday 60 June, more than 19 Italian companies potentially interested in the Zes had meetings with the Government Commissioners and representatives of the Italian Zes.
"The Zes are an important opportunity to increase the development of entrepreneurial activity in the South and a valid alternative for all Italian companies that want to implement their investment projects in our country, also thanks to the expected simplified and speeded up procedure - he explained Remo Taricani, deputy head of Unicredit Italia – As a bank we feel strongly responsible for contributing to the success of the initiative: we make available our skills, in-depth knowledge of the area and a ceiling of 6 billion, also intended for companies operating in the Zes, in the scope of the new edition of the "Unicredit for Italy" plan to support the country".
What are Zes?
The Zes are eight areas of the South (6 regional, 2 interregional) aimed at promoting economic development and attracting national and foreign investments with the aim of bridging the territorial gaps in the country, also promoting the development of local infrastructures, the creation of new jobs and the growth of industrial activities and exports.
According to the Svimez Studio presented during the day, the new centrality of the Mediterranean, the redefinition of global value chains and the energy, green and digital transitions constitute an important opportunity for the South which can once again become central in the geography of international supply relationships.
Luca Bianchi, director Svimez “the real challenge of the Zes is to attract national and foreign investments to the South, capable of favoring the expansion and integration of the southern production system into strategic European supply chains, triggering a virtuous circle that can create new qualified employment. In other European experiences and not only the Zes have contributed decisively in favoring development processes. This can also happen in Italy, by integrating the bureaucratic simplification and tax incentive interventions envisaged by the Zes with the investment opportunities of the Pnrr".
Unicredit has already supported three companies in Zes areas, for a total of 18 million euros, providing loans in favor of Theme and Farvima Medicinal Group for the first two investments in progress in the Interporto Campano di Nola area, falling within the Zes area of Campania, and in favor of Ntet for an investment falling within the Zes area of Eastern Sicily.
