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Manufacturing:
Why Invest in Italy
26th September 2018 - Villa Erba, Cernobbio
Manufacturing: Why Invest in Italy - 26th September 2018 - Villa Erba, Cernobbio - Agenzia ICE
Investment Opportunities
in 8 Italian Regions

   AEROSPACE

   AGRIFOOD INDUSTRY

   CHEMICAL INDUSTRY

   FASHION, FURNITURE AND HOME SYSTEM

   HEALTHCARE

   MACHINERY & MECHATRONICS

   MOBILITY INDUSTRY

   RENEWABLE ENERGY & GREEN INDUSTRY
Manufacturing: Why Invest in Italy - 26th September 2018 - Villa Erba, Cernobbio - Agenzia ICE
SECTOR                               Region                  Cluster                           Page

                                     LOMBARDY                AEROSPACE                           4
AEROSPACE
                                     PIEDMONT                AEROSPACE                           8
                                     CALABRIA                AGRIFOOD                           10
                                     FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA   AGRIFOOD                           12
AGRIFOOD INDUSTRY                    LOMBARDY                AGRIFOOD INDUSTRY                  14
                                     TRENTINO                AGRIFOOD                           18
                                     TUSCANY                 AGRIFOOD                           20
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY                    LOMBARDY                CHEMICAL INDUSTRY                  22
                                     FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA   FURNITURE AND HOME SYSTEM          26
FASHION, FURNITURE AND HOME SYSTEM   MARCHE                  WOOD FURNITURE & HOUSING SYSTEM    28
                                     TUSCANY                 FASHION                            32
                                     FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA   SMART HEALTH                       34
                                     LOMBARDY                HEALTH INDUSTRY                    36
HEALTHCARE                           PIEDMONT                LIFE SCIENCES                      40
                                     TRENTINO                HEALTHCARE                         42
                                     TUSCANY                 PHARMA                             44
                                     CALABRIA                METALWORKING                       46
                                     EMILIA ROMAGNA          ADVANCED MECHANICAL ENGINEERING    48
                                     FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA   METALWORKING                       52
MACHINERY & MECHATRONICS                                     ADVANCED MANUFACTURING             54
                                     LOMBARDY
                                                             MECHATRONICS & ROBOTICS            58
                                                             MECHATRONICS                       62
                                     TRENTINO
                                                             SPORT TECH                         64
                                     FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA   MARITIME TECHNOLOGY                66
MOBILITY INDUSTRY                    LOMBARDY                MOBILITY INDUSTRY                  68
                                     PIEDMONT                AUTOMOTIVE                         72
                                     CALABRIA                GREEN INDUSTRY                     74
RENEWABLE ENERGY & GREEN INDUSTRY    LOMBARDY                GREEN INDUSTRY                     76
                                     TRENTINO                RENEWABLE ENERGY & GREEN TECH      80
Manufacturing: Why Invest in Italy - 26th September 2018 - Villa Erba, Cernobbio - Agenzia ICE
Lombardy | AEROSPACE
Infrastructures and                          Industrial                                    FACTS &
connections                                  base                                          FIGURES
—— 573 km of highways                        —— The Region offers all the tech-            —— The productive system is composed
—— 900 km of national roads                     nologies and skills of the entire             by 220 companies
—— 11,000 km of provincial roads                supply chain required to build fixed
                                                                                           —— More than 16,000 workers
—— 1,680 km of railway network                  and mobile-wing platforms and
                                                space frames: from the mechanical          —— Total turnover worth more than €
—— 4 International airports:
                                                components, subsystems, to satel-             6 billion
   —— Milano Malpensa Airport, Varese -
      Ferno (54.5 km from Milan)                lite, helicopter, and trainer aircraft     —— A sector devoted to export, with a
   —— International Airport Il Caravag-         integrators                                   turnover of € 1.3 billion coming
      gio, Bergamo - Orio al Serio (60.4     —— Prime contractors in Lombardy are             from abroad
      km from Milan)                            Agusta Westland (helicopters); Ale-
   —— Enrico Forlanini Airport, Milano -        nia Aermacchi (trainer aircrafts); CGS     —— 27% of the total export at national
      Linate (9.7 km from Milan)                Compagnia Generale per lo Spazio              level is generated by Lombardy
   —— International Airport Gabriele            (satellites and scientific payloads);         (increased by 9.4% in 2017)
      D’Annunzio, Brescia - Montichiari         Selex Galileo (Avionics and radar);
      (120.5 km from Milan)                                                                —— Presence of Lombardy Aerospace
                                                Thales Alenia Space (space)                   Cluster, that includes:
—— Distance by car from Milan to Paris
   (8h50min), Berlin (10h45min), Fran-       —— The excellences of the Lombardy                —— 80 firms
   kfurt (7h30min), Barcelona (10h)             Aerospace Cluster can be associated
                                                with these characteristics:                    —— 6 universities/research centres
                                                —— rotary wing aircraft and vertical           —— 2 other bodies
                                                    flight: LTC point of excellence, the
                                                    rotary wing sector (helicopters,
                                                    convertiplanes)
                                                —— fixed wing aircraft and training
                                                    systems: the fixed wing sector
                                                    goes from primary training with
                                                    single engine propeller aircraft
                                                    (with double piston engine
                                                    and turbo-compressor) to basic
                                                    training, up to the advanced-pre-
                                                    operative trainer
                                                —— management of air traffic in the
                                                    ‘Avionic systems’, ‘Security and
                                                    transport’ and ‘Defence’ sectors
                                                —— space, satellites and scientific
 Contact info                                       payload: presence of impor-
                                                    tant international companies,
 Regione Lombardia – Team AttrACT
                                                    specialized in the production of
 www.regione.lombardia.it,                          scientific payloads and in small
 www.attractlombardy.it
                                                    and medium class satellites
 investimenti.attract@regione.lombardia.it
                                                —— avionic apparatus and systems,
                                                    fuel systems, electromechani-
 T +39 02 8515 5220                                 cal and hydraulic motor units,
                                                    wireless communication systems
 Marco Fedato                                       produced by many specialized
                                                    Lombard SMEs

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R&D network                                                              Incentives and funding
—— Attitude for innovation: around 12% of the companies’                 Regione Lombardia supplies incentives for corporate invest-
   turnover is invested in R&D activities                                ments and Start-ups. For example:
—— Numerous collaborations between the research world and                «AL VIA» Corporate Investments
   companies, such as: AWPARC, a collaboration initiative                —— 5% to 15% non-repayable grant for capital expenditures in
   between the Polytechnic of Milan and Agusta Westland                       productive assets for a specific investment project
   dedicated to the study in specialized laboratories of specific
                                                                         —— Long-term financing from €50,000 to €2.85M at favorable
   flight technologies vertical
                                                                              rates, with a duration from 3 to 6 years
—— In Lombardy there is the only European Joint Research Cen-
                                                                         —— Free financial guarantee to cover up to 70% of the financing
   ter (JRC) located in Italy at ISPRA, in the province of Varese.
   This center coordinates numerous community networks and               —— The eligible projects must fall within one of these two cate-
   researches coming from National institutions, universities,                gories: Company Development or Relaunch of Productive
   advanced industries in the member states of the European                   Areas
   Union, as well as carrying out a vast set of independent              —— The intervention is dedicated to companies: registered in
   researches using the skills of the best European scientists                the Italian Register of Companies with an operating office
   working directly in the center during specific research                    in Lombardy at the time of the supply of the contribution,
   periods                                                                    active for at least 24 months
—— Scientific expertise in various technological fields: sensors,        «INTRAPRENDO» Incentives for Startups
   acoustics, ICT, materials, mechanical engineering, design             —— The incentive consists of a zero-interest-rate loan and a
   and integration of complex systems, testing, RfiD, remote                  non-repayable grant (min €25,000 to max €65,000)
   sensing and earth observation, environmental monito-                  —— The combination of the two can cover from 60% to 65% of
   ring, payloads and complex optical systems for satellite                   the total eligible cost (min €25,000 max €65,000) of the
   applications                                                               project
—— Strong research network thanks to the many Research                   —— The intervention is dedicated to:
   Centers: INAF, CNR-IREA, AWPARC
                                                                              —— MSMEs active and registered in the Register of Com-
—— Lombardy Universities specialized in fields relevant to aero-                  panies for no longer than 24 months, with operating
   space industry are: Politecnico of Milan, Bicocca University,                  headquarter in Lombardy
   University of Pavia, Carlo Cattaneo Liuc University
                                                                              —— Individual entrepreneurs that have started their own
—— The priority themes of technological development in this                       entrepreneurial activity for no longer than 24 months
   field are: space integrated systems and space systems,
   fixed and mobile wing integrated aeronautical systems,                Thanks also to the ERDF - European Regional Development
   electro-mechanical systems and avionics, new technologies             Fund, Regione Lombardia allocated in the 2014 – 2020
   for production and infrastructures                                    program period 36% of the fund (€349.2 M) to strengthen the
                                                                         research sector, foster technological development and innova-
                                                                         tion. In the same way, 30% of the fund (€294.6 M) is allocated
                                                                         to promote the competitiveness of SMEs and improve access
                                                                         to loans.

                                                                         Sites and buildings
                                                                         —— AttrACT website www.attractlombardy.it gives access to
                                                                            more than 100 investment opportunities (greenfield and
                                                                            brownfield opportunities), located in 55 Municipalities,
                                                                            mapped out through the AttrACT Programme. A variety of
                                                                            sites ranging from the office building to the industrial facili-
                                                                            ty. This initiative, promoted by Regione Lombardia together
                                                                            with Unioncamere Lombardia, is a unique experimentation
                                                                            in Italy for the promotion of the investment opportunities
                                                                            located in Lombardy.
                                                                         —— Within The Italian Scientific and Technological Parks
                                                                            Network:
                                                                            —— KILOMETRO ROSSO (Bergamo – BG)
                                                                            —— BERGAMO SVILUPPO (Bergamo – BG)

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Success story
OHB ITALIA SPA
OHB Italia SpA is a subsidiary of the
German Bremen-based aerospace and
technology group OHB SE. This listed
space and technology group OHB
SE currently employs around 2,400
people and has consolidated revenues
of € 860 M in 2017.
OHB Italia SpA is a leading company
in Italy in the field of space systems
design, development and integration.
Founded in 1981, OHB Italia has its
headquarters in Milan. Recently the
group inaugurated a new Integration
and Manufacturing Facility in clean
environment adjacent to the head-
quarter building in Milan. This new
facility is operational since June 2018
and will increase OHB Italia capacity in
space system production, in particular
for satellite integration.
OHB Italia SpA is also a member part
of the Lombardy Aerospace Cluster.

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Business opportunity                                                 Commitments can vary according to the Municipality:

The AttrACT Program is a unique innovative program in Italy:         —— Simplification of administrative processes such as:
it brings together investors, investment opportunities and              —— Adopting the Action Plan by the city council in less
local Municipalities thanks to a dedicated online platform,                than 90 days from the request
www.attractlombardy.it.
                                                                        —— Delivering a Planning Permission in less than 60 days
AttrACT aims at:                                                           from the request
—— developing the regional offering                                     —— Dedicating a portal or an on line “front office” service
—— promoting opportunities for investment                                  where investors can find all useful information

—— bringing together the main territorial stakeholders               —— Economic and Tax incentivisation such as:

More than 100 “ready to use” investment opportunities, re-              —— Declaring in advance all urban planning and con-
presenting all the 12 provinces of Lombardy and pertaining                 struction expenses without additional expenses
to 4 key segments: Industry, Logistics, Offices and Tourism.            —— Offering reduction or exemption of IMU, TASI, e/or TARI
The Program has mapped both publicly- and privately-owned                  according to the Municipality
areas.
                                                                        —— Reducing the primary and secondary land develop-
AttrACT sees the direct engagement of the Lombardy Muni-                   ment expenses by at least 20%
cipalities involved in the Program that are called to identify
                                                                     —— Promotion:
local investment opportunities (greenfield and brownfield) in
their area, made it available to investors, and simultaneously          —— Making available a support team that coordinates
made commitments to simply administrative processes, offer                 the work, facilitates the relationships and encourages
economic and tax incentives and offer qualified assistance                 collaboration
service.
                                                                        —— Providing preliminary consulting services and support
                                                                           to companies in the presentation and implementation
                                                                           of their projects, with the issuance of written opinions
                                                                           if requested in the proposal
                                                                     AttrACT, where to invest in Lombardy.

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Piedmont | AEROSPACE
Infrastructures and                          Industrial                                   FACTS &
connections                                  base                                         FIGURES
Piedmont is located at the intersection      Piedmont boasts a complete pipeline          AEROSPACE CLUSTER
of the two main axes Lisbon-Kiev Eu-         of skills and qualifications, high-level
                                                                                          280 SMEs
ropean Corridor and Genoa-Rotterdam          manufacturing, processes and service
                                                                                          14,800 employees
Corridor 24.                                 companies, cooperation with univer-
                                                                                          € 3.9 bn turnover
The region is a strategic point for goods    sities and the R&D network, unique
                                                                                          17% of national exports
distribution in Europe with 3 logistics      products and engineering know-how,
                                                                                          26% of exports directed to USA
platforms - S.I.T.O (Turin), C.I.M. (Nova-   educational & training system and an
                                                                                          22% of exports directed to Germany
ra), Interporto Rivalta Scrivia (Tortona)    organised supply chain. The Piedmont
- and a network of about 1,000 km of         aerospace scenario is further enriched       5 International key players:
motorways and 2,000 km of railways. Its      by the presence of the Torino Piemonte       Leonardo Airborne and Space Systems,
position bordering Liguria makes it the      Aerospace Cluster and by the core of         Leonardo Aircraft, GE Avio Aero, United
ideal rear logistics service location for    Italy’s Space industry: Thales Alenia Spa-   Technologies Corporation/UTC, Thales
the port of Genoa (150 km from Turin).       ce, the Italian Institute of Technology’s    Alenia Space
                                             (IIT) and the Centre for Space Human
Turin international airport: 30 minutes                                                   Aeronautics:
                                             Robotics (CSHR), a spin-off from the
from the city center.                                                                     Piemonte played and still plays a key
                                             Politecnico di Torino.
Milan-Malpensa intercontinental                                                           role in many international program-
airport: 1 h from Turin.                                                                  mes: 777, 767 and 787 Dreamliner,
                                                                                          Airbus A321,
                                             R&D network                                  A340-500/600 and A380, Falcon 2000
                                                                                          and EX, Eurofighter Typhoon, C27J,
                                             Recent data confirm that Piedmont is a       ATR42, NH90 and EH101.
                                             leading Italian region in R&D. Com-
                                             panies expenditure in R&D: 1.42% of          Space field:
                                             GDP (national average of 0.65%), with        Piedmont is involved in a prime contractor
                                             a number of workers in R&D of 6.2 per        role in international programmes such
                                             1,000 inhabitants (national average of       as the International Space Station (more
                                             4.0) and an increasing IP impact, with a     than 50% of its pressure zed modules are
                                             number of 137.6 patents registered per       being developed here), ExoMars, Euclid,
                                             million inhabitants (national average of     Bepi-Colombo, IXV and Space Rider,
                                             83.6) (Source: Istat 2017).                  Ariane 5, ArgoMoon and many others.
                                             —— 200 private and public R&D centres,       Technological trends for the future of
                                                 7 Innovation Hubs, 4 Science &Tech-      aerospace:
                                                 nology Parks
                                                                                          —— Advanced materials (composites
                                             —— 1st Italian region in terms of private       and special alloys)
                                                 investment in R&D
 Contact info                                                                             —— New propulsion systems (electric,
                                             —— 3rd Italian region for hi-tech patents
 Piemonte Agency                                                                             hybrid, fuel cells)
 www.centroestero.org/en/invest-in-                                                       —— Green aero engines technology
 piemonte.html                                                                               (high speed turbine, high power
 info@centroestero.org                                                                       epicycloidal transmission)
                                                                                          —— Additive technologies (machines,
 T +39 011 6700511                                                                           products, powder handling, post
                                                                                             processing)
 Federico Zardi                                                                           —— Robotics (mainly for space appli-
                                                                                             cations)
                                                                                          —— Advanced satellites design

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Incentives and funding                                                    and the extremely high number of interesting companies
                                                                          operating in neighbouring countries like France, Germany
Regione Piemonte has allocated € 1 bn to promote the growth               and Switzerland.
and competitiveness of the whole territory. The Region’s                  The Politecnico di Torino and its incubator I3P have provided
industrial policy aims to achieve 3 main objectives: to main-             great support to the activities of the company so far. The
tain and enhance the existing industrial activities, to expand            Politecnico is an important partner in projects and contracts
investments of the companies already active on the territory,             of the company and has been and will be the main reservoir
to attract new businesses wanting to realise innovation and               of highly skilled engineers; I3P has provided outstanding
industrial development projects. Funding is provided for: set-            support during the process of creation of the company and
ting up and strengthening labs and research centres; creating             has also favored the creation of partnerships with the start-
and developing start-ups; technology transfer from research               ups based in the incubator. Another important partner for
to SMEs through Innovation Hubs; collaborative research on                the company’s growth is represented by Piemonte Agency
major challenges through Technological Platforms: Intelligent             which has been providing its support on incentives and
Factory, Life Sciences, Bioeconomics, Aerospace, Automotive;              grants, facilitating the relations with the Piemonte Region
supporting industrialisation of research results (IR2 Call),              and Finpiemonte.
through relevant investment programs aimed at industriali-
                                                                          BLUE Engineering was born in Turin in 1993 after a major cri-
zing the results of R&D activities already partially acquired.
                                                                          sis in the automotive field. 4 co-founders gathered together
The subsidy system in Piedmont focuses on both the start-up of new        in order to build an engineering company able to provide
initiatives and on the development of existing companies. Subsidies       engineering services in different fields; the ultimate goal
to companies can take the form of soft loans, non-repayable grants        was to become a center of excellence in aerospace, railway
or free-of-charge guarantee support (in compliance with the Euro-         and automotive sectors and provide engineering services
pean regulation on state aid) and can vary according to the type of       in different markets, being a major player in some strategic
beneficiary, the kind of investment and the nature of expenses.           countries.
                                                                          The growth of the company has been well supported over
                                                                          the years by public institutions (Regione Piemonte) as well
                                                                          as Piemonte Agency. They have assisted BLUE both in the
Sites and buildings                                                       development of R&D projects and the internationalization
Aerospace Platform-Piemonte Aerospace is a special project                process.
promoted by Regione Piemonte, financed by ERDF – Europe-                  At present BLUE has signed several contracts in 9 foreign
an Regional Development Fund and managed by Piemonte                      countries and is in the negotiation phase with other com-
Agency, providing international players a free preferential               panies operating in 9 different countries. In this context the
channel to meet and start business with top class aerospace               3 main industrial Chinese groups - CRRC, CMC, GENERTEC
selected enterprises based in Piedmont. The Team makes an                 ITALIA - started to express their interest in the company which
assessment of buyers’ needs and technicians’ requirements                 resulted in the acquisition of 80% of BLUE at the end of
from all over the world and provides them with:                           2016. Since then the company has implemented an impor-
—— top class skills and unique manufacturing know-how                     tant development plan with the aim to double its manpower
                                                                          in Italy. In the current year it has officially taken up the role
—— capable suppliers who can deliver on time high-quality                 of research and development center in Europe for CRRC (first
    parts/products at competitive prices
                                                                          railway car builder with a turnover of € 30 bn in 2016).
—— technological qualified and competitive supply chains
    sharing commercial objectives, target clients and strategies
—— technical working groups where local enterprises and
    foreign companies work together
The project Team’s assistance is supply chain focused and
completely free of charge.
For more information: aerospace@centroestero.org,
www.centroestero.org/en/key-sectors/aerospazio.html

Success story
Tyvak International Srl was established in February 2015 in
Turin, as the first international subsidiary of the American
Group Terran Orbital Corporation (a company that specializes
in nanosatellite design and manufacturing, as well as mis-
sion operations) which also includes Tyvak Nano-satellites Sy-
stem. The city of Turin was a strategic choice for the founders
of the company, given the importance of the local aerospace
industry, the proximity with the Politecnico di Torino (one of
the most prestigious technical universities at European level)

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Calabria | AGRIFOOD
Infrastructures and                       Industrial                                   FACTS &
connections                               base                                         FIGURES
—— 3 International airports (Lamezia      Industrial specialization:                   AGRIFOOD SECTOR
   Terme, Reggio Calabria e Crotone)      —— processing of agricultural products       COMPANIES
—— 4 commercial ports (Gioia Tauro,            (tomatoes, chili peppers, pepperoni,
   Corigliano Calabro, Vibo Valentia           vegetables, potatoes, mushrooms,        —— 100 companies
   and Crotone)                                etc.)                                   —— 1 industrial group
—— Main Highways: A2 – Mediterranean      —— processing of meat and sausages           —— 1 reserch center
   Motorway (Salerno-RC)                  —— liquor production
—— 3:00 h from Rome to Casablanca                                                      Potential for 100 companies / 2,000
                                          —— liquorice processing                      employees
   (Morocco)
                                          —— product quality control
—— 2:00 h from Rome to Algeri (Algeria)                                                FOREIGN COMPANIES:
                                          Main companies:
—— 1:20 h from Rome to Tunisi (Tunisia)                                                —— VEGITALIA srl
                                          Companies operating inside CORAP
—— 2:00 h from Rome to Atene (Greece)     industrial areas (Regional Consortium        Favourable geographical position in the
                                          for the Development of Production            centre of the Mediterranean Sea
                                          Activities of the Calabria Region)
                                                                                       Strong synergy among the 3 regional
                                          —— unit of Cosenza: Calabria Food Com-       universities, the research centers and
                                               pany, Pasta Pirro, Spadafora Vini,      the companies
                                               Campoverde, Montagna
                                          —— unit of Catanzaro: Coppi, Silagum,        Availability of highly qualified work
                                               Campoverde, Gretigel                    force
                                          —— unit of Vibo Valentia: Santa Rita, Cof,   Wide range of incentive schemes with
                                               Callipo Group                           the maximum level of aid intensity
                                          —— unit of Reggio Calabria: Attinà,          available through the EU
                                               Morabito, Gioia Succhi, Siam
                                          —— unit of Crotone: Facino, Liotti

 Contact info
 CORAP (Regional Consortium for the
 Development of Production Activities
 of the Calabria Region)
 www.corap.it
 catanzaro@corap.it
 m.collorafi@corap.it

 T +39 0968.1883000
 T +39 0968.1883252

 Eng. Marilena Collorafi

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R&D network                                                            —— Industrial Area of Montalto Uffugo (7 ha available)
                                                                       CORAP unit of Catanzaro
—— Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria– Department
                                                                       —— Industrial Area of Lamezia (342.5 ha available)
   of Agriculture – Agricultural Sciences and Technologies,
   Food Sciences and Technologies
—— University of Calabria in Cosenza - Faculty of Pharmacy and
   Nutrition and Health Sciences                                       Success story
—— The Terina Mediterranean Foundation - a centre of excellen-
   ce devoted, among other activities, to research and knowle-         COF SpA represents an entrepreneurial spirit, with a common
   dge of the agro-food industry via a network of relationships        goal shared by all the Group’s employees: to be a reference
   with Italian and foreign universities                               in Italy and Europe through IV range fruit and vegetable
                                                                       products. Founded in 1996 from a business project and is
Know-how:                                                              today a group that provide vegetables and fruit ready to use,
—— Center for the Testing of new services and products for the         also in private label, to the major supermarket chains, in line
   safety of agri-food production “TERINA”: Enhancement of             with the fundamental values at the base of the company’s
   typical and biological brands of Calabria                           creation and development.
—— “Alchemy” integrated service and innovation center: Pla-            “Success is to reach all together our customers’ trust, leaf by
   tform for the development of advanced diagnostics                   leaf: this is our mission”
—— Research Infrastructure For And Foods And Nutriceutics
   “- Food @ Life: Food Quality and Safety, nutrigenomics;             “We are farmers and manufacturers. Together we grow,
   nutraceutical; Technological transfer and enhancement of            harvest, produce and offer tasty products to our customers, to
   knowledge                                                           the development of a sustainable and responsible eco-
                                                                       nomy that encourages a new way of eating and living. Our
                                                                       brand Ortomania, identifies all of our products available in
                                                                       standard and customizable formats, as well as expresses the
Incentives and funding                                                 balance between manufacturer and customer, enhancing our
                                                                       commitment, the quality and integrity of our products.
—— ZES - Special economic zones - recipient areas of important
                                                                       The raw materials used in our production are processed
   tax benefits and administrative simplifications
                                                                       using technologies which protect their sensory and nutri-
—— Regione Calabria call for tenders - Negotiated procedure            tional principles. Our company shares our goal of pursuing
   implementing the PRIR - Action 1.5.1 – POR Calabria FESR            what is good, with quality and on a fair price.”
   2014-2020

Sites and buildings                                                    Business opportunity
                                                                       CORAP (the Regional Consortium for the Development of
CORAP unit of Reggio Calabria
                                                                       Production Activities of the Calabria Region) develops and
—— Industrial Area of Gioia Tauro- Rosarno-San Ferdinando              manages 16 industrial agglomerations in the territory of the
   (117.23 ha available)                                               Calabria Region in the Provinces of Cosenza, Crotone, Catan-
—— Industrial Area of Campo Calabro- Reggio Calabria - Villa           zaro, Vibo Valentia and Reggio Calabria, for a total extension
   San Giovanni (12.9 ha available)                                    of approximately 5,250 hectares of industrial area, with 5
CORAP unit of Vibo Valentia                                            water treatment platforms for a total of 580,000 equivalents
—— Industrial Area of Porto Salvo (10.7 ha available)                  inhabitants served. About 1,000 companies in the petroche-
                                                                       micals, metal carpentery, agro-industry and logistics services
—— Industrial Area of Aeroporto (0.5 ha available)                     are part of CORAP.
CORAP unit of Crotone
—— Industrial Area of Crotone (200 ha available)
CORAP unit of Cosenza
—— Industrial Area of Schiavonea of Corigliano Calabro (162 ha
   available)
—— Industrial Area of Piano Lago of Mangone e Figline Veglia-
   turo (33 ha available)
—— Industrial Area of Follone of San Marco Argentano (58.6 ha
   available)
—— Industrial Area of Sant’Irene of Rossano (6.1 ha available)
—— Industrial Area of Bisignano (85.5 ha available)
—— Industrial Area of Cammarata of Castrovillari (53.9 ha
   available)
—— Industrial Area of Rocca Imperiale (8.29 ha available)

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Friuli Venezia Giulia | AGRIFOOD
Infrastructures and                         —— Broadband: ERMES, with its 2,600         FACTS
connections                                    km of cables, 260,000 km of optical      & FIGURES
                                               fiber, 1,679 km of backbone infra-
—— Airports: Venice Marco Polo Airport,        structure and 720 km of cable infra-     AGRIFOOD FVG CLUSTER
   Treviso A. Canova Airport and Trieste       structure in the 86 industrial areas,
                                                                                        Export: 758.66 mln €
   Airport Friuli Venezia Giulia are           is the wider broadband geographic
   30/60 minutes driving from regional         area in Italy                            Enterprises: 1,159
   main towns                                                                           Employees: 8,217
—— Main Highways: E70-A4 Turin-Mi-
   lan-Trieste, A23 Palmanova-Tarvisio,                                                 Foreign companies: 26
   A28 Portogruaro-Conegliano
                                            Industrial
                                                                                        FOOD INDUSTRY FOCUS
                                            base
—— Railway: Connections from Udine                                                      —— Bakery and flour production
   and Trieste railway stations to Milan,   The agri-food sector is one of the most
   Rome, Turin and Venice                   significant segments of the Italian         —— Meat production
—— Maritime connections: Trieste, Mon-      and regional economy for its size and       —— Meat processing and preservation
   falcone and Porto Nogaro commer-         strategic value. Its internal structure,
                                            in groups of very different sizes and       —— Dairy products supply chain
   cial ports
—— Interports: Cervignano, Pordenone        characteristics, include: bakery and        —— Wine production
   and Trieste                              flour production, meat and other food
                                            production, meat processing and             —— Beer production
                                            preservation, dairy products supply
                                            chain, production of wines from grapes,
                                            beer production, distillation, grinding
                                            and blending of spirits. Main compa-
                                            nies are: Roncadin SpA, Quality Food
                                            Group SpA (bakery and flour products);
                                            Principe di San Daniele SpA, Morgante
                                            Srl (meat and meat products); Latterie
                                            Friulane-Parmalat SpA (dairy products
                                            supply chain); Illycaffè SpA, Birra
                                            Castello, Jermann di Silvio Jermann Srl,
                                            Nonino Distillatori, Balsameria Midolini
                                            (wines and beverages). Agri-food Regio-
                                            nal “Intelligent specialisation strategy”
                                            development trajectories are: Integra-
                                            tion of innovation interventions on the
                                            agri-food chains, to create value for the
                                            consumer; integration of the concepts
 Contact info:                              of circularity and sustainability in the
 Central Directorate for productive         agricultural and food economy of the
 activities and tourism                     regional territory; value development
 www.regione.fvg.it/rafvg/cms/RAFVG/        through the constant integration of
 economia-imprese/; www.investinfvg.it      information throughout the agricultural
 investinfvg@regione.fvg.it                 and food chain.

 T: 040/3772448; 040/3772423

 Responsible: Central Director,
 Antonio Bravo
 Contact info: Rodolfo Martina
 and Michela Masoch

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R&D network                                                                    Venice, Milan and Bologna; plus, the H4 Razdrto-Vrtojba freeway
                                                                               connects it to the traffic routes to Ljubljana.
The main R&D players are: Università degli Studi di Udine – De-
                                                                               SDAG logistic centre consists of the freight terminal and the S.
partment of agri-food, environmental and animal sciences (DI4A);
                                                                               Andrea frontier station area, it is 600.000 sq.m wide and is fully
Università degli Studi di Trieste – Department of chemical and
                                                                               equipped to offer a complete range of transport and logistics
pharmaceutical sciences and Department of life sciences; Istituto
                                                                               services, such as goods storage, customs clearance procedures,
Zooprofilattico delle Venezie, for scientific research in the fields of
                                                                               parking and many other services, many of which for free, so to
veterinary medicine and food safety; CREA (Consiglio per la Ricerca
                                                                               make customers’ stay comfortable.
in Agricoltura e l’Analisi dell’Economia Agraria); ERSA FVG (Agenzia
Regionale per lo Sviluppo Rurale); Area Science Park.                          Situated on the international line Gorizia-Nova Gorica, SDAG
Agri-food Cluster Development Agency and Bio-economy,                          intermodal terminal includes:
cooperates with the regional departments of Friuli Venezia Giulia              —— operation space – 20,000 sq.m
as a competent technical entity on the European Platforms S3
AgriFood and Industrial Modernization, in managing the regional                —— indoor warehouse (equipped with air handling system
quadruple helix. At national level, it participates in the AgriFood               and connected to highways and railways) – 3.000 sq.m
Cluster (CLAN), the Cluster for Green Chemistry (Spring) and the               —— 5 rails respectively measuring 500, 385, 385, 350 and 340 m
Blue Italian Growth Cluster (BIG).
                                                                               —— RoLa system with cement platforms and ramps along the
In addition, the Agency clusters and maps the value chains to fa-                 main rail axis
cilitate their aggregation on mutual strategies and objectives and
organizes training activities dedicated to the agri-food sector.               —— video surveillance system
                                                                               —— specialised personnel
Incentives and funding                                                         GOFOODLOG (www.gofoodlog.com) is the new food logistic hub
Friuli Venezia Giulia Region has several types fo incentives and               within Autoporto di Gorizia, which offers to companies willing to
funding: Regional taxes reduction can be applied to compa-                     locate in Friuli Venezia Giulia, advanced services for the shipping
nies which meet specific criteria; public grants can be awarded                and logistic of their goods. Companies can boost their perfor-
to support the creation of new enterprises and implement RDI                   mance while making their products more competitive on a wider
projects. There are also incentives to support competitiveness                 geographic scale. The best shipping solution is always chosen in
of SMEs and measures to finance innovation technology in-                      order to ensure the higher service quality while saving money.
vestments. Different kinds of regional subsidised loans can be                 Situated in Gorizia, GOFOODLOG benefits from being located
granted to support investments and business development.                       in a strategic position for Central Europe. The territory is rich
                                                                               in resources and connections and this gives advanced logistic
                                                                               solutions to its partners. The ICT and software infrastructures are
Sites and buildings                                                            very effective in flow management and lots traceability.
                                                                               Storage facilities have been studied to suit different needs of size
—— Consorzio Carnia Industrial Park, Amaro industrial area: lots
                                                                               and temperature for dry, fresh or frozen food and include:
   42,648 square meters
—— Consorzio di sviluppo economico locale del Friuli (Friuli                   —— 11 cold rooms having different areas (from 190 to 650
   local economic development consortium), San Giorgio di                         sqm) for a total area of 4,400 square meters and total vo-
   Nogaro industrial area.                                                        lume of 28,700 cubic meters for more than 3,500 pallets
                                                                               —— 6 multi-temperature cold rooms (positive and negative
                                                                                  temperature)
Success story                                                                  —— 5 low-temperature cold rooms (till -25°C)
In 2015 the French group Bouvard Italia SpA acquired 70%                       —— n. 2 pre-cold rooms and one ammonia refrigerator
of Euro Cakes spa, a leading company in baked goods.
                                                                               There are many food companies within 50 kilometres: from
The company produces and distributes traditional, ethnic (Kosher),             prosciutto, (Principe, Wolf), to coffee (Illy), wine (La Delizia,
organic and refrigerated pandispagna snacks, which are distributed             Cantina Rauscedo), dairy and fish (Friulpesca).
under their own brand, but above all under the customer’s private
brand name (main distribution chains and large industrial groups).             Companies, choosing GOFOODLOG and its territory for their pro-
                                                                               duction and distribution activities, can benefit from the presence of
                                                                               the Universities of Trieste and Udine which have some important
Business opportunity                                                           departments in Gorizia like Biology, Engineering and Agricultural
                                                                               Sciences that are very active in research projects and can support
This opportunity is promoted by Autoporto di Gorizia SDAG S.p.a.,              enterprises which want to invest in the food sector. Moreover, not
which, on behalf of Gorizia municipality, manages the freight                  far from Gorizia there is the Area Science Park, a public national
terminals on the border between Italy and Slovenia (www.sdag.it).              research organisation promoting the development of innovation
The freight terminal system is situated at the meeting point of dif-           processes, which can give institutional support and help meet
ferent routes from and to central Europe, near the Northern Adriatic           industrial partners to develop innovative ideas together.
ports and Ronchi dei Legionari airport. Through the A34 highway, it
is connected northbound to Austria and Bavaria, and westbound to

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Lombardy | AGRIFOOD INDUSTRY
Infrastructures and                          Industrial                                      knowledge of international impor-
connections                                  base                                            tance
                                                                                          —— The main research priority themes
—— 573 km of highways                        —— The AGROFOOD production system               are: sustainable and competitive
—— 900 km of national roads                     is the most important at Italian level       agri-food supply chain, individual
—— 11,000 km of provincial roads                and is one of the most important in          well-being (for instance new
—— 1,680 km of railway network                  the European context                         solutions for healthy ageing through
—— 4 International airports:                 —— The strengths of the Lombard food            systems, food, supplements and nu-
   —— Milano Malpensa Airport, Varese -         industry are: the wide range of qua-         triceuticals), food safety and security
      Ferno (54.5 km from Milan)                lity products at the top of internatio-      to ensure food security, availability,
   —— International Airport Il Caravag-         nal markets, a strong link with the          and protection
      gio, Bergamo - Orio al Serio (60.4        territory and its cultural heritage and
      km from Milan)                            high safety standards
   —— Enrico Forlanini Airport, Milano -     —— At European level, Lombardy ranks
      Linate (9.7 km from Milan)
                                                in the 1° positions along with the Ba-
                                                                                          FACTS &
   —— International Airport Gabriele            varia, Normandy and Austria in the        FIGURES
      D’Annunzio, Brescia - Montichiari
      (120.5 km from Milan)                     cereal supply chain and in animal         —— 1st region in Italy for agricultural
—— Distance by car from Milan to Paris          production, with productive sectors          production
   (8h50min), Berlin (10h45min), Fran-          of the dairy and meat sectors
   kfurt (7h30min), Barcelona (10h)          —— Lombardy stands out at European           —— approximately 70,000 production
                                                level for some niche productions,            sites, involving about 245,000
                                                closely related to the territory, like       workers
                                                rice, and qualitatively high, as shown    —— 5,937 companies in the food and
                                                by the numerous PDOs and PGIs                beverage sector, equal to 5.7% of
                                             —— Increasing attention to biological           companies regional manufactu-
                                                agriculture: total surface dedicated         ring
                                                to these productions rose by 26% in       —— Exports are one sixth of the natio-
                                                2016                                         nal total of the sector
                                             —— The Excellences of Lombardy Hi-Tech
                                                                                          —— 74 foreign companies working in
                                                Agro-food Cluster is characteri-
                                                                                             the field of agrifood industry are
                                                zed by strong competencies in
                                                                                             located in Lombardy employing
                                                the production, processing and
                                                                                             more than 18,900 people
                                                distribution sectors that make the
                                                agro-food supply chain sustainable        —— 16.4% of the national agri-food
                                                and competitive. The Cluster devotes         system
                                                a high attention to product quality,
                                                                                          —— The food service sector increased
                                                food safety, availability and defense
                                                                                             by 7.2% over the period 2012-
                                                of foodstuffs, thanks to a high
 Contact info                                                                                2017, and now is the biggest at
                                                level of regulation and technology
 Regione Lombardia – Team AttrACT                                                            national level
                                                transfer. Moreover, there is a good
 www.regione.lombardia.it,                      synergy between production chain          —— Presence of Lombardy Hi-Tech
 www.attractlombardy.it                         players: a collaboration context that        Agro-food Cluster that includes:
 investimenti.attract@regione.lombardia.it      encourages exchange of knowledge               —— 27 firms
                                                and technologies as part of the
 T +39 02 8515 5220                             production supply chain. Finally,              —— 20 universities /research centres
                                                the cluster shows to have a high               —— 2 other bodies
                                                level of integrated competencies:
 Marco Fedato
                                                areas of competence, production
                                                systems and technological domains
                                                of excellence that allow for sharing
                                                technological and organic agro-food

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R&D network                                                              Sites and buildings
—— Scientific expertise in the agri-food field is contributed by:        —— AttrACT website www.attractlombardy.it gives access to
   University of Pavia, Politecnico of Milan, Bicocca University            more than 100 investment opportunities (greenfield and
   of Milan and the University of Brescia                                   brownfield opportunities), located in 55 Municipalities,
—— Within Lombardy Hi-Tech Agro-food Cluster:                               mapped out through the AttrACT Programme. A variety of
                                                                            sites ranging from the office building to the industrial facili-
   —— PARCO TECNOLOGICO PADANO (PTP), a research centre
                                                                            ty. This initiative, promoted by Regione Lombardia together
      for agri-food biotechnology located in Lodi. PTP also
                                                                            with Unioncamere Lombardia, is a unique experimentation
      houses the Experimental Animal Disease Prevention
                                                                            in Italy for the promotion of the investment opportunities
      Institute, the “Lazzaro Spallanzani” Institute, the CNR -
                                                                            located in Lombardy.
      IBBA and ITB, CRA - Vercelli, the Faculty of Agriculture (6
      departments) - University of Milan, Faculty of Agriculture         —— Within Lombardy Hi-Tech Agro-food Cluster: PARCO TECNO-
      (1 department) - Catholic University of Milan, ISU - Insti-           LOGICO PADANO (Lodi - LO)
      tute for University Services, the Large Animals Hospital           —— Within The Italian Scientific and Technological Parks
      - University of Milan, and the Experimental Livestock                 Network:
      Teaching Centre                                                       —— KILOMETRO ROSSO (Bergamo – BG)
                                                                            —— BERGAMO SVILUPPO (Bergamo – BG)
                                                                         —— “MIND” (Milano Innovation District) a world-leading scien-
Incentives and funding                                                      ce, technology and innovation park, a business friendly
                                                                            “innovation ecosystem” for domestic and international
Regione Lombardia supplies incentives for corporate invest-                 players, a “catalyst” for sustainable socio-economic growth,
ments and Start-ups. For example:                                           a new vibrant community fully integrated with the city
AL VIA» Corporate Investments                                               centre of Milan. Located just a few miles North-West of the
—— 5% to 15% non-repayable grant for capital expenditures in                city centre, which hosted the six-month Universal Exposi-
     productive assets for a specific investment project                    tion in 2015.
—— Long-term financing from €50,000 to €2.85M at favorable
     rates, with a duration from 3 to 6 years
—— Free financial guarantee to cover up to 70% of the financing
—— The eligible projects must fall within one of these two cate-
     gories: Company Development or Relaunch of Productive
     Areas
—— The intervention is dedicated to companies: registered in
     the Italian Register of Companies with an operating office
     in Lombardy at the time of the supply of the contribution,
     active for at least 24 months
«INTRAPRENDO» Incentives for Startups
—— The incentive consists of a zero-interest-rate loan and a
     non-repayable grant (min €25,000 to max €65,000)
—— The combination of the two can cover from 60% to 65% of
     the total eligible cost (min €25,000 max €65,000) of the
     project
—— The intervention is dedicated to:
     —— MSMEs active and registered in the Register of Com-
         panies for no longer than 24 months, with operating
         headquarter in Lombardy
     —— Individual entrepreneurs that have started their own
         entrepreneurial activity for no longer than 24 months
Thanks also to the ERDF - European Regional Development
Fund, Regione Lombardia allocated in the 2014 – 2020
program period 36% of the fund (€349.2 M) to strengthen the
research sector, foster technological development and innova-
tion. In the same way, 30% of the fund (€294.6 M) is allocated
to promote the competitiveness of SMEs and improve access
to loans.

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Success story
WHIRLPOOL EMEA
Whirlpool Corporation is the world
leading major home appliance
company with 92,000 employees and
70 manufacturing and technology re-
search centers throughout the world.
In 2017, the company has been able
to achieve $21 billion in sales.
The American multinational company
is also based in Italy, where Whirlpool
EMEA produces more than 6 million
household appliances, employing
6,000 people in 6 different factories.
In the Lombardy, the European hea-
dquarter of Whirlpool is located near
Milano (in the Municipality of Pero).
Whirlpool R&D is partner of the
Lombardy Hi-Tech Agro-food Cluster.
The company carries out research
activities, in particular, focuses on the
thematic areas of food processing,
connectivity, radiofrequency, mate-
rials and nanotechnologies. It plans
to invest € 500 M over 4 years in the
R&D department.
Whirlpool EMEA is also part of the
awarded companies in the contest
Best Workplaces Italia 2018.

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Business opportunity                                                  Commitments can vary according to the Municipality:

The AttrACT Program is a unique innovative program in Italy:          —— Simplification of administrative processes such as:
it brings together investors, investment opportunities and               —— Adopting the Action Plan by the city council in less
local Municipalities thanks to a dedicated online platform,                 than 90 days from the request
www.attractlombardy.it.
                                                                         —— Delivering a Planning Permission in less than 60 days
AttrACT aims at:                                                            from the request
—— developing the regional offering                                      —— Dedicating a portal or an on line “front office” service
—— promoting opportunities for investment                                   where investors can find all useful information

—— bringing together the main territorial stakeholders                —— Economic and Tax incentivisation such as:

More than 100 “ready to use” investment opportunities, re-               —— Declaring in advance all urban planning and con-
presenting all the 12 provinces of Lombardy and pertaining                  struction expenses without additional expenses
to 4 key segments: Industry, Logistics, Offices and Tourism.             —— Offering reduction or exemption of IMU, TASI, e/or TARI
The Program has mapped both publicly- and privately-owned                   according to the Municipality
areas.
                                                                         —— Reducing the primary and secondary land develop-
AttrACT sees the direct engagement of the Lombardy Muni-                    ment expenses by at least 20%
cipalities involved in the Program that are called to identify
                                                                      —— Promotion:
local investment opportunities (greenfield and brownfield) in
their area, made it available to investors, and simultaneously           —— Making available a support team that coordinates
made commitments to simply administrative processes, offer                  the work, facilitates the relationships and encourages
economic and tax incentives and offer qualified assistance                  collaboration
service.
                                                                         —— Providing preliminary consulting services and support
                                                                            to companies in the presentation and implementation
                                                                            of their projects, with the issuance of written opinions
                                                                            if requested in the proposal
                                                                      AttrACT, where to invest in Lombardy.

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Trentino | AGRIFOOD
Infrastructures and                      Industrial                                   FACTS &
connections                              base                                         FIGURES
—— Airports: 45 minutes from Verona      Industrial Know-how:                         AGRIFOOD CLUSTER
   airport (Catullo)                     Agriculture, production of fruit, small      Cluster Export: 700 mil €
—— Main Highway: A22 Brennero-Mo-        fruits and derivatives, bakery and flour
   dena                                  products, dairy products, meat, viticultu-   8,000 Farm companies
—— Railway that connects North East of   re, beverage.                                Value of production: 1,120 mil €
   Italy with Austria and Germany        Main companies:                              Edmund Mach Foundation: R&D centre
—— Brenner Basistunnel in construction   Melinda, Felicetti, Dr. Shär,                dedicated to agrifood sector with 1,000
—— Interporto of Trento                  Menz&Gasser, Bertagni, Sant’Orsola,          students, 260 researchers, 150 techni-
                                         Latte Trento, Trentingrana, Astro, Bauer,    cians
—— Broadband with more than 1,100
                                         Ferrari, Cavit, Cantine Mezzocorona.
   km of optical fiber                                                                International research projects
                                         More than 8,000 farms, 95 wineries.
—— Proximity to key European countries                                                MAIN AGRIFOOD INDUSTRY
   (Switzerland, Germany, Austria)                                                    PRODUCTIONS:
—— Within 2-3 hours flight from major
   European cities                       R&D network                                  —— Apple

                                         Research Centers: Edmund Mach                —— Small fruits
                                         Foundation - FEM (agrifood, genomics,        —— Viticulture
                                         environment), Bruno Kessler Founda-
                                                                                      —— Hydroponic agriculture
                                         tion (ICT, microsystems, smart mate-
                                         rials), Trento University.                   —— Fish farming

                                         Labs: Sensory laboratory, Chemical and
                                         microbiological analysis laboratory,
                                         Entomology laboratory, C3A – Center
                                         Agriculture Food Environment.

                                         Know-how:
                                         —— Applied genomics and biology of
                                            fruit crop
                                         —— ICT for Agrifood
                                         —— Food quality and nutrition
                                         —— Computational Biology
 Contact info                            —— Plant Pathology and Microbiology
 Trentino Sviluppo SpA
 www.investintrentino.it
 info@investintrentino.it
 T +39 0464 443111
 Michele Maistri, Monica Carotta,
 Massimo Zorzi, Romina Falagiarda,
 Francesca Azzolini

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Incentives and funding                                                  Business opportunity
—— Up to 80% local grant on R&D project                                 —— Trentino Sviluppo, in-house company of the local Govern-
—— Up to 70% local grant on internationalization                           ment, has 6 BIC (Business Innovation Centre)
—— Up to 60% local grant for researchers hiring                         —— We are looking for industrial investors in the following
—— Up to 50% local grant on innovation                                     sectors: agrifood industry, technology for agrifood
—— Yearly calls for tender for agriculture investments                  —— We provide: fully equipped spaces and infrastructures,
                                                                           support on technology transfer, technology partnership,
                                                                           supply chain development, HR selection, incentive
                                                                           selection
Sites and buildings
                                                                        —— Significant local incentives, efficient&reliable autonomous
147,000 ha agriculture fields (9,000 out of the total amount ha            government, 1st in Italy for quality of life, supportive R&D
are dedicated to biological cultivation) – 24% of the territory.           environment, 0 local tax (for 5 years), a workforce you can
B.I.C. Trentino Sviluppo: 6 Business Innovation Centre in the              count on
province of Trento.
Formulas: pre-incubation (Start Ups), incubation (SME), tech-
nology park (others).
Spaces: 1 million sqm of productive spaces, 120 areas and
productive assets owned by Trentino Sviluppo.

Success story
FELICETTI, the highest pasta factory in Italy (about 1,000 me-
ters above sea level), has chosen to invest 25 million euros
in a second production plant in Trentino. The Agency Trentino
Sviluppo and the Province of Trento will provide a portion of
productive area to set up the plant. Pastificio Felicetti produ-
ces today 700 quintals of pasta per day, using four different
lines and 40 different raw materials. The keys to success of its
products are: highly qualified personnel, pure mountain air
and spring water, without chlorine. With an annual turnover
that exceeds 35 million euros, it exports 70% of production
and has 60 employees. With the new plant, the number of
employees will increase to 90, with positive prospects for
growth in organic products.

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Tuscany | AGRIFOOD
Infrastructures and                                 Industrial                                   FACTS &
connections                                         base                                         FIGURES
—— 2 integrated international airports              —— An origin land that ensures a strong      —— 5,200 firms in Agrifood (2,200
     (Florence and Pisa), serving over 50              connection between culture and               food industries; 2,200 wine; 800
     international destinations                        territory                                    extra virgin olive oil)
—— 1:30h from Florence to Rome by                   —— Great tradition and high quality of       —— 28 PDO and PGI EU products -
     high-speed train                                  products and raw material                    10.4% of Italian data
—— 1:40h from Florence to Milan by                  —— International leadership in some excel-
                                                                                                 —— 460 traditional dishes of Tuscany -
     high-speed train                                  lence products (such as extra virgin
                                                                                                    10% of Italian data
Tuscany is crossed by:                                 olive oils and wine – Chianti Classico,
                                                       Brunello, but also SuperTuscans such as   —— 4,200 organic certificated com-
  —— the major Italian highway (A1) con-
                                                       Sassicaia, Ornellaia, Tignanello, Paleo      panies (farms + manufacturers)
     necting Milan with Rome and Naples
                                                       etc.)                                        - 10% of Italian organic farms
  —— the EU “Scandinavian-Mediterranean
                                                    —— Tuscan Agrifood business model that       —— Revenue: EUR 4.5 billion - 3.4% of
     Core Network Corridor” linking the
                                                       strongly aims to respect the environ-        Italian Agrifood turnover and 5% of
     Baltic Sea with Southern Italy and Malta
                                                       ment and to protect its territory            Regional GDP
1 main commercial port (Livorno) with direct
                                                    —— Entire Supply Chain present within        —— 23,000 employees (12,600 agrifo-
links to the 10 major Mediterranean ports
                                                       the region                                   od industries; 9,500 wine; 1,000
3 main logistic parks (Livorno, Prato and Arezzo)
                                                    —— Integration with tourism and cultural        e.v.o) 6.4% of Italian employees in
                                                       heritage of Tuscany                          agrifood sector
                                                    —— Technology Innovation (in the pro-        —— 1.2% of total Tuscany’s employees
                                                       cess and in the products) combined
                                                       with tradition and culture                —— 1.45 billion of export (=18% of
                                                    —— Easy access to the European and              Agrifood)
                                                       national market
                                                    —— High quality of life

 Contact info
 Regione Toscana - Invest in Tuscany
 www.investintuscany.com
 info@investintuscany.com

 T +39 055 4385643

 Filippo Giabbani

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R&D network                                                            Business opportunity
18 High School dedicated to Training for Restaurant Profes-            SPIRULINA ALGAE PRODUCTION IN TUSCANY
sions
                                                                       Greenfield Project
14 High School dedicated to Agricultural Professions
                                                                       Investors: Financial or Industrial operating in agriculture or
University of Florence (Agricultural Department), Post Gradua-
                                                                       healthfood sector
tion Training:
—— Master in “Management and Marketing of wine compa-                  Value of total Investment: > 2 million euro per hectare, with
    nies”                                                              the possibility of incentives up to 200 k non-refundable by
—— PHD in “Sustainable management of agricultural resources,           Cosvig, a consortium of geothermal municipalities + specific
    forestry and food”                                                 guarantee of Fiditoscana
—— PHD in “Wine Economics and Rural Development”                       Proposing Companies: ENEL GREEN POWER - UNIVERSITY OF
University of Pisa (Agricultural Department), Post Graduation          FLORENCE - COSVIG
Training:
                                                                       Description: the possibility of investing in Tuscany in the
—— PHD in Agricultural Sciences, Food and Agro-Environmental           production of spirulina algae by exploiting the geothermal
                                                                       energy in which Tuscany is rich. Thanks to a collaboration
                                                                       between the University of Florence, Enel Green Power, the
                                                                       Renewable Energy District and 20 municipalities in the Alta
Incentives and funding                                                 Val di Cecina, 20 sites have been identified that are potential-
October 2018: will be issued a new regional tender for finan-          ly suitable or adaptable to the production of spirulina algae.
cing R&D projects.                                                     The project's strengths:
Related to the specific Business Opportunity (Spirulina) incen-        1. the results of the University of Florence's experimentation
tives up to 200 k non-refundable by Cosvig, a consortium of               have shown that spirulina algae and geothermal energy
geothermal municipalities + specific guarantee of Fiditoscana.            are a winning combination, reducing operating costs by
                                                                          about 30% and increasing production by about 20%;
                                                                       2. the possibility of producing spirulina seaweed of the
Sites and buildings                                                       highest quality and exploiting the globally recognised
                                                                          Tuscan brand as a synonym for quality, especially in
Alta Val di Cecina, area of geothermal energy in Tuscany: 20              agricultural terms;
sites have been identified that are potentially suitable or
adaptable to the production of spirulina algae.                        3. local institutions already coordinated in order to create
                                                                          an environment conducive to business development in
                                                                          this sector (convergence of banks, municipalities and the
                                                                          Tuscan region);
Success story                                                          4. Enel Green Power, an important economic player and
1. The American group Mc Cormick has invested heavily in                  sponsor of the project.
   Tuscany, through the acquisition of two important local
   companies, Drogheria & Alimentari in 2016 and Enrico
   Giotti Srl in 2017
2. Bright Food (China) acquired SALOV (extra virgin olive oil)
3. Main investments are focused on the wineries, some
   examples: Bulgheroni Group (Argentina) owns 7 wineries
   in Tuscany; Constellation Brands (USA) acquired Ruffino;
   EPI (Europeenne de Participations Industrielles SAS) owns
   Biondi Santi

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Lombardy | CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Infrastructures and                          Industrial                                  FACTS &
connections                                  base                                        FIGURES
—— 573 km of highways                        —— Lombardy is a reference point at         —— 2nd region at European level in
—— 900 km of national roads                     Italian and European level                  terms of employees
—— 11,000 km of provincial roads             —— Northern Italy accounts for about        —— 70,000 workers, 4.1 % of the total
—— 1,680 km of railway network                  78% of chemical employment.                 in the European Union
—— 4 International airports:                    Lombardy, representing more than
                                                half of it, has a real vocation for      —— 1st region at Italian level, with 31%
   —— Milano Malpensa Airport, Varese -                                                     of companies and 42% of workers
      Ferno (54.5 km from Milan)                chemicals: it is among the Top Five
   —— International Airport Il Caravag-         chemical regions in Europe in terms      —— 151 foreign companies working in
      gio, Bergamo - Orio al Serio (60.4        of number of companies                      the field of chemical industry are
      km from Milan)                         —— Lombardy presents the highest               located in Lombardy employing
   —— Enrico Forlanini Airport, Milano -        index of specialization in the              more than 20,900 people
      Linate (9.7 km from Milan)
                                                chemical sector (share of national       —— In 2017 exports increased by 9.5 %
   —— International Airport Gabriele            employment)
      D’Annunzio, Brescia - Montichiari                                                     and turnover rose by 20.1%
      (120.5 km from Milan)                  —— There is an important presence of
                                                industries that manufacture chemi-       —— Presence of Lombardy Green Che-
—— Distance by car from Milan to Paris
   (8h50min), Berlin (10h45min), Fran-          cal products, artificial and synthetic      mistry Association that includes:
   kfurt (7h30min), Barcelona (10h)             fibers                                       —— 29 companies
                                             —— Lombardy is a high-value manu-               —— 9 universities/research centers
                                                facturing region that is a rich end
                                                market for products made from                —— 7 associations
                                                renewable raw materials such as,
                                                for example, in the food, cosmetics,
                                                chemistry, pharmaceutical, animal
                                                feed and textile sectors
                                             —— Within Green Chemistry Cluster the-
                                                re is a strong focus on technologies
                                                in the following sectors: biorefi-
                                                neries, biomaterials, renewable
                                                fertilisers, catalysis and bioproces-
                                                sing, which allow intense technology
                                                transfer

 Contact info
 Regione Lombardia – Team AttrACT
 www.regione.lombardia.it,
 www.attractlombardy.it
 investimenti.attract@regione.lombardia.it

 T +39 02 8515 5220

 Marco Fedato

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R&D network                                                             «INTRAPRENDO» Incentives for Startups
                                                                        —— The incentive consists of a zero-interest-rate loan and a
Strong representation in the region of public and private                    non-repayable grant (min €25,000 to max €65,000)
research centers and universities such as:
                                                                        —— The combination of the two can cover from 60% to 65% of
—— CNR – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche – (Research                      the total eligible cost (min €25,000 max €65,000) of the
    project on Chemical sciences and materials technology)                   project
—— PTP – Science Park                                                   —— The intervention is dedicated to:
—— Innovhub – Stazioni Sperimentali per l’Industria – (Research              —— MSMEs active and registered in the Register of Com-
    project BIO&CO)                                                             panies for no longer than 24 months, with operating
—— Politecnico di Milano – (Research Department of chemistry,                   headquarter in Lombardy
    materials and chemical engineering “Giulio Natta”)                       —— Individual entrepreneurs that have started their own
—— Università degli Studi dell’Insubria                                         entrepreneurial activity for no longer than 24 months
—— Università degli Studi di Brescia                                    Thanks also to the ERDF - European Regional Development
—— Università degli Studi di Milano – (Research Department of           Fund, Regione Lombardia allocated in the 2014 – 2020
    chemistry)                                                          program period 36% of the fund (€349.2 M) to strengthen the
—— Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca – (Studies depart-          research sector, foster technological development and innova-
    ment of sciences and chemical technologies)                         tion. In the same way, 30% of the fund (€294.6 M) is allocated
                                                                        to promote the competitiveness of SMEs and improve access
                                                                        to loans.

Incentives and funding
Regione Lombardia supplies incentives for corporate invest-             Sites and buildings
ments and Start-ups. For example:
                                                                        —— AttrACT website www.attractlombardy.it gives access to
«AL VIA» Corporate Investments                                             more than 100 investment opportunities (greenfield and
—— 5% to 15% non-repayable grant for capital expenditures in               brownfield opportunities), located in 55 Municipalities,
    productive assets for a specific investment project                    mapped out through the AttrACT Programme. A variety of
—— Long-term financing from €50,000 to €2.85M at favorable                 sites ranging from the office building to the industrial facili-
    rates, with a duration from 3 to 6 years                               ty. This initiative, promoted by Regione Lombardia together
—— Free financial guarantee to cover up to 70% of the financing            with Unioncamere Lombardia, is a unique experimentation
                                                                           in Italy for the promotion of the investment opportunities
—— The eligible projects must fall within one of these two cate-           located in Lombardy.
    gories: Company Development or Relaunch of Productive
    Areas                                                               —— Within Green Chemistry Cluster: PARCO TECNOLOGICO
                                                                           PADANO (Lodi, LO)
—— The intervention is dedicated to companies: registered in
    the Italian Register of Companies with an operating office
    in Lombardy at the time of the supply of the contribution,
    active for at least 24 months

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