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Italian Investment Attraction Tour starts in Florence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIdaLtsymRc Florence - The Italian Investment Attraction Tour has started from Florence, an initiative organized by the Government in collaboration with Invest In Tuscany (Tuscany Region)  to raise awareness of the new national governance in terms of investment attraction and joint promotional initiatives between the State and the Regions. The first stop was held Wednesday,… ...

In Florence, the Government’s investment tour

Florence - The Italian tour on the attraction of investments starts in Florence, an event organized by the Government to raise awareness in this field and the joint promotion initiatives between the State and the Regions. The first stage will be held Wednesday, July 11 (starting at 14) in Sala Pegaso at Palazzo Strozzi Sacrati,… ...

Richemont group invests in Tuscany

The newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore reports that the Swiss holding Richemont will concentrate most of the industrial development and production of bags, wallets, belts and luggage of its fashion brands in Florence, betting on Made in Italy as the French giants Kering and LVMH already do. The brands involved in the project are Cartier,… ...

Prada New Headquarter in Tuscany

As reported by Toscana24 (Il Sole 24 Ore) Prada opens the doors of its new headquarter in Valvigna (close to Terranuova Bracciolini, Arezzo province) confirming the role of Tuscany as the capital of luxury leather goods, a territory in which all the major brands of the world want to come to produce: in Tuscany Prada… ...

Valentino setting up in Valdarno

Bucine (Arezzo) - Another luxury fashion brand chooses Tuscany to create a new production plant. Announced last month by the Municipality of Bucine (Valdarno, Tuscany) the authorization to set up a building of 2,400 square meters where Valentino brand will set up a new shoe factory. 120 new jobs are expected to be created. Valentino,… ...

International Robotics Festival is back: Pisa becomes “RoboTown” from September 27th to October 3rd 2018

Pisa becomes "RoboTown", City of robots, due to the second edition of the International Robotics Festival, hosted also this year edition, from 27th September to 3rd October 2018, in the Tuscan city that boasts one of the highest concentrations in the world of workers and of activities for the research, development, application of robotic systems… ...

Invest In Tuscany joins World FDI Forum, Liverpool

Invest in Tuscany is taking part in the 15th edition of the World Forum for Foreign Direct Investment (Liverpool, June 10-13, 2018). The 15th annual Forum will attract top global corporate executives, site consultants, international promotion agencies, economic development corporations, and government officials. The World Forum for Foreign Direct Investment, organised by Conway Inc, is… ...

The Student Hotel opens today in Florence

FLORENCE - The Student Hotel in Florence will open its doors today. And to get to know the new life of the Palazzo del Sonno, in front of the Fortezza da Basso, the Dutch giant founded by Charlie MacGregor will give life to a 'bed talks'. An idea, revised and updated, which is inspired by… ...

Tuscany Region and Trigano Group signed a memondum of understaning looking at the future of motorhomes

The Tuscany Region and the Trigano Group sign a memorandum of understanding to guarantee a strengthening of the group's presence and its further rooting in Tuscany. This is the purpose of the MoU signed at Palazzo Strozzi Sacrati between the Tuscany Region, the Municipalities of Barberino Val d'Elsa, San Gimignano and Poggibonsi and the Trigano… ...

BIO International Convention 2018 in Boston

Boston - Invest in Tuscany to attend BIO International Convention 2018 in Boston, June 4-7. With many b2b scheduled meetings within the Italy Pavilion, Invest in Tuscany will propose the region as a valuable business destination for those companies looking at the Mediterranean and European markets. Come to visit our booth #743 Italian Pavilion. ...

Aferpi goes to Jindal, agreement signed in Rome

Agreement signed, after two and a half months of negotiations, for the sale of the Aferpi steelworks in Piombino (close to Livorno, on the Tuscan coast), which passed from the Issad Rebrab Cevital group in Algeria to the Jindal South West group in India. The amount paid by Jsw is EUR 55 million, which comes… ...

AT Kearney’s ‘FDI Confidence Index’ promotes Italy in terms of attractiveness

The 2018 report on global flows of foreign direct investment, published by the American consulting firm AT Kearney, promotes Italy, which has returned for the first time since 2004 to the top 10 countries most attractive to foreign investors. Since 1998, AT Kearney has been analysing investment trends globally, not only on the basis of… ...

Britain’s Burberry acquires Tuscan leather goods supplier

The British group has announced its intention to acquire CF&P, around 100 employees and over 80 million in revenues, awhich produces Burberry-branded leather bags and accessories. For British Group CEO Marco Gobetti, this is "a milestone" in Burberry's growth strategy: "It will give us greater control over the quality, cost, delivery and sustainability of our… ...

Enel inaugurates the Innovation Hub&Lab

Enel's Innovation Hub was inaugurated today, May 11th, in Pisa, a space dedicated to hosting the technological partners and start-ups that collaborate with the group to encourage the evolution of future thermoelectric generation. The Innovation Hub&Lab in Pisa is the place where Enel will collaborate with start-ups and partners for the development, testing and implementation… ...

Italy grows thanks to Industry Plan 4.0

The Industry Plan 4.0 encourages foreign investment in our country. For the first time since 2004, Italy is back in the top ten of the most attractive countries: the 2018 report on global flows of foreign direct investment, published by the American consulting firm AT Kearney, which surveyed more than 500 senior executives of major… ...

New Gucci investment in Tuscany

Gucci today opened "ArtLab", the new center of excellence for leather goods and footwear. On the former Matec factory in Scandicci, a 37.000 sqm covered factory was born, which employs 800 people in research and development for materials, metal accessories and packaging, prototyping, laboratories, shoe shapes and heels, and pre-industrialization. For the first time in the… ...

Our summary on the Mipim experience Cannes, 13-16 March 2018

26,000 real estate, urban and political leaders, including 5,400 investors, from over 100 countries gathered from March 13-16 at MIPIM in Cannes, the world's leading real estate business and networking event. Among the main points of discussion, the growth in real estate investment expected this year, reinvent global cities, urban development, innovation and technology, with… ...

“LOGIDAY” WORKSHOP ORGANIZED BY THE “LOGISLAB” LABORATORY

2018, March, 1th - WORKSHOP ORGANIZED BY THE "LOGISLAB" LABORATORY  IN COLLABORATION WITH CSCMP Three round tables, to deepen the logistics of the Pharma, Fashion and Food sectors. From 9 am to 5 pm, Institute of the Innocents (Piazza della Santissima Annunziata 12, Florence). Florence, February 22nd, 2018 -- Appointment of great interest for the… ...

Belmond Ltd. acquires Castello di Casole

As reported by Digitaljournal.com, Belmond Ltd. today announced that it has acquired Castello di Casole, a luxury resort and estate in Tuscany, Italy. The Company purchased from the current owner the entire equity capital of two entities that together own Castello di Casole, one of the largest private real estate properties in Tuscany. The purchase… ...

Essity (formerly Sca) invests 47 million euro in Altopascio

Essity (ex Sca), a paper giant for hygienic and domestic use with three production plants in Tuscany (two in the province of Lucca and one in Pistoia), announces 47 million euro investments in the Altopascio factory that produces napkins. The investment of the company, whit brands such as Tena, Nuvenia, Tempo and Tork, aims to… ...

Focus on M&A operations in Tuscany

Thanks also to the collaboration with the Invest In Tuscany sector of Tuscany Region and its office dedicated to monitoring investments, Toscana24 - Il Sole24Ore, has recently focused on M&A operations towards our region. According to Toscana24 article, Tuscany registred record-breaking M&A operations in 2017, covering most of the region's manufacturing sectors, from mechanics to… ...

Memorandum of Understanding between Tuscany Region and Antica Valserchio

Florence - Expansion of Antica Valserchio in Tuscany A new technological factory with an investment of over € 8 million, a new logistics hub, a specialized supply chain and the strengthening of collaboration with the academic world. These are the objectives of a memorandum of understanding signed today in Florence by the textile company Antica… ...

Caterpillar acquires ECM Spa

As reported by International Railway Journal,  the U.S. Caterpillar Inc., through its subsidiary Progress Rail, has acquired Italian signalling company ECM SpA based in Pistoia. ECM, founded in 1958 by Mr Giulio Cappellini, started working with Italian State Railways (FS) in 1966 and has since been involved in equipping both the infrastructure and trains with… ...

Céline Partnering Day

Céline, the French leading brand in the leather goods sector, presented itself today during a Partnering Day, promoted by the Region of Tuscany through its Invest in Tuscany office, together with the Fashion Technology District. The meeting, held in the Sala Pegaso, at Palazzo Strozzi Sacrati, Florence, was divided into 2 sessions: a presentation of… ...

GKN strengthens its presence in Tuscany

Florence - The GKN industrial group, world leader in the automotive, aeronautics and aerospace sectors, grows and strengthens its presence in Tuscany. The company has recently announced the decision to transfer from Brunico to Tuscany an entire production line, related to double offset joints "DOJ". The joint action of the management of the Campi Bisenzio… ...

EY 2017: Install the best startup for the Entrepreneur of the Year Award

Instal, startup of Nana Bianca, won the award that celebrates the best Italian startup according to EY. Instal is a project born in 2014 within the Startup Studio Nana Bianca in Florence, where the founders of Nana Bianca - Paolo, Alessandro and Jacopo- together with Filippo, Chief Operating Officer and Saverio, Chief Technology Officer, decided… ...

Cs Group at Vespucci Freight Village

Florence - A meeting promoted by Regione Toscana (together with our office Invest in Tuscany) was held last week with Vespucci freight village of Guasticce and Cs Group, a Chinese company that produces electric cars for car sharing, in order to verify the possibility of creating a production site by Cs Group in the area… ...

The US Garmin has acquired Navionics

As reported by Geospatialworld.net, Garmin has acquired Navionics, a Tuscany-based company that develops electronic navigation charts for the marine industry. Cliff Pemble, Garmin CEO, said the company would combine Navionics’ content with Garmin’s own BlueChart and LakeVü mapping systems. Moreover, Navionics will bring its repository of nautical charts for oceans, rivers and lakes, developed using… ...

More than 600 companies with foreign participation in Tuscany

According to the report "Italy multinational 2017", presented yesterday in Rome and edited by ITA (Italian Trade Agency) and Politecnico di Milano, the Tuscan companies controlled or joined by foreign investors have 48,700 employees and achieve a total turnover of € 22.5 billion. At Italian level, the ITA report shows that foreign investment in 2016… ...

Polimoda among the top ten fashion schools in the world fashion,

According to “Global Fashion School Rankings 2017", Polimoda, the international institute of fashion design and fashion business headquartered in Florence, confirms itself for the third consecutive year as one of the best fashion schools in the world and first among the Italian fashion schools. The "Global Fashion School Rankings 2017" is the annual ranking published… ...

Martino Rossi Spa invests in Maremma

A new investment in Tuscany in the agro-food sector: Martino Rossi Spa, an Italian company specialized in the production of gluten free, allergen-free flours, has decided to invest in Maremma (in southern Tuscany). The company, with headquarter in Cremona, Northern Italy, has in fact acquired a storage facility at Casotto del Pescatore, near Grosseto. The… ...

Invest in Tuscany at BIO-Europe 2017

Invest in Tuscany attends BIO-Europe 2017 in Berlin, 6-8 November, within the Italian delegation, to meeting with potential industrial and financial investors operating in the Life Science industry. BIO-Europe is Europe's largest partnering conference serving the global biotechnology industry. Delegates from all parts of the biotechnology value chain come to BIO-Europe to quickly identify, engage… ...

Invest in Tuscany at SMAU 2017, Milan

Today SMAU, the largest IT event of Italy, opens. Invest in Tuscany will meet with some 40 financial investors coming from many parts of the world and attending the ItaliaRestartsUp initiative, organized within the SMAU's fairgrounds by the Italian Trade Agency and the National Minister of Industrial Development. ...

Invest in Tuscany will attend BIO JAPAN 2017

Invest in Tuscany, the Tuscan regional office dedicated to attract foreign direct investments, will attend the 19th edition of BIO Japan 2017 (Yokohama), the Asia's Premier Partnering Event for the Global Biotechnology Industry. Over 900 organizations from around 30 countries are expected to participate in the event, to hold an anticipated 8,000 business meetings over… ...

Invest in Tuscany at EXPO REAL, Munich

Munich, 2017, Oct 4th - EXPO REAL, the 20th International Trade Fair for Property and Investment, is being held at Messe München exhibition center from 4th to 6th October 2017. EXPO REAL is offering an international networking platform for the key real estate markets of Europe, through to Russia, the Middle East and the US.… ...

Cotarella Family Buys Le Macioche in Montalcino

As reported by Wine Spectator, "One of Italy's most successful winemaking families adds Brunello di Montalcino to its portfolio. The Cotarella family, owners of the Falesco winery in Umbria, will soon be making Brunello di Montalcino. The family has purchased Le Macioche in Montalcino for $4.78 million, Wine Spectator has learned. The 17-acre property includes… ...

Adduma, new electric car sharing in Florence

According to the daily newspaper, Sole 24 Ore and Repubblica Florence, a new car sharing operator from the next 2nd of October in Florence: it is the Sicilian Adduma who will propose a fleet of 40 electric vehicles (100 by March 2018), with 32 Renault Zoe 4-seaters for classic rentals, and 8 Renault Kangoo Ze… ...

Frescobaldi Extends Its Winery Holdings into Chianti Classico

As reported by Wine Spectator "the Tuscany-based wine company, Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi, has acquired Castello di San Donato in Perano, a 617-acre estate with 128 acres of vineyards located in the Gaiole, municipality of Chianti Classico. The property had been in bankruptcy proceedings for several years. The purchase price was $15.9 million. “I am so… ...

“Sant’ Anna” and “Normale” of Pisa in the Top 200 universities of Times Higher Education

The two Universities of Pisa, Sant' Anna and Normale, are the only Italian universities among the 200 best in the world (155th and 184th respectively) according to the new ranking published by the English magazine "Times Higher Education", specialized in the analysis and evaluation of university systems. Thanks to this ranking at world level, Sant'… ...

Meeting on “Economy & Management 4.0 – How to deal the change!”

We are glad to point out an event, organized by the PIN (University Pole of Prato) and Manageritalia Firenze (Association of managers of commerce, transport, tourism and services) dedicated to the National Industry Plan 4.0, recently  introduced by the Government for Industrial Renaissance and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, tracking new challenges to the Italian companies.… ...

Ferrarelle buys chocolatier Amedei

MILAN,  As reported by Reuters last Aug 7 - Italian mineral water company Ferrarelle has bought Tuscan gourmet chocolate company Amedei from Singapore's Octopus Europe Limited fund and Amedei's founders. Ferrarelle, the 4th biggest mineral water company in Italy in terms of volumes, is looking to use its distribution network to sell other products. The… ...

First international festival of Robotics, Pisa, 7-13 Sept

Robotics in all its applications is the protagonist of the first international festival, hosted in Pisa, Italy, from the 7th to the 13th of September 2017, in the city which boasts one of the highest concentrations in the world of robotic systems workers, research activities, development and applications. Pisa, the city of science, has united… ...

Mobike Expands in Europe with bike rental services in Florence

As reported by ChinaMoneyNetwork.com, "Chinese bike rental firm Mobike extended its footprint in Europe with trial launches in the Italian cities of Florence and Milan. The move follows the Shanghai-based company's previous international expansions into Singapore, the United Kingdom and Japan. "With the landing of Mobike in Florence today, it marks another solid step for… ...

LVMH expands leather goods training to Italy

As reported by International Leather Maker, the LVMH Institut des Métiers d’Excellence (IME) announced it has expanded to Italy, selecting leading Florentine fashion school Polimoda as its first partner for training of leather goods artisans in the country.   Launched in 2014, the IME professional training program seeks to ensure the transmission of unique savoir-faire… ...

Céline New Investment in Tuscany

RADDA IN CHIANTI (Siena, Italy) - Céline, the French brand leader in the leather goods industry with over 120 stores in the world, doubles its presence in Tuscany and finds his second home in Radda in Chianti, in the province of Siena, with an agreement with Regione Toscana which will bring new opportunities for future… ...

Viareggio “cradle of shipbuilding”

Today BBC News focuses  on Viareggio, the city that makes the most expensive boats in the world. "Its speciality is the superyacht. These giant crewed vessels start at about the length of an average swimming pool - 24-metres. But the biggest can stretch to five or more times this. It's a world that belongs to… ...

Lucca’s paper district: a successful model that attracts investments

As reported by Toscana24 last week, Lucca's paper district held up better than most in Italy under the long-term crisis of 2008-2015, continuing to grow and invest. Now Lucca's paper district, specialised in hygienic tissue paper – sales for 4.4 billion euros in 2016, plus 800 million for paper mechanics, 200 companies and 10,000 total… ...

NUVAP, winner of the Edison Pulse prize 2017 Start-ups

Edison Pulse, the contest created by Edison, has awarded 4 energy start-ups among the 296 participants from all over Italy. Among the 4 winners, there is the Tuscan NUVAP, based at the Navacchio Technology Park, who designs and distributes a device for monitoring indoor pollution such as in houses and offices. Through an algorithm, the… ...

New Conad logistics hub in Central Italy new investment

Montopoli (Pisa) - The first phase of development for the new logistics platform of Conad del Tirreno has been completed last June in Montopoli: the expansion over 1,800 msq of surface area and a height of 28 metres gives shape and substance to a hub which, when in operation, will become the largest logistics hub… ...

Laika Caravans expands its production in Tuscany Expansion

On June 13th, the Region of Tuscany,  Laika Caravans (Hymer group) and the municipalities of San Casciano Val di Pesa and Tavernelle Val di Pesa (Florence), have entered into an agreement for the entrepreneurial and occupational development of the Ponterotto motorhome production site, established one year ago. «Just fifteen months ago we were cutting the… ...

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