It is considered the luxury district, both because top-notch global brands found some of their expertise, helping to then stimulate its development and because large labels from other regions and countries have chosen to lay roots in this area to take advantage of its expertise
A very lively real estate market for the area around Florence, especially in the residential and commercial sectors
The Italian style of hotellerie [hospitality] dedicated to international tourism: a mix of Tuscany and Sardinia, to which one adds the Tuscan thermal bath tradition
The Jordanian Panmed group sets its sights on Italy for new investments, scrutinizing the purchase of two businesses located in the vicinity of Arezzo. The announcement came from the group’s president herself, Shermine Dajani, in an interview she gave to Il Sole 24 ore, specifying that the group’s interest in Tuscan businesses pertains to Arezzo’s TTE – a company that designs plant and network infrastructures; and Cometi, located in Sansepolcro (in the Arezzo province) – a company that specializes in shelters for photovoltaic and TLC, but that also has a railway division that produces machinery to repair and maintain tracks.
A turnover that grew to 6 billion dollars in 2013, a portfolio counting 7 billion in orders, nearly 5,500 workers, and an important program of investments to create new generation gas turbines.
Nearly 500 “Made in Tuscany” companies have all the right papers to gain access to the bond market
Algerian capitals for the revival of Tuscan steel. The Cevital group – active in various sectors spanning from foodstuffs to the automotive and logistics – won the tender for the assets sale of Piombino’s Lucchini company
Interview with Fabian V. Dish Dash, CMO of the spin-off of the University of Pisa
An open-air theater, a musical are, spaces dedicated to workshops and local artisanship, conference rooms and offices to promote tourism. San Gimignano, a medieval town in the Siena province declared a Human Heritage Site by UNESCO, is working to recover the San Domenic complex that rises within the city’s walls, turning it into a cultural hub around which public services, and artisanal and commercial activities can be developed.
Vapor and biomass together. Tuscany, with the strength of its primacy in geothermal energy and the attention it pays to renewable energy sources – nearly 25,000 plants, for a maximum capacity of 645 MW and a production of 7.343 GWh, according to the most recent statistics collected by the Gestore dei Servizi Energetici (GSE) [Electrical Services Management company] – is pushing the pedal on innovation and launches the world’s first plant to integrate the harnessing of underground heat with energy derived from biodegradable goods from the agricultural sector and connected activities.