{"id":12262,"date":"2023-07-15T04:09:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T04:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/?p=12262"},"modified":"2023-07-15T04:09:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T04:09:07","slug":"an-excellent-2022-for-the-italian-machine-tool-industry-2023-still-positive-but-the-order-intake-slows-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/an-excellent-2022-for-the-italian-machine-tool-industry-2023-still-positive-but-the-order-intake-slows-down\/","title":{"rendered":"AN EXCELLENT 2022 FOR THE ITALIAN MACHINE TOOL INDUSTRY 2023 STILL POSITIVE, BUT THE ORDER INTAKE SLOWS DOWN"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The\u00a0<\/span>year\u00a0<\/span>2022<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>extremely\u00a0<\/span>positive\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Italian\u00a0<\/span>manufacturing\u00a0<\/span>industry\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>machine<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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tools,\u00a0<\/span>robot<\/span>s\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>automation\u00a0<\/span>systems,\u00a0<\/span>which\u00a0<\/span>registered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>double-digit\u00a0<\/span>increases<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>set\u00a0<\/span>new\u00a0<\/span>records<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>most<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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economic\u00a0<\/span>indicators,\u00a0<\/span>among\u00a0<\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>production<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>consumption.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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With\u00a0<\/span>these\u00a0<\/span>results<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>once\u00a0<\/span>again,\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Italian\u00a0<\/span>industry\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>sector\u00a0<\/span>confirmed\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span>one\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>key<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>players\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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international\u00a0<\/span>scenario<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>where\u00a0<\/span>it<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>came\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fourth\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>ranking\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>production,\u00a0<\/span>exports\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>consumption.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The\u00a0<\/span>year\u00a0<\/span>2023\u00a0<\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>still\u00a0<\/span>close\u00a0<\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>positive\u00a0<\/span>sign,\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>thus\u00a0<\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>new\u00a0<\/span>records\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>sector,\u00a0<\/span>but\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>order\u00a0<\/span>intake\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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first\u00a0<\/span>part\u00a0<\/span>o<\/span>f\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>year\u00a0<\/span>showed\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>rather\u00a0<\/span>marked\u00a0<\/span>slowdown\u00a0<\/span>caused\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>general\u00a0<\/span>atmo<\/span>s<\/span>phere\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>uncertainty.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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This\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>framework\u00a0<\/span>summed\u00a0<\/span>up\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>president\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>UCIMU-SISTEMI\u00a0<\/span>PER\u00a0<\/span>PRODURRE<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Barbara\u00a0<\/span>Colombo<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>this<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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morning,\u00a0<\/span>during\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Members\u2019\u00a0<\/span>Meeting<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>which\u00a0<\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>attended<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Adolfo\u00a0<\/span>Urso<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mi<\/span>nist<\/span>er\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>Enterprises\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Made<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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in\u00a0<\/span>Italy\u00a0<\/span>(via<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>video<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>link<\/span>),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gian\u00a0<\/span>Maria\u00a0<\/span>Gros-Pietro<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>economist<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>president<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Intesa\u00a0<\/span>Sanpaolo,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Federico\u00a0<\/span>Visconti<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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rector\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>LIUC\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Cattaneo\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Universit<\/span>y<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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THE\u00a0<\/span>ACTUAL\u00a0<\/span>RESULTS\u00a0<\/span>OF\u00a0<\/span><\/span>20<\/span>2<\/span>2<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>final\u00a0<\/span><\/span>data\u00a0<\/span>processed\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Economic\u00a0<\/span>Studies\u00a0<\/span>Department\u00a0<\/span>&\u00a0<\/span>Business\u00a0<\/span>Culture\u00a0<\/span>Centre\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>UCIMU,\u00a0<\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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2022,\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Italian\u00a0<\/span>production\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>machine\u00a0<\/span>tools,\u00a0<\/span>robots\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>automation\u00a0<\/span>systems<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reached<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>7<\/span>,<\/span>280<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>mil<\/span>lion\u00a0<\/span><\/span>euro<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>re<\/span>cording<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>15<\/span>%<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>increase\u00a0<\/span><\/span>versus<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>202<\/span>1<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Consumption\u00a0<\/span>grew\u00a0<\/span>by<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>26<\/span>%<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>6<\/span>,<\/span>311<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>mil<\/span>lion\u00a0<\/span>euro<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>leading\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rise\u00a0<\/span><\/span>both<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>domestic<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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deliveries<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(3<\/span>,<\/span>812<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>mil<\/span>lion\u00a0<\/span>euro<\/span>;\u00a0<\/span>+21<\/span>.<\/span>6%<\/span>)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>import<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(<\/span>2<\/span>,<\/span>499<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>mil<\/span>lion\u00a0<\/span>euro<\/span>;\u00a0<\/span>+<\/span>33.<\/span>3%<\/span>)<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Export<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>also\u00a0<\/span><\/span>increased<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>3<\/span>,<\/span>468<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>mil<\/span>lion\u00a0<\/span><\/span>euro<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>2022<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>i.e.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>8<\/span>.<\/span>5<\/span>%\u00a0<\/span><\/span>more<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>than\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>previous\u00a0<\/span>year<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>The<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>exports<\/span>-to<\/span>–<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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production\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ratio\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dropped<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>from<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>50<\/span>.<\/span>5%\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>202<\/span>1<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>47<\/span>.<\/span>6<\/span>%<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>2022<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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In<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>202<\/span>2<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>main\u00a0<\/span>export\u00a0<\/span>markets\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Italian\u00a0<\/span>product\u00a0<\/span>offering\u00a0<\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>United\u00a0<\/span>States<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(482\u00a0<\/span>mil<\/span>lion\u00a0<\/span>euro<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>+43<\/span>.<\/span>5%),<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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German<\/span>y<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(<\/span>306<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>mil<\/span>lion\u00a0<\/span>euro<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>-13<\/span>.<\/span>3<\/span>%),<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>C<\/span>h<\/span>ina\u00a0<\/span>(<\/span>226\u00a0<\/span><\/span>mil<\/span>lion\u00a0<\/span>euro<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>–<\/span>0<\/span>.<\/span>7<\/span>%),\u00a0<\/span>France<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span>193<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>mil<\/span>lion\u00a0<\/span>euro<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>+9.<\/span>6<\/span>%),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pol<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(<\/span>188<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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mil<\/span>lion\u00a0<\/span>euro<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>+<\/span>6<\/span>.<\/span>2<\/span>%),<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Tur<\/span>key<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(1<\/span>2<\/span>4<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>mil<\/span>lion\u00a0<\/span>euro<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>-3<\/span>.<\/span>9<\/span>%),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Spa<\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(119\u00a0<\/span>mil<\/span>lion\u00a0<\/span>euro<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>+19<\/span>.<\/span>7%)<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Russia\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span>99<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>mil<\/span>lion\u00a0<\/span>euro<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>–<\/span>3.<\/span>9<\/span>%),<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Me<\/span>xico<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(84\u00a0<\/span>mil<\/span>lion\u00a0<\/span>euro,\u00a0<\/span>+5.<\/span>2%)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Switzerland<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(74\u00a0<\/span>mil<\/span>lion\u00a0<\/span>euro<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>+3<\/span>6<\/span>.<\/span>8%).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The\u00a0<\/span>positive\u00a0<\/span>perfo<\/span>rmance\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Italian\u00a0<\/span>industry\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>sector\u00a0<\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>positive\u00a0<\/span>impact\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>utilisation\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>production<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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capacity<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>whose\u00a0<\/span>annual\u00a0<\/span>average\u00a0<\/span>went\u00a0<\/span>up\u00a0<\/span>significantly,\u00a0<\/span>going\u00a0<\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>80<\/span>.<\/span>2%\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2021<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>86<\/span>.<\/span>6%\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>2022<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>order\u00a0<\/span>portfolio<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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was\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>rise,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>attaining<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>8<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>month<\/span>s\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>guaranteed\u00a0<\/span>production<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>versus\u00a0<\/span>7.3\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>previous\u00a0<\/span>year<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>turnover\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>sector\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>achieved\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>amount\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>10<\/span>,<\/span>482\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>mil<\/span>lion<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>euro<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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FORECASTS\u00a0<\/span><\/span>20<\/span>2<\/span>3<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Based\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>forecasts\u00a0<\/span>elaborated\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Economic\u00a0<\/span>Studies\u00a0<\/span>Department\u00a0<\/span>&\u00a0<\/span>Business\u00a0<\/span>Culture\u00a0<\/span>Centre\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>UCIMU,\u00a0<\/span>t<\/span>he\u00a0<\/span>year<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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2023\u00a0<\/span><\/span>should\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>close\u00a0<\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>positive\u00a0<\/span>trend,\u00a0<\/span>but\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>order\u00a0<\/span>intake\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>first\u00a0<\/span>half\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>year\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>at\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>standstill<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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P<\/span>rodu<\/span>ction<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>s<\/span>hould\u00a0<\/span>stand\u00a0<\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>7,<\/span>750<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>mil<\/span>lion\u00a0<\/span>euro<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>i<\/span>.e.\u00a0<\/span>6.<\/span>5<\/span>%<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>more\u00a0<\/span>than<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>previous\u00a0<\/span>year<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>thus\u00a0<\/span>marking\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>n<\/span>ew\u00a0<\/span>absolute<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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record<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>history\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Italian\u00a0<\/span>industry\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>sector<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Consumption<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>should\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rise<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>new\u00a0<\/span>record<\/span>–<\/span>breaking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>value\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>6<\/span>,<\/span>835<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>mil<\/span>lion\u00a0<\/span>euro<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(+<\/span>8<\/span>.<\/span>3<\/span>%),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>driving\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>manufacturers\u2019<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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deliveries\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>domestic\u00a0<\/span>market,\u00a0<\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>should<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>achieve\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>new\u00a0<\/span>record<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>a<\/span>mounting\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>4<\/span>,<\/span>155<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>mil<\/span>li<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>euro\u00a0<\/span>(+<\/span>9<\/span>%)<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I<\/span>mpor<\/span>t<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>s<\/span>hould\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>go\u00a0<\/span>up,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>attaining<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>value\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2<\/span>,<\/span>680<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>mil<\/span>lion<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>euro\u00a0<\/span>(<\/span>+<\/span>7<\/span>.<\/span>3<\/span>%)<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Exports<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>should\u00a0<\/span>grow\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>3<\/span>,<\/span>595<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>mil<\/span>lion\u00a0<\/span>euro<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(+<\/span>3<\/span>.<\/span>7<\/span>%)<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>thus\u00a0<\/span>returning\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>pre-Covid\u00a0<\/span>levels<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Based\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>UCIMU\u00a0<\/span>processing\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>ISTAT\u00a0<\/span>data,\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>first\u00a0<\/span>three\u00a0<\/span>months\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2023,\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>main\u00a0<\/span>export\u00a0<\/span>markets\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Italian<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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machine\u00a0<\/span>tool\u00a0<\/span>offering\u00a0<\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>United\u00a0<\/span>States<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span>126\u00a0<\/span>mil<\/span>lion\u00a0<\/span>euro,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>+<\/span>35<\/span>.<\/span>4<\/span>%<\/span>),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>German<\/span>y<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(<\/span>89<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>mil<\/span>lion\u00a0<\/span>euro<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>+43<\/span>.<\/span>8<\/span>%),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>C<\/span>h<\/span>ina<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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(<\/span>55<\/span>.<\/span>5<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>mil<\/span>lion\u00a0<\/span>euro<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>+23.<\/span>3<\/span>%),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Franc<\/span>e<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span>54<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>mil<\/span>lion\u00a0<\/span>euro<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>+<\/span>33<\/span>.<\/span>9<\/span>%),<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pol<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span>38<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>mil<\/span>lion\u00a0<\/span>euro<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>+10.<\/span>2<\/span>%<\/span>)<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Tur<\/span>key<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(34\u00a0<\/span>mil<\/span>lion<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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euro,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>+86<\/span>.<\/span>8%),\u00a0<\/span>Me<\/span>xico<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(29\u00a0<\/span>mil<\/span>lion\u00a0<\/span>euro<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>+<\/span>49.<\/span>7%),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Czech\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Repub<\/span>lic<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(27\u00a0<\/span>mil<\/span>lion\u00a0<\/span>euro<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>+118%),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Spa<\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(<\/span>25<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>mil<\/span>lion\u00a0<\/span>euro<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>–<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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16.<\/span>5<\/span>%)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>India\u00a0<\/span>(<\/span>24\u00a0<\/span><\/span>mil<\/span>lion\u00a0<\/span>euro<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>+<\/span>3<\/span>8<\/span>.<\/span>9<\/span>%).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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COMMENT<\/span>S<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>AND\u00a0<\/span>PROPOSALS\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ON<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>INDUSTRIAL\u00a0<\/span>POLICY<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Barbara\u00a0<\/span>Colombo<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>president\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>UCI<\/span>MU-SISTEMI\u00a0<\/span>PER\u00a0<\/span>PRODURRE,\u00a0<\/span>stated<\/span>:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u201c<\/span>If\u00a0<\/span>we\u00a0<\/span>analyse\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>trend\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>last\u00a0<\/span>three<\/span>-year<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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period<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>2021-2023,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>clear\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Italian\u00a0<\/span>machine\u00a0<\/span>tool\u00a0<\/span>industry<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>become\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stronger\u00a0<\/span>after\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>public\u00a0<\/span><\/span>health\u00a0<\/span><\/span>crisis,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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which\u00a0<\/span>it<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>able\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>face\u00a0<\/span>more\u00a0<\/span>effectively\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>energet<\/span>ically\u00a0<\/span>than\u00a0<\/span>many\u00a0<\/span>competitors,\u00a0<\/span>starting\u00a0<\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Germany<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>These<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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results\u00a0<\/span>prove\u00a0<\/span>our\u00a0<\/span>capabilities\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>value\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>our\u00a0<\/span>agile\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>strongly\u00a0<\/span>innovation-oriented\u00a0<\/span>model\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>enterprises<\/span>\u201d<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201c<\/span>For\u00a0<\/span>several\u00a0<\/span>years\u00a0<\/span>now,\u00a0<\/span>companies\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>sector\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>working<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>situation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>t<\/span>hat\u00a0<\/span>could\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span>defined\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u201cunusual<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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business\u201d,\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>which\u00a0<\/span>changes\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>scenario\u00a0<\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>constant\u00a0<\/span>variable.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>It\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>easy,\u00a0<\/span>but\u00a0<\/span>we\u00a0<\/span>do\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>do\u00a0<\/span>again\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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future<\/span>\u201d<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201c<\/span>In\u00a0<\/span>r<\/span>esponse\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>situation\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>general\u00a0<\/span>uncertainty\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>actually\u00a0<\/span>affected\u00a0<\/span>our\u00a0<\/span>order\u00a0<\/span><\/span>collection<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>first\u00a0<\/span>half\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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year,\u00a0<\/span>our\u00a0<\/span>enterprises\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>identified\u00a0<\/span><\/span>some\u00a0<\/span>challenges<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>which\u00a0<\/span>they\u00a0<\/span>intend\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>concentrate\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>medium<\/span>–<\/span>long\u00a0<\/span><\/span>term<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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future<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>order\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>strengthen\u00a0<\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>positioning\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>international\u00a0<\/span>market:\u00a0<\/span>innovation\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>translates\u00a0<\/span>into<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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digita<\/span>li<\/span>sation<\/span>&<\/span>sustainability,\u00a0<\/span>availability\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>skilled<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>personnel,\u00a0<\/span>servitisation\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>internationalisa<\/span>tion<\/span>\u201d<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Digitalisation&S<\/span>ustainability<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Nowadays,\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>real\u00a0<\/span><\/span>challenge\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>manufacturers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>regard\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>innovation\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>digitalisation&sustainability<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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combination<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>T<\/span>his\u00a0<\/span><\/span>translates\u00a0<\/span>into\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>capacity\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>developing\u00a0<\/span>systems,\u00a0<\/span>which\u00a0<\/span>ensure\u00a0<\/span>efficient\u00a0<\/span>processes\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>users<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>i.e.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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characterised\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>appropriate\u00a0<\/span>use\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>resources\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>ade<\/span>quate\u00a0<\/span>production\u00a0<\/span>time,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>well\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>into<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>possibility\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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measuring\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>environmental\u00a0<\/span>impact\u00a0<\/span>(e<\/span>.g.\u00a0<\/span>carbon\u00a0<\/span>footprint)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span>every\u00a0<\/span>stage\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>manufacturing\u00a0<\/span>process<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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However,\u00a0<\/span>such\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>rapid\u00a0<\/span>evolution\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>innovation\u00a0<\/span>processes<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>which\u00a0<\/span>companies\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>playing<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>leading\u00a0<\/span>role<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>cannot\u00a0<\/span>do<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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without\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>support\u00a0<\/span>action\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>economic\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>industrial\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Country\u00a0<\/span>Syste<\/span>m<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201c<\/span>For\u00a0<\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>reason,\u00a0<\/span>we\u00a0<\/span>ask\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Government\u00a0<\/span>authorities\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>confirm\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>strengthen\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Transition\u00a0<\/span>Plan<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>4.0<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>which<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>–\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>our<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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opinion\u00a0<\/span>–\u00a0<\/span>must\u00a0<\/span>structurally\u00a0<\/span>provide\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>modular\u00a0<\/span>system\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>tax\u00a0<\/span>incentives\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>can\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span>combined\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>cumulated\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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may\u00a0<\/span>more\u00a0<\/span>considerabl<\/span>y\u00a0<\/span>reward<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>those\u00a0<\/span>who\u00a0<\/span>invest\u00a0<\/span>i<\/span>n\u00a0<\/span>new\u00a0<\/span>machines<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>where<\/span>by<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>digitali<\/span>sation\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span><\/span>enables<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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sustainability<\/span>\u201d<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201c<\/span>In\u00a0<\/span>particular,\u00a0<\/span>we\u00a0<\/span>think\u00a0<\/span>that<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>i<\/span>n<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>addition\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>first\u00a0<\/span>measure\u00a0<\/span>–\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>one\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>currently\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>force,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>consisting\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>tax<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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credit\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>investment\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>state-of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the-art\u00a0<\/span>digital\u00a0<\/span>production\u00a0<\/span>technologies\u00a0<\/span>–\u00a0<\/span>there\u00a0<\/span>should\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span>another\u00a0<\/span>tax\u00a0<\/span>credit\u00a0<\/span>for<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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investment\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>machines\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>integrated\u00a0<\/span>together\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>create\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>system\u00a0<\/span>implementing\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>two\u00a0<\/span>value\u00a0<\/span>chains,\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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physical\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>digital\u00a0<\/span>one<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>Finally,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the<\/span>re\u00a0<\/span>should\u00a0<\/span>be<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>third\u00a0<\/span>me<\/span>asure\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>can\u00a0<\/span>ensure\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>tax\u00a0<\/span>credit\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>sustainability<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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order\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>push<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>enterprises<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>towards<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u201c<\/span>green\u00a0<\/span>manufacturing<\/span>\u201d<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>line\u00a0<\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>European\u00a0<\/span>directives<\/span>\u201d<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Availability\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>skilled\u00a0<\/span>personnel<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Italian\u00a0<\/span><\/span>machine\u00a0<\/span>tool\u00a0<\/span><\/span>companies\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>great\u00a0<\/span>difficulty\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>finding\u00a0<\/span>ski<\/span>lled\u00a0<\/span>personnel\u00a0<\/span>trained\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>operate\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>plants.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Indeed,\u00a0<\/span>globalisation\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>digital\u00a0<\/span>transformation\u00a0<\/span>impose\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>significant\u00a0<\/span>revision\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>skills\u00a0<\/span>required\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>employees\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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drive\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>emergence\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>new\u00a0<\/span>professional\u00a0<\/span>figures\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>did\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>exist\u00a0<\/span>before.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Two\u00a0<\/span>parti<\/span>cularly\u00a0<\/span>interesting\u00a0<\/span>aspects\u00a0<\/span>emerge\u00a0<\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>recent\u00a0<\/span>survey\u00a0<\/span>conducted\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>UCIMU\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>\u201c<\/span>N<\/span>eed\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>professional<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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figures\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>professional\u00a0<\/span>skills\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>companies\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>sector<\/span>\u201d<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>first\u00a0<\/span>aspect:\u00a0<\/span>some\u00a0<\/span>technical\u00a0<\/span>figures\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>could\u00a0<\/span>be<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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defined\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>\u201ctraditional\u201d\u00a0<\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>still\u00a0<\/span><\/span>central\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>activities\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>enterprises\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>th<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>industry<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>difficult\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>find<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>The<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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second\u00a0<\/span>aspect:\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>future,\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>figures\u00a0<\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>digital\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>automation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>skills<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>well\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>management\u00a0<\/span><\/span>competence<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>are<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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those\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>greatest\u00a0<\/span>interest\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>companies\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sector<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>This\u00a0<\/span>means\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>need\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>get\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>touch\u00a0<\/span>both\u00a0<\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>young<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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graduates\u00a0<\/span>fr<\/span>om\u00a0<\/span>technical\u00a0<\/span>institutes\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>ITS\u00a0<\/span>(Higher\u00a0<\/span>Technical\u00a0<\/span>Ins<\/span>t<\/span>itutes)\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>university\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gra<\/span>duates,\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>only\u00a0<\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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engineering<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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To\u00a0<\/span>reduce\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>mismatch<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>between\u00a0<\/span>job\u00a0<\/span>demand\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>supply,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>compani<\/span>es<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>often\u00a0<\/span>e<\/span>nter\u00a0<\/span>into<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>cooperation\u00a0<\/span>agreements\u00a0<\/span>w<\/span>ith<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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technical\u00a0<\/span>institutes\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>areas<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>so\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>institutes\u00a0<\/span>themselves\u00a0<\/span>can<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>become\u00a0<\/span>nurseries\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>which\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>draw\u00a0<\/span>for<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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their\u00a0<\/span><\/span>employment\u00a0<\/span>needs.\u00a0<\/span>In\u00a0<\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>activity,\u00a0<\/span>they\u00a0<\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>supported\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>associations,\u00a0<\/span>such\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>UCIMU,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>directly\u00a0<\/span>operate<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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encourage\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dialogue\u00a0<\/span><\/span>between\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>world\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>school\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>academic\u00a0<\/span>education\u00a0<\/span><\/span>&<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>training\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>world\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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enterprises,\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>aim\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>better\u00a0<\/span><\/span>targeting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span><\/span>education\u00a0<\/span><\/span>curricula,\u00a0<\/span>so\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>they\u00a0<\/span>can\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span>more\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>line\u00a0<\/span>with<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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real\u00a0<\/span>nee<\/span>ds\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>enterprises<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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However,\u00a0<\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>complex\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>articulated\u00a0<\/span>work,\u00a0<\/span>whose\u00a0<\/span>results\u00a0<\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span>seen\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>medium-long\u00a0<\/span>term<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Therefore,\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span>is<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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ess<\/span>ential\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Country\u00a0<\/span>S<\/span>ystem\u00a0<\/span><\/span>can\u00a0<\/span>directly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>support\u00a0<\/span>School<\/span>s\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Universities<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>by<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>adapting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>curricula\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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education<\/span>al\u00a0<\/span>pathways\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span>all\u00a0<\/span>levels\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>changes\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>context.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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On\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span>hand,\u00a0<\/span>we\u00a0<\/span>ask\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Government\u00a0<\/span>authorities\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>confirm<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>future,\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>applicability\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>tax\u00a0<\/span>credit\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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education\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>training,\u00a0<\/span>which\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>essential\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>support\u00a0<\/span>companies\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>rapid\u00a0<\/span>r<\/span>efresh<\/span>er<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>training<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>re-qualification<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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process\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>staff<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Finally,\u00a0<\/span>labour<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>cost<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>which<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>increased\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>6<\/span>.<\/span>6%<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>further\u00a0<\/span>problem\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>enterprises\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>hire<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>personnel,\u00a0<\/span>so<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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we\u00a0<\/span>ask\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Government\u00a0<\/span>authorities\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>intervene\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>reducing<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>tax\u00a0<\/span>wedge<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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S<\/span>erviti<\/span>sation<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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More\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>more\u00a0<\/span>companies\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>sector\u00a0<\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>working\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>developing\u00a0<\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>offer\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>includes,\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>addition\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>sale\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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physical\u00a0<\/span>product\u00a0<\/span>(the\u00a0<\/span>machine),\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>series\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>value-added\u00a0<\/span>services\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>can\u00a0<\/span>improve\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>user<\/span>\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>satisfaction.\u00a0<\/span>This\u00a0<\/span>activity<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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cou<\/span>ld\u00a0<\/span><\/span>also\u00a0<\/span><\/span>become<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span><\/span>interesting<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>additional\u00a0<\/span>source\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>income\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>manufacturers<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Moreover,\u00a0<\/span>along\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>lines\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>what\u00a0<\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>already\u00a0<\/span>happened\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span>sectors<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>UCIMU\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>developing<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>together\u00a0<\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>some<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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accredited\u00a0<\/span>partners\u00a0<\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>leasing\u00a0<\/span>world,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>issue\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>sales<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>t<\/span>hrough\u00a0<\/span>operational\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rental<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>order\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>monitor<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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activity<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>slowly\u00a0<\/span>approaching\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>machinery\u00a0<\/span>sector.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I<\/span>nterna<\/span>tionalisation<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201c<\/span>E<\/span>xporting\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>our\u00a0<\/span>first\u00a0<\/span>way\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>being\u00a0<\/span>present\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>international\u00a0<\/span>market,\u00a0<\/span>but\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span>cannot\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>must\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>only\u00a0<\/span>one<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Our<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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enterpr<\/span>ises\u00a0<\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>aware\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>structuring\u00a0<\/span>themselves<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>order\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>better\u00a0<\/span>seize\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>opportunities\u00a0<\/span>(even\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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u<\/span>n<\/span>tapped\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ones)\u00a0<\/span>offered\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>foreign\u00a0<\/span>demand<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>both\u00a0<\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>traditional\u00a0<\/span>economies<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>such\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>those\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>EU\u00a0<\/span>countries\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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USA,\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>emerging\u00a0<\/span>economies,\u00a0<\/span>s<\/span>uch\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>China,\u00a0<\/span>India,\u00a0<\/span>Vietnam\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Turkey\u201d.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201c<\/span>Companies<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>take\u00a0<\/span>advantage\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>participation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>international\u00a0<\/span>trade\u00a0<\/span>fairs<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>but\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>own\u00a0<\/span>network\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>sales<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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agents<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Then,\u00a0<\/span>there\u00a0<\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>companies\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>offices\u00a0<\/span>or\u00a0<\/span>branches,\u00a0<\/span>mostly\u00a0<\/span>sales\u00a0<\/span>offices\u00a0<\/span>or\u00a0<\/span>after-<\/span>sales\u00a0<\/span>service\u00a0<\/span>points.\u00a0<\/span>On<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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the\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span>hand,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>few\u00a0<\/span>enterprises\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>production\u00a0<\/span>facilities\u00a0<\/span>abroad\u00a0<\/span>an<\/span>d\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>this,\u00a0<\/span>we\u00a0<\/span>must\u00a0<\/span>still\u00a0<\/span>improve<\/span>\u201d<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The\u00a0<\/span>medium-small\u00a0<\/span>size\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>companies\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>industry\u00a0<\/span>makes\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>setting-up\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>production\u00a0<\/span>sites\u00a0<\/span>around\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>world<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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companies<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>In\u00a0<\/span>partic<\/span>ular,\u00a0<\/span>UCIMU\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>currently\u00a0<\/span>engaged\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>establishment\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Business\u00a0<\/span>Network\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>Vietnam<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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invite\u00a0<\/span>foreign\u00a0<\/span>buyers\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>Italy\u00a0<\/span>and,\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>soon\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>possible,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>reopening\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>Fund\u00a0<\/span>394<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>We\u00a0<\/span>hope\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>fund<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>may\u00a0<\/span>be<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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