The region of development
The incentives and the services
Informative tools for territorial marketing
Focus
Emilia-Romagna stands first among the Italian regions in the Financial Times attractiveness ranking
20/03/2012 - FDI Intelligence, the Financial Times foreign investment specialist division, has published the "European Cities & Regions of the Future 2012/13" report on the attractiveness of cities and regions in Europe. Emilia-Romagna ranks fifth for business attractiveness among the top 10 Southern European regions - and stands first among the Italian regions. Emilia-Romagna also ranks among the virtuous territories as regards promotion of foreign investment, standing out in the national context.
03/10/2012 - EU Solidarity Fund: €670 million for Emilia Romagna
“We need to help this highly productive region get back on its feet”: The European Commission for Regional Policy propose to allocate EUR 670 million to Italy following earthquakes during May/June 2012. The aim is to cover the costs of restoring essential infrastructure, providing shelter and rescue services as well as protecting the cultural heritage of the region.10/07/2012 - A new start after the earthquake: the case of an International company
Despite the damage suffered, the Finnish company CPS Color Equipment located in San Felice sul Panaro (Modena) resumed its activities only a few days after the earthquake. This stands to demonstrate that relocating is not the only solution.07/05/2012 - AMAZON opens its first Italian distribution centre in Piacenza
The centre opened only a few months after the Amazon management made the decision to invest in Emilia-Romagna. It will coordinate deliveries to the national market but will also represent a strategic logistics hub for shipping to all European countries
A region where enterprise culture is at home. So much so that every day new businesses join the ranks of the existing 400,000 companies in the region. They are attracted by a mixture of factors which make this region unique: the services, the entrepreneurs, quality of life, in terms of which Emilia-Romagna is one of the top places in the world thanks to a far-reaching welfare system and a uniquely Italian art of living, and an entrepreneurial tradition which has combined experience in traditional industries with the judicious use of new technologies and the creation of specialised research and technological transfer centres located throughout the territory. All this and more can be found on this web site, which is a comprehensive but easy-to-consult tool designed to take business people on a journey of discovery through Emilia-Romagna, a region in which it pays to invest. .
