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Centro Estero per l’Internazionalizzazione Piemonte Agency for Investments, Export and Tourism Headquarters Foreign network Corso Regio Parco 27-29 Unioncamere Piemonte Italian American Chamber 10152 Torino, Italy 62, Rue du Trone of Commerce, Inc. Tel. +39 011 670 0511 10050 Bruxelles 730 Fifth Avenue, Suite 600 www.centroestero.org Tel. +32 2 500 87 80 New York, NY 10019 Tel. +1 212 459-0044 [email protected] www.investintorinopiemonte.org [email protected] [email protected] Italian Chamber of Commerce Italian American Chamber and Industry for the UK of Commerce Midwest 1 Princes Street, London W1B 2AY 500 North Michigan Avenue - Suite 506 Tel. +44 (0)20 7495 8191 60611 Chicago cfi [email protected] Tel. + 1 312 553-9142 Italienische Handelskammer Indo-Italian Chamber München of Commerce & Industry Ottostrasse 1 Bengal Chemicals Compound The 2006 Winter Olympics left a major D-80333 München 502 Veer Savarkar Marg, Prabhadevi Tel. +49 (0)89 9616 6170 legacy in Torino and throughout Mumbai 400025 [email protected] Piemonte: new and effi cient transport Tel. +91 22 2436 8186 - 126 infrastructures, sports facilities amongst Baden-Württemberg office [email protected] the most modern and high-tech in the Lenzhalde 69 D-70192 Stuttgart world and new hospitality facilities. Tel. +49 (0)711 226 8042 Torino hosted the XXIII Architects’ World [email protected] Congress and is the host city of the “3rd The international network is realised Bio-Ethanol Conference”, of ESOF 2010 in collaboration with the Italian (EuroScience Open Forum) and of many Chambers of Commerce abroad. other important international events. Torino was the fi rst city worldwide to be nominated “World Design Capital” by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design, in recognition of the crucial role it plays on an international level. Design is perhaps the feature that most characterizes the made in Italy, from the automotive industry to con- sumer products and fashion, and it is deeply rooted in Piemonte. The photographs of the royal residences come from the photographic archive of Regione Piemonte copertina 60x29,7.indd 1 23-03-2010 14:58:09 TORINO PIEMONTE, A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK Centro Estero per l’Internazionalizzazione Piemonte Agency for Investments, Export and Tourism Piemonte Agency is the fi rst Italian regional agency dedicated to internationalisation, that brings together THE IDEAL institutional development actors, public and private business associations, the academic and research worlds. Piemonte Agency focuses chiefl y on attracting foreign direct investment, increasing the presence of local companies LOCATION and their competitiveness on international markets and promoting the region’s tourist offer and products worldwide. Piemonte Agency is the unique free reference point for companies wishing to locate in Piemonte. FOR FOREIGN www.centroestero.org COMPANIES. Over 650 foreign companies have already set up operations here, where the quality of life is a key factor. Piemonte offers a fi rst class environment for living as well as doing business. There’s plenty to suit everyone. A high standard of schools. Accessible public Promoting members transport and excellent healthcare and social services. Opportunities for leisure activities are plentiful and varied, with a rich variety of scenery and cultural Regional Government attractions. Piemonte has thousands of tourism Union of Piemonte attractions. A varied landscape of moun- Chambers of Commerce tains, great natural parks, lakes. Hundreds of kilometres of ski slopes, the hills of Le Langhe and the vineyards of Monferrato, the refi ned boutiques of the city centres and antique craft shops, the traditional restaurants and ethnic locales, the wine bars and historic cafés, discotheques and beer halls, and a packed calendar of events for every taste, from music, theatre and opera seasons to the international cinema reviews. Arts, culture and tradition meet in the beauti- ful baroque setting of Piemonte, with its Savoy residences and castles, classical and contemporary art museums. copertina 60x29,7.indd 2 23-03-2010 14:58:26 STRATEGIC POSITION IN EUROPE AND IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA DIVERSIFIED, DYNAMIC ECONOMY: TRADITION IN INNOVATION A FAVOURABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR R&D AND INNOVATION HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION AND INTERNATIONAL TRAINING ALTERNATIVE AND RENEWABLE ENERGY: STRONG COMMITMENT, GREAT OPPORTUNITIES INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY: IN TORINO THE FIRST TECHNOLOGY DISTRICT TRANSPORT: EXPERTISE AND SKILLS IN SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY, INFOMOBILITY, INNOVATIVE MANUFACTURING LIFE SCIENCES: PIEMONTE IS SITUATED RIGHT IN THE CENTRE OF ONE OF THE MOST DYNAMIC BIOTECH AREAS IN EUROPE AT THE CENTRE OF A THRIVING NETWORK OF EXCELLENCE IN NANOTECHNOLOGY LOGISTICS: AN ADVANTAGEOUS GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION, AT THE CROSSROADS OF THE TWO MAIN EUROPEAN AXES RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR NEW INVESTMENTS A RESPONSIVE ATTITUDE GUARANTEES SUPPORT AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH PIEMONTE AGENCY TORINO PIEMONTE, A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK BrochureCE27.indd 1 17-03-2010 11:43:31 STRATEGIC POSITION IN EUROPE AND IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA London Rotterdam Kiev Frankfurt Bern Budapest Lyon Milano Torino Lubiana Venezia Nimes Genova Lisbon Madrid Barcelona Piemonte has an important history and a unique position right at the centre of the system of European development. With France on its western border and Switzerland on its northern one, Piemonte is naturally endowed with a strategic position in Europe and in the Mediterranean area, right at the crossroads of the main routes between the north and south, east and west. Piemonte is part of the Mediterranean Alps Euroregion, an area with 17 million inhabitants, over € 490 billion GDP and exports for € 110 billion. As part of the European Union, companies located in “Piemonte is the perfect hub Piemonte access to the world’s richest consumer market for frequent fliers like us, of 500 million people, over 330 million of whom with everything in Europe to hand.” work in the single currency. C.Yu, Chief Representative Europe, Changan 2 BrochureCE27.indd 2 17-03-2010 11:43:34 The Royal Residences of Piemonte, declared a world heritage site by UNESCO, make up a circuit of extraordinary cultural and artistic value and bear clear witness to the region’s history. Professional services Professional services Logistics and transport Logistics and transport Facts & figures An innovative, 5% – 4.4 million inhabitants 4% 5% international – over € 28,000 per capita GDP, 4% among the highest in Europe outlook – € 37 billion exports of goods Wholesale 29% The economy is characterized by its and services 59% Manufacturing Wholesale 29% strong propensity for innovation and 59% Manufacturing – 1st Italian region to have established internationalisation. Not only because of a regional agency dedicated its geographical position, but for a to inward and outward investment 1% 2% number of historical and cultural factors 1% – 1st Italian region to have created 2% and the long tradition of its a dedicated financial tool The degree manufacturing industry, Piemonte has for attracting and supporting FDI of internationalisationThe degree of Piemonte of internationalisation been able to establish and maintain Power and utilities – Torino first Italian city in terms Propensity of Piemonte close commercial and trade links with Power and utilities of attractiveness to FDI to international trade Propensity Building and contructions neighbouring countries and with others 180,0 to international trade – 460,000 companies organized Building and contructions further away. It continues to be one of 160,0 180,0 in innovative, flexible and efficient the Italian regions with the highest rate 140,0 160,0 clusters 120,0 140,0 of internationalisation of its economy, – 100,000 students enrolledInternational 100,0 120,0 Attractiveness with exports accounting for about 28% education 80,0 100,0 to FDI in the region’s universities International Attractiveness of the regional GDP. Piemonte’s education 60,0 80,0 to FDI international reach does not only concern 40,0 60,0 20,0 40,0 exports, however, but also services, 20,0 capital, people and knowledge. As confirmation of the region’s international competitiveness, over 650 foreign International Foreign companies have chosen to invest in tourism International workers Foreign Piemonte, which ranks second in Italy in tourism workers terms of direct investments by foreign companies. Foreign Piemonte population Foreign Italia Piemonte population Italia Source: Unioncamere Piemonte 3 -BrochureCE27.indd 3 23-03-2010 14:25:26 DIVERSIFIED, DYNAMIC ECONOMY: TRADITION IN INNOVATION THE REGION HAS BEEN A HUB FOR MAJOR TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS FROM THE ELECTRIC ENGINE IN THE 19TH CENTURY, TO THE MP3 FILE FORMAT, AND THE COMMON RAIL FOR DIESEL ENGINES. With over 4 million inhabitants, a per capita income that is 14% above the European average and a solid economic structure, Piemonte is one of Europe’s driving forces. It is an extremely welcoming and promising region, dynamic in industry as in services, with a very effi cient and reliable public administration. “We chose to establish our Italian commercial branch in Turin, not only for the importance of the local automotive cluster, which represents a strong market potential for us, but also for the highly professional workforce.” K. Kohno, Managing Director of Sumitomo Electric Basilica of Superga (Torino) 4 BrochureCE27.indd 4 17-03-2010 11:43:48 Professional services Other countries Logistics