Comunimprese & Poliauto

Diego Borsellino VII AutoNet Match Making Event, Bergamo, 3rd July 2012 CONTENTS n Comunimprese ¨ What is Comunimprese ¨ History ¨ Organisation ¨ Mission and tasks n Automotive industry in Region - Overview n Poliauto ¨ Who we are ¨ What we have made ¨ What we do ¨ Present and future n COMUNIMPRESE What is Comunimprese? n Comunimprese is a public/private Company covering the role of Development Agency of North West Area of . n Comunimprese is owned by Local Municipalities and works in agreement with general address of Lombardy Region and . Municipal governments (59%): Private companies (41%):

Arese Consortium scarl Simki srl Fidia srl Europartners srl Pero Il Med srl CrossFinanz srl Skemalog srl Rho Techinfo snc Galli Commatteo History n Born in 2000 as enterprises’ association of Milan north-western area specialized in management for community project (Adapt, Employment, FSE Ob. 2), professional training and counter for enterprises n In 2006 enter in the equity of “Milano Metropoli” becoming member of the board. Milano Metropoli (www.milanomet.it/en) is the Agency for the Promotion and Sustainable Development of the Metropolitan Area of Milan. It is a relevant joint-stock company, with mixed public (mainly) and private capital, promoted by the Province of Milan. n In 2009 is recognized by Lombardy Region government as Technical Advisor of Poliauto, the newly-born automotive Cluster in Lombardy Organisation

Board: n President n 5 Members of the Board

Staff: n General Manager n 2 employees n About 12 consultant or/and project collaborators

Mission and tasks n To support the local authorities in the social and economic development n To provide strategic plan for the area in according with region and province policy n A ‘joined-up’ partnership approach to improve economic competitiveness and social cohesion n To monitor and take part in the national and CE project call n To keep the Automotive tradition of the territory ( ) becoming a key player in this field n To be a “gate” in the territory for international contact n To provide technical advise on the management and development of regional automotive Cluster Poliauto European Projects Developed so far: n 2005-2007 – NETWORK OF AUTOMOTIVE REGIONS, financed by Interreg 3c Programme North West Area, is a pan-European network of 18 partners from 13 regions established to support car manufacturers and suppliers in facing globalisation of the automotive industry, the evolution of the car market and the delocalisation of industrial activities. The project tried to develop solutions to the economic, social, environmental challenges facing the automotive industry and find ways to adapt to new realities. n 2008-2011 – AUTOCLUSTERS, financed by South East Europe Programme. The project brought together Universities, R&D institutions, SME support facilities from EU, NMS as well as IPA to prepare and create first Automotive network in SEE. Activities proposed by project were strictly oriented on the activities improving the innovation capacities in region. The network is still working on with more than 30 participants n n Automotive Industry in Lombardy Region - Overview n Over the last twenty years the Lombardy automotive industry had a deep decrease due to the closure or reassessment of many important plants such as Alfa Romeo in Arese, Fiat Autobianchi in Desio, Innocenti in Milan and OM in Brescia. n Nevertheless the Lombardy automotive industry maintains a good dimension: Belcar’s research pointed out that there are about 50000 employees working and a turnover of 20.000 billion€ n The good dimension of the Lombardy automotive industry, is supported by its neighbourhood with the most powerful Italian automotive region (Piedmont – Fiat group) and by its strong internationalization vocation which allowed the creation of good technical and commercial relationships with other European nations such us Germany, France and Spain. n The Lombardy automotive industry is characterized by an important presence of components suppliers but there is also a significant presence of industrial/farm vehicles and motorcycles OEMs (SAME and IVECO); at the moment there are not car OEMs due to the closure of important plants as mentioned above n POLIAUTO

AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLIERS NETWORK OF THE LOMBARDY REGION

www.poli-auto.org Who we are 7°automotive network in EU

5-20 billion euro/year

711 SMEs ANFIA

What we have made A) Networking

120 participants

6 CONSORTIA 90 COMPANIES 5 UNIVERSITIES/RESEARCH CENTRES 12 TRADE ASSOCIATIONS 7 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONS of which 4 PROVINCES: MI, BS, CR, MN

What we have made

B) Definition of technological trends (EUCar-CLEPA maggio ’09) n Energy and environment n Safety n Mass reduction n Transport and mobility What we have made C) Activities

n COOPERATIONS AMONG DIFFERENT LOMBARD NETWORKS n COOPERATION WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS (PROVINCES) n COOPERATION WITH BIG COMPANIES AND THEIR SUPPLY CHAIN

What we have made D) Results 2011 Projects developed with foundings provided by Lombardy Region: n energy saving in production plants n smart and green quadricycle n bimodal van n new productive processes

What we do n scientific contribution to projects n monitoring of the network n cooperation with Lombardy Region Government (CESTEC) for the develpment of the network n dissemination of results

Present and future REPRESENTING THE AUTOMOTIVE NETWORK OF LOMBARDY and developing the automove cluster trough n GLOBAL VISIBILITY n COOPERATION WITH COMPANIES AND UNIVERSITIES n INTERACTION WITH PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION n FRAMEWORK PROGRAMMES n QUALIFICATION OF SUPPLIER NETWORK

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