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Nel 2016 le aziende del Comitato Leonardo hanno raggiunto un fatturato complessivo di 350 miliardi di euro, con una quota di export del 54%. Da un lato dobbiamo rafforzare il nostro rapporto con l’Europa e in Europa e cogliere le opportunità che si aprono nei grandi mercati extra-europei, come quello cinese, che si prospetta molto ricettivo per i nostri brand. Dall’altro, dobbiamo favorire l’afflusso di capitali stranieri, come abbiamo argomentato nel nostro Forum dello scorso ottobre.

Il Sistema Paese è sempre più attrattivo nei confronti degli investimenti esteri e questo è un fatto positivo: quando avvengono nel rispetto delle regole e con l’intento di creare sviluppo ed occupazione, gli IDE sono infatti i benvenuti. L’Italia è il miglior hub naturale per servizi e logistica, dobbiamo liberare investimenti per far sì che le nostre risorse naturali vengano capitalizzate e siano leva di crescita e non di rimpianti.

Il Comitato Leonardo (www.comitatoleonardo.it) è nato nel 1993 su iniziativa comune del Sen. Sergio Pininfarina e del Sen. Gianni Agnelli, di Confindustria, dell’Istituto Nazionale per il Commercio Estero (ICE) e di un gruppo d’imprenditori con l’obiettivo di promuovere e affermare la “Qualità Italia” nel mondo. Oggi associa personalità tra imprenditori, artisti, scienziati e uomini di cultura, avvalendosi del patrocinio e della collaborazione degli Organi Istituzionali preposti alla promozione delle aziende italiane all’estero.  Il Comitato Leonardo non vuol essere solo una mera vetrina per valorizzare il Made in Italy, ma si propone con un ruolo attivo attraverso svariate iniziative, tra cui la concessione di borse di studio a laureandi su temi legati all’internazionalizzazione. Tra i soci del Comitato Leonardo sono presenti 161 aziende il cui fatturato complessivo, nell’ultimo anno, è di circa 350 miliardi di euro, con una quota all’estero pari al 54%.

This year the Committee has once again rewarded companies that represent the excellence of the ‘Made in Italy’ label. They are linked by their product quality, ability to innovate and a strong presence in international markets” declared Luisa Todini, Chairperson of the Leonardo Committee. “Export business remains a strategic asset for our economy. The positive data for 2016 shows that the demand for ‘Made in Italy’ products continues to be strong throughout the world and is supported by a solid industrial structure.

In 2016, the companies participating in the Leonardo Committee achieved a total turnover of € 350 billion, of which 54% went to exports. “On the one hand” added Todini “we must strengthen our relationship with Europe and in Europe and seize the opportunities that are opening up in major markets outside Europe. One of these is China, which promises to be very receptive to our brand. On the other hand, we must encourage the inflow of foreign capital, as we have argued in our Forum of last October. The national economy is increasingly attractive to foreign investment and this is a good thing. When it is made within the rules and with the intention of creating growth and employment, FDI is indeed welcome.

Italy is the best natural hub for services and logistics. We have to liberalise the framework for investment to ensure that our natural resources have sufficient capital and are a source of growth rather than regrets.

The Comitato Leonardo (www.comitatoleonardo.it) was established in 1993, based on the joint initiative of Senator Sergio Pininfarina and Senator Gianni Agnelli, of Confindustria, of the Italian National Institute for Foreign Trade (ICE) and of a group of entrepreneurs, with the goal of promoting and asserting ‘Italian Quality’ throughout the world. Today, its members include entrepreneurs, artists, scientists and men of culture and it avails itself of the sponsorship and the cooperation of the Institutional Bodies responsible for promoting Italian companies abroad. Comitato Leonardo does not want to be a mere showcase for promoting the Made in Italy brand, but it intends to play an active role in a variety of initiatives, among which that of granting scholarships to graduating university students in topics linked to internationalization. Among the members of the Comitato Leonardo, there are 161 companies, the overall turnover of which was approximately 350 billion euro over the past year, with a 54% quota abroad.

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PREMI LEONARDO QUALITÀ ITALIA 2016
Premiano qualità e vocazione all’export, sono stati assegnati a 4 eccellenze made in Italy di diversi settori industriali: Elica Spa (Presidente: Francesco Casoli), leader mondiale nel mercato delle cappe da cucina; Gruppo Maccaferri (Presidente: Gaetano Maccaferri), holding con oltre 50 stabilimenti nel mondo, attiva nell’ingegneria ambientale, meccanica, energia,real estate,agroindustria e tabacco; Gruppo Veronesi (Presidente: Bruno Veronesi), leader nel settore agroalimentare, mangimi e industria salumiera; Masi Agricola Spa (Presidente: Sandro Boscaini), azienda vitivinicola della Valpolicella Classica, produttore leader di Amarone.

PREMIO LEONARDO INTERNATIONAL
Il Premio Leonardo International è stato conferito a Jeffrey S. Loberbaum, Presidente e Amministratore Delegato di Mohawk Industries Inc, gruppo multinazionale americano leader mondiale nel flooring quotato alla Borsa di New York (NYSE), che nel 2013 ha acquisito l’azienda italiana Marazzi Group. “Un esempio di come gli investimenti stranieri possano rafforzare la competitività internazionale e le capacità innovative delle aziende italiane”, ha sottolineato Luisa Todini. Ha ritirato il Premio Christopher Wellborn, Presidente e Direttore Operativo di Mohawk Industries, accompagnato dall’Amministratore Delegato di Marazzi Mauro Vandini.

PREMI DI LAUREA
Come ogni anno, la Cerimonia è stata anche l’occasione per consegnare i 9 Premi di Laurea, finanziati da imprenditori soci del Comitato Leonardo. “Dal 1997 abbiamo premiato e sostenuto, attraverso le borse di studio messe a disposizione dai nostri soci in diversi settori strategici del Made in Italy, oltre 150 brillanti neolaureati di tutta Italia, perché crediamo che investire sul talento dei nostri giovani significhi investire sul futuro del nostro Paese” ha dichiarato la Presidente Todini.
DUE ECCELLENZE ITALIANE NEL COMITATO LEONARDO
Italferr e Gruppo Pelliconi entrano a far parte del Comitato Leonardo. Due grandi realtà sono state cooptate nell’Assemblea del Comitato Leonardo dello scorso 2 marzo. La prima è Italferr, società del Gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato che vanta oltre 30 anni di esperienza nei grandi progetti infrastrutturali per il settore ferroviario, metropolitano, stradale oltre che nella progettazione di porti e stazioni in Italia e all’estero. Italferr è presente in 22 Paesi, ha oltre 1100 dipendenti e un valore del turnover registrato nel 2015 pari a 166 mln di euro. La seconda realtà cooptata è il Gruppo Pelliconi, uno dei più grandi esportatori di tappi a corona a livello mondiale. L’azienda, con 5 impianti di produzione divisi tra Italia e estero, ha un fatturato del 90% rivolto all’export: per questo vanta una presenza in 115 Paesi.

PREMIO LEONARDO 2016
The Leonardo Prize 2016, reserved for a person who is particularly distinguished in promoting the image of Italy in the world, was awarded this year to Alberto Bombassei, Chairman of Brembo, Founder and Chairman of the scientific and technological park the Kilometro Rosso.

PREMIO LEONARDO START UP
This year the Leonardo Committee, in collaboration with the MISE and the ICE Agency, has assigned the Leonardo Start up Prize to a company with a high rate of innovation: ValueBioTech, a Milan-based company that has developed the M.I.L.A.N.O. Robot – Minimal Invasive Light Automatic Natural Orifice – an advanced, patented technology, begun as the vision of an Italian surgeon, which allows for the performance of operations without scarring, with a highly advanced high definition 3D vision system.

PREMI LEONARDO QUALITÀ ITALIA 2016
The Italian Quality Leonardo Prizes 2016, which reward quality and export orientation, have been assigned to 4 made in Italy leaders from various industrial sectors: Elica Spa (President: Francesco Casoli), a world leader in the cooker hood market; Maccaferri Group (President: Gaetano Maccaferri), a holding company with more than 50 establishments worldwide, active in environmental engineering, mechanical engineering, energy, real estate, agro-industry and tabacco; Veronesi Group (President: Bruno Veronesi), a leader in the food industry, feed industry, and charcuterie; Masi Agricola Spa (President: Sandro Boscaini), a Valpolicella Classica winery, a leading producer of Amarone.

PREMIO LEONARDO INTERNATIONAL
The Leonardo International Prize was awarded to Jeffrey S. Loberbaum, President and CEO of Mohawk Industries Inc., an American multinational group and world leader in flooring, listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), which in 2013 acquired the Italian company Marazzi Group. “An example of how foreign investment can strengthen international competitiveness and the innovative capacity of Italian companies”, said Luisa Todini. Christopher Wellborn accepted the Prize, President and COO of Mohawk Industries, accompanied by the Managing Director of Marazzi, Mauro Vandini.

PREMI DI LAUREA
Like every year, the ceremony was also the occasion to deliver 9 Degree Prizes, Funded by the entrepreneur members of the Leonardo Committee.  “Since 1997 we have rewarded and supported, through scholarships made available by our members in different strategic sectors of Made in Italy, more than 150 brilliant graduates from all over Italy, because we believe that investing in the talent of our young people means investing in the future of our Country”, declared President Todini.
TWO ITALIAN EXCELLENCES AT THE COMITATO LEONARDO
Italferr and Gruppo Pelliconi are becoming part of the Comitato Leonardo. Two important realities have been elected into the Comitato Leonardo Assembly. The first is Italferr, a society of the Gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato, which features over 30 years of experience in great infrastructural projects for the rail, metropolitan, and road sector in addition to the planning of ports and stations in Italy and abroad. Italferr is in 22 countries, has more than 1100 employs, and a turnover value registered in 2015 at 166 million euro. The second group is Gruppo Pelliconi, one of the greaters exporters of crown corks on a global scale. The company, with 5 factories between Italy and abroad, has a turnover of 90% towards export, and because of this they feature their presence in 115 countries.

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Leonardo Awards 2016: Leonardo Committee celebrates the excellence of Made in Italy
The prestigious awards presented by the President of the Republic. Awards also went to the best students, winners of the Premi di Laurea Awards of Science 2016.
In the Quirinale Palace, the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella, presented the Leonardo Awards 2016, in the presence of Minister of Economic Development – Carlo Calenda, the Chairperson of the Leonardo Committee – Luisa Todini, the Chairperson of the ICE (Italian Trade Agency) – Michele Scannavini, the Chairperson of Confindustria – Vincenzo Boccia.
This event, now in its 22nd year, is promoted by the Leonardo Committee. Launched in 1993, it was the joint idea of Sen. Sergio Pininfarina, Sen. Gianni Agnelli, Confindustria, ICE and a group of entrepreneurs, who had the aim of disseminating and reinforcing the image of Italian excellence throughout the world.
“The ‘Made in Italy’ label” declared Michele Scannavini, Chairperson of the ICE Italian Trade Agency “is a brand with strong content and high aspirations. The quality of our workmanship and the innovation contained in our products set a world-class standard for many sectors. The international dimension is the area where the Italian economy really shows its potential and, in 2016, the value of our exports reached a new historic record. This result demonstrates the competitiveness of our productive capacity. A competitiveness that is based on the creativity, flexibility and adaptability of our entrepreneurs, together with their extraordinary determination and passion for what they do. The prizes awarded today are a recognition of all those who compete and win every day on the world markets”.
“The many new phenomena – still partly unexplored and unknown – that are facing us in the internal and international scenario”, declared Vincenzo Boccia, Chairperson of Confindustria “contain not only threats, but also great opportunities that we need to grasp, welcome, digest and transform into a new impetus, a new restart, a new Italian miracle that is part of our style and within our reach. We must be able to hold on to the brains of our country and be able to attract their equivalents from abroad. We have to establish a new centrality in design and the ability to anticipate. We should try to go in a common direction, towards a converging society, with a national governing class that is consistent and exemplary, that aims for a medium-term economic plan that would make the nation competitive. A project on which we must all work together with speed, responsibility, and respect for roles”.
“The perception of a country in the world is also related to the products that it imagines, designs conceives, manufactures, and exports” said Carlo Calenda, Minister of Economic Development. “Made in Italy is today, and must become more and more synonymous with “beautiful and well made”. The high quality that distinguishes the Italian product is the synthesis between our creativity and our history: it is the daughter of our past and a vehicle through which our businesses reinvent every day in their, and our, future. Ingenuity, imagination, functionality, and attention to detail are the characteristics that have made Italian companies appreciated in the world and put them in a position to intercept and satisfy an international demand that is more and more plural and demanding.
The Italian genius is something more than the ability to always be on the frontier: it is a daily commitment to pushing the frontier even further. The record results of our exports are the certification of this extraordinary ability, and at the same time a driving force of wealth, investment, and jobs. Rediscovering the pride of being Italian, then, first means being proud of the many success stories of companies and Italian entrepreneurs: successes that are rooted in our country and its uniqueness. It is said that nothing is as good as the example: the Italian enterprises that create excellence, income, and employment provide us with the positive example that we all need, and which alone can give us the courage and confidence we need more than ever”.
 

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TECHNOGYM and IBM together
TECHNOGYM, a world leading company in fitness and wellness technologies and solutions, has announced an intiative with IBM to build within the Technogym Mywellness cloud platform next generation’s Watson Artificial Intelligence-driven cognitive coaching platform for health and wellness.
The goal is to create a Technogym “human-like” virtual coach able to interact with people using natural language and to offer them personalized training programs based on their goals and context conditions (such as weather, agenda, health conditions, food intake) in order to enhance a healthier lifestyle. The integration with IBM Watson’s cognitive computing and IoT technologies will enrich TECHNOGYM’s MyWellness platform with further capabilities of interacting with the user.
“Our collaboration with IBM represents a further step towards the creation of increasingly customized and engaging training for our clients”, said Nerio Alessandri, Founder and CEO of TECHNOGYM.
www.technogym.com/it

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Incredible Growth for Paolo Castelli SpA
The design company Paolo Castelli strengthens their presence on the foreign market through the participation of important international projects.
Some years ago, Paolo Castello decided to enlarge their business model by not only producing furniture, but also starting to expand into general contracting. Their projects, such as Palazzo Italia at EXPO Milano 2016, have allowed the company to double their profits (from 14 million euro in 2014, to 25 million in 2016).
2017 is going to be very important for Castelli, due to a strong growth in furniture production, the opening of the first Castelli stores in London and Miami, and an important collaboration with a Chinese reseller which will allow distribution in the Asian market.
http://www.castelli1877.com

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A deal between Luxottica and Essilor: A titan of 50 billion euro is born
Italo-french marriage between Luxottica, world leader of eyeglasses, and Essilor, specialized in frames.
The deal between the two companies, aims at integrating the excellence of design and the prestige of the brands with technologically advanced lenses. The operation will give light to 50 billion euros of capital, selling for 14 billion a year, with over 130 employees.
The control over the operation will remain in the hands of the historical founder of Luxottica, Leonardo del Vecchio.

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