About 1,500 foreign companies - with turnover > 1 million euro and controlled by a foreign Global Ultimate Owner - are already present in Emilia-Romagna in 2022 (source: Aida BvD. Data processing: ART-ER)
Foreign companies in Emilia-Romagna include:
The Regional Law for the Promotion of the Investments in Emilia-Romagna already supported several foreign companies, including:
Lamborghini and Ducati (DE, Volkswagen group), AVL (AU), Newcleo (UK), Meta System Spa (CN), Energica Motor Company (USA, Ideanomics), FEV (DE), YNAP (CH), CPC (JP, Toyota Group), B.BRAUN (DE), JMA Wireless (USA), Cooltech (DE), System Logistics (DE), Spectrum Medical (Ex Qura, UK)
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Inauguration of the construction site of the new SEW Eurodrive Center in Bologna
With an investment of over 30 million euros, the new Drive Technology Center in Borgo Panigale will provide assistance and technological support services to businesses, with a dedicated research and development area and connections with schools and universities.
EY: new location and expansion in Reggio Emilia
Opening of the new EY office in the heart of the Reggiane Innovation Park, a symbolic place of transformation and development. The new location will host over 40 employees.
New investment of the Toyota group in Ferrara and Bologna with 300 new jobs
LTE and Toyota Material Handling Manufacturing Italy presented an investment and research plan in the forklift and industrial handling sector, with an amount of almost 94 million euros. The Emilia-Romagna Region supports the request for incentives linked to the "Development Contract", an instrument of the MIMIT - Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy managed by Invitalia.
SiPearl chooses Bologna to open its 1st international subsidiary in Italy
The French company - building the high-performance low-power European microprocessor for HPC and AI inference - considers Emilia-Romagna “Italy’s leading region for supercomputing and AI”.
Lamborghini: new investment in Emilia-Romagna creating 500 jobs
"COR TAURI" is the investment program with which the company - part of the Volkswagen Group - aims to strengthen its positioning in the electric and hybrid car sector, as part of a broader industrial plan. The Emilia-Romagna Region is supporting the "Development Contract", national incentive of the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy, to access a grant of over 100 million euros
Mission of Emilia-Romagna in Japan
Among the objectives of the mission, there were also the promotion of foreign investments and the internationalization of regional companies.
Mitsubishi Chemical acquires CPC Group and invests 350 million euro
The Japanese multinational acquires 100% of the CPC group in Modena, thus completing the operation started in 2017, launching an expansion plan that also includes a new research center.
Sew-Eurodrive chooses Borgo Panigale for the new Drive Technology Center
The German company - leader in industrial automation - invests over 30 million euros in Emilia-Romagna, in the Bologna area, with the creation of 80 new jobs.
Nikon Slm Solutions: new investment in Reggio Emilia
The Japanese company, leader in additive manufacturing for industry, invests in Emilia-Romagna and has chosen its new Italian location within the Reggiane Innovation Park, creating 30 new highly qualified jobs by 2024.
Ferrari: new investment worth 500 million in Maranello
0/04/2022 - Ferrari, top brand of the Emilia-Romagna Motor Valley, is going to invest about 500 million euros, creating 250 new jobs in the 2022-25 period. The investment is supported by a Memorandum of Understanding signed in March with the national and regional governments
Philip Morris and Toyota grow and expand in the region
3/11/2021 - Two important foreign investors in Emilia-Romagna are finding here the right conditions to grow and expand.
Medtronic, from 400 to 560 employees in 4 years
Medtronic, US multinational leader in medical technologies, invested heavily in two companies of its group that are part of the regional biomedical district of Mirandola (Modena): Bellco and Mallinckrodt.
