For decades the automotive industry has represented one of the most important industrial sectors of the Emilia-Romagna production system. Brands like Ferrari, Maserati, Lamborghini, Ducati, Pagani and Dallara are just the top of a production chain that includes a high number of specialized suppliers, kept together by the search for absolute perfection.
ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Our worldwide known automotive cluster is investing in electric vehicles, with many relevant recent Foreign Direct Investments in the last few years (AVL, FEV, FAW, BorgWarner, Lamborghini, Ducati, Energica) supported by the Regional Government.
RELATED SECTORS
Regional aerospace has strong connections with the Motor Valley, especially concerning advanced materials, engines, components and software. Other transport vehicles produced in Emilia-Romagna include luxury yachts (e.g. Ferretti), trucks (e.g. Iveco Astra), bus (e.g. EvoBus Italia).
Main brands
Ecosystem
The regional production system is strongly oriented towards Industry 4.0 and electrification, supported by the innovation ecosystem and a business environment that are able to create collaborations and synergies between knowledge system and business. Here are some key actors:
Clust-ER Mech – Mechatronics and Motoristics
Clust-ER Associations are communities of public and private bodies (research centers, companies, training institutes) created to support the competitiveness of the most important production systems in Emilia-Romagna.
MUNER – Motorvehicle University of Emilia-Romagna
www.motorvehicleuniversity.com
MUNER groups together four regional universities - Bologna, Ferrara, Modena and Reggio Emilia, Parma - and the motor companies that represent the best of Made in Italy in the world
BI-REX - Big Data Innovation and Research Excellence
The Bi-Rex is a Competence Center coordinated by the University of Bologna with a group of 60 stakeholders
Regional High Technology Network
Discover the High Technology Network industrial research offering in ‘Mechatronics and Materials’
Motor Valley Accelerator
https://www.motorvalleyaccelerator.com
The mobility accelerator of the CDP national network
Main international trade fairs
Key facts
| Automotive in Emilia-Romagna | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| employees (2021, Infocamere)
Over 61,000 |
local units (2021, Infocamere)
Over 15,000 |
export (2022, Istat Coeweb)
9.8 bln € |
Turnover (2021, AIDA)
20.9 bln € |
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News
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.
Invest in mechanical engineering in Emilia-Romagna
New updated version of the regional fact-sheet including focus on packaging, automotive and aerospace, analysis of size and value of sectors, foreign trade, maps, FDIs, innovation, trade exhibitions and much more.
Ducati Champion of the World
Ducati write a page that will remain in the history of motorcycling, winning the 2022 MotoGP World Champion Constructors, Riders and Team.
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
