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Italian Institute for Foreign Trade
10th CEI SUMMIT ECONOMIC FORUM
Eco-innovation industrial districts
in Italy Sofia, 20 November 2007
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The Italian Institute for Foreign Trade (ICE)
is the Government Agency which promotes trade,
business opportunities and economic cooperation
betwen Italian and foreign companies. (under
the guidelines of the Ministry of International
Trade) ICE is a WAIPA Member

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ICE NETWORK

• Headquarters in Rome

• in Italy

• 17 Offices

• in the world

• 115 Offices

• 84 Countries

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ICE NETWORK
UFFICI
PUNTI DI CORRISPONDENZA
115 Offices
in 84 countries
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MISSION ICE PROVIDES SERVICES TO ITALIAN AND
FOREIGN COMPANIES
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ACTIVITIES

• Information ( www.ice.gov.it www.italtrade.com
  )

• Assistance

• Training

• Promotion

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CLUSTERS IN ITALY Backbone of the Italian
economy DISTRETTI according to
current Italian legislative framework at national
and regional level Industrial
districts (manufacturing sectors, bottom-up
approach) Technological districts
(High-tech sectors, top-down approach)
Meta-districts (High-tech sectors at regional
level)
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• INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
• socio-territorial entity which is
  characterised by the active presence of both a
  community of people and a population of firms in
  one naturally and historically bounded area. In
  the district, unlike in other environments, such
  as the manufacturing towns, community and firms
  tend to merge
  (G.
  Becattini)
• SOME FACTS FIGURES
• 156 INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS IN 17 REGIONS (ISTAT
  2001)
• DISTRIBUTION 50 CONCENTRATED IN THE NORTH
• 30 IN THE
  CENTRE
• 20 IN THE
  SOUTH
• 25 EMPLOYEES IN ITALY ACROSS ALL SECTORS OF
  PRODUCTION
• 39.3 EMPLOYEES IN ITALY IN THE MANUFACTURING
  SECTOR

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25 TECHNOLOGICAL DISTRICTS ( 4 in the process of
being created)
Construction Technologies
Novamont
Molecular Biomedicine
- Alto Adige
Mater-Bi used in a range of sectors
- Venezia Giulia
ICT Biotechnologies Advanced Materials
Nanotechnologies
High-Mech
Micro and Nano Technologies High-Mech Mecathronic
s
Wireless Technologies
Food Innovation, Security and Quality
Agro-industry Innovation
Integrated Intelligent Systems for Logistics
Biotechnologies High-Tech Mecathronics
IoCT
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Aerospace Technoologies Defence
Technologies for hydrogeologic risks
New Materials
Novamont, today an international leader in the
manufacture of bioplastics, maintains its
original role as an incubator of new research
initiatives and as a training centre it is also
involved in the completion of its Bio-refinery
integrated in the territory. This is a new
opportunity for all the actors involved in the
production chain, from farmers to the world of
chemistry, from industry to distribution
networks, from the public authorities up to the
end consumer. The aim is to go beyond the logic
of the product and to adopt a systemic point of
view being of benefit to land competitiveness
and in the interests of quality and safety
(www.novamont.com)
Cultural Heritage Logistics
Micro and Nano Systems Agrobio and
Eco-fishing Logistics
Biomedicine Health Technologies
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• TECHNOLOGICAL DISTRICTS
• Main features
• A TRIPLE HELIX APPROACH BASED ON THE INTERACTION
  OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES, COMPANIES AND RESEARCH
• proximity to Universities and/or Research
  Centres
• populated by high-tech firms capable of
  embedding knowledge developed at basic
  research level
• highly skilled human resources
• entrepreneurial attitude vis-à-vis advanced
  technologies
• a governance structure pooling companies and
  research centres together in advanced
  technologies programmes and dealing with the
  technological transfer from research to
  industrial application

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ECO-INNOVATION BEST PRACTICES

• VALLE DEI LATINI
• (LAZIO)
• THE FIRST AGRO-ENERGY DISTRICT IN ITALY
• FOR THE INTEGRATED PRODUCTION OF CLEAN ENERGY
• Three agro-energy supply chains to come
• Biopetrol (3000 hectares of arable sunflower
  fields and a conversion plant)
• Biogas (aimed at the development of zootechnical
  activities)
• - Biofuels (aimed at the supply of heating plants
  and transportation)

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INDUSTRIA 2015 Strategic guidelines to support
the competitiveness of Italian
industry Industrial Innovation Projects (energy
efficiency, new technologies, sustainable
mobility )

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ECO-INNOVATION BEST PRACTISES
ENEL S.p.A. 2 ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY
INNOVATION AWARDS from environmentalist
association Legambiente and the regional
government of Lombardy, in collaboration with the
Politecnico of Milan and the Luigi Bocconi
University for two projects in LIGURIA and TUSCANY
LIGURIA MARMETTOLA Project the Eugenio Montale
power plant of La Spezia employs the residues
from marble production in its desulphurization
systems. The benefits include a high level of
sulfurous emission reduction and the elimination
of discharges, as well as the reduction of water
comsumption and the trasportation of dusty
materials with marked savings of energy, scale,
fuel oil and water
TUSCANY AMIS Project (Mercury and Hydrogen
Sulfate Abatement) in Bagnore, the township of
Santa Flora in the province of Grosseto, Enel has
eliminated the annoying odors that come with the
hydrogen sulfate emission which are typical in
areas of geothermal energy production, improving
air quality and enhancing the plants territorial
integration
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ECO-INNOVATION BEST PRACTISES
NOVAMONT S.p.A. http//www.novamont.com Awarded
EUROPEAN INVENTOR OF THE YEAR 2007 by the EU
Commission and the European Patent Office (EPO)
in the Small and Medium Enterprise/Research
Category for a series of patents for the
production of bio-plastics from renewable
resources of agricultural origin (starches)
The patents receiving the awards area an integral
part of the Novamont patent portfolio based on
Mater-Bi, the family of biodegradable and
compostable products developed by the company

• Use in a range of sectors
• mulching in agriculture
• shopping bags and waste bags for separate
  collection
• catering and hygiene products
• Goodyear low rolling resistance tyres
  manufactured using Biotred technology

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THANK YOU
Marinella Loddo Industrial Cooperation and
Relations with International Organizations Tel.
0659929286 Fax [phone] mailtom.loddo_at_ice.it ww
w.ice.gov.it www.italtrade.com