VTM - VEHICLE & TRANSPORTATION
TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION MEETINGS
VTM Torino is a new mobility technology event that brings together the vehicle and transportation community: from vehicle makers and tier suppliers to mobility decision makers, disruptive technology entrepreneurs and solution providers.
This unmissable event features a full program of conference sessions that will bring together the vehicle and transportation community to explore the key challenges and opportunities of the future of mobility and new vehicle technologies.*
PIEMONTE, A WORLDWIDE LEADING INTEGRATED CLUSTER FOR MOBILITY
Italy is Europe’s 2nd largest manufacturer and in the last 30 years has always been ranked as one of the World’s Top 10 Manufacturers. Piemonte has strongly contributed to this success, demonstrating to be one of the manufacturing engines of Europe. It produces about 8% of Italy's national wealth, and its production system has reached high levels of excellence and tertiary sector expansion.
Piemonte is a promising and competitive business area. The region is as dynamic in industry as in services, with a skilled, flexible and versatile workforce.
KEY FIGURES
Export: € 41 bn (9.3% of the national total)
Piemonte ranks 4th in Italy for export quota
GDP: € 133 bn (7.7% of the national total)
Employment: 1.8 mln people (8% of the national total)
Companies: 426,314 (7% of the national total)
Leading Italian region for private R&D: Companies expenditure reaches 1,8% of the regional GDP (the national average 0,8%).
Italy is the fourth largest European automotive market after Germany, the UK and France.
The Italian automotive industry is primarily concentrated in Torino and in Piemonte: around 35% of the 2,467 companies (with 160,000 employees) active in Italy are in fact established here (Source: Automotive Industry 2020 by ITA - Italian Trade Agency).
Piemonte and its capital Torino, birthplace of Fiat, then Stellantis, are not only the core of the national automotive industry, but of European car and mobility technology. Piemonte is the forerunner in Italy in terms of automotive and transportation components companies:
33.5% OF THE ITALIAN AUTOMOTIVE AND TRANSPORTATION COMPONENTS INDUSTRY IS IN PIEMONTE
737 AUTOMOTIVE AND TRANSPORTATION COMPONENTS COMPANIES
35,8% OF THE ITALIAN AUTOMOTIVE AND TRANSPORTATION COMPONENTS TURNOVER IS IN PIEMONTE
Over 56,600 EMPLOYEES
*Source: 2021 Observatory on the Italian Automotive Components Sector (2020 data survey), by ANFIA, Torino Chamber of Commerce and the Center for Automotive and Mobility Innovation of the Department of Management of the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.
AMONG KEY CONFIRMED COMPANIES
OGR Torino - Officine Grandi Riparazioni
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