National Made in Italy Day

ANIE Confindustria supports students in discovering Italian technology companies

Energy and digital transition companies open their doors to Convitto Longone students to discover STEM skills

by School Editorial

15 April 2026

Andrea Bianchi, vicepresidente ANIE Confindustria con delega all’Education

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2' min read

Translated by AI

Versione italiana

On the occasion of the National Made in Italy Day, promoted by the Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy and celebrated on 15 April, the anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci's birth, ANIE Confindustria promotes the project 'Technology and Made in Italy: discovering the companies that innovate the future', included in the official calendar of the event.

The initiative

The initiative, developed as part of ANIE Education, involves four second-year classes of the secondary school of the Convitto Nazionale Pietro Longone in Milan, a historic educational institution in the area that has over time trained some of the most important figures in Italian culture. The students are taking part in a day of guided tours inside two ANIE member companies, an expression of Italian technological excellence: Gefran, based in Provaglio d'Iseo, and Cavicel, based in Pioltello.
During the course of the day, the students will have the opportunity to come into direct contact with the business world, observe production processes at close quarters, and meet with professionals from the sector, acquiring an initial awareness of the skills required by the technology industry.

The Project

The project is part of a context of growing difficulty for companies in the sector in finding technical skills: today more than 50% of the profiles required by technology companies are difficult to find, partly due to the mismatch between training and the needs of the production system.
Through this initiative, ANIE Confindustria intends to contribute to reducing this distance, bringing young people closer to STEM disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and concretely demonstrating the opportunities offered by technical and scientific professions, which are fundamental for the growth of Made in Italia.
The initiative represents a first step towards an increasingly structured model of collaboration between schools and businesses, which ANIE Confindustria intends to strengthen and expand, contributing to the enhancement of Italy's technological know-how.

Vice President ANIE Confindustria with responsibility for Education

"First and foremost, I would like to thank the Convitto Nazionale Pietro Longone of Milan and the Rector Lorenzo Alviggi, as well as the companies involved Gefran and Cavicel, for having enthusiastically welcomed this initiative," said Andrea Bianchi, Vice President ANIE Confindustria with responsibility for Education. "The production system is going through a profound transformation, driven by technological innovation and digitalisation, which is redefining skills and professional profiles. In this scenario, it is becoming increasingly important to strengthen the dialogue between school and business, also through training models capable of bringing teaching closer to real operating contexts."
"With the ANIE Education project," Bianchi continued, "we want to offer young people concrete experience of technological Made in Italy, accompanying them inside companies. It is precisely in secondary school that the first orientation choices begin: coming into direct contact with the world of production allows students to give substance to what they study and to understand the contribution that technical-scientific skills can make to the future of Italian industry and its prospects for innovation and growth."
"Favouring the encounter between students and companies," concluded Andrea Bianchi, "means building conscious orientation paths and contributing to the development of the skills necessary for the competitiveness of our industrial system

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