Piedmont mission to Canada, aims to attract aerospace companies
More than 50 meetings for the Piedmontese delegation, which counts on the participation of the Region, Municipality, Chamber system and University
After Japan, it's Canada's turn. Piedmont is relaunching its internationalisation policies and choosing the country in the north of the American continent as the destination of the main mission abroad promoted by the Region. The industrial 'connections' between Canada and Piedmont are many, ranging from aerospace to life sciences via automotive. Among the objectives of the mission - in which, alongside the Region, the City of Turin, the Chamber of Commerce system, Ceipiemonte, the University, the Polytechnic, and realities such as the Bioindustry Park and the Aerospace District participate - is the attraction of new investments, as well as the strengthening of the international positioning of the regional production system.
The mission, structured in two stages - Montreal and Toronto - aims to consolidate trade relations with one of the most advanced markets and structurally related to highly specialised European supply chains. "Québec and Ontario are natural partners: advanced economies, with a strong integration between industry, universities and research centres, and with technological supply chains that are compatible and complementary to ours," points out the Councillor for Internationalisation and Investment Attraction, Andrea Tronzano.
Piedmont proposes itself as a sort of 'gateway to Europe', with particular reference to its industrial ecosystem in two value-added sectors such as aerospace and the medical sector, and wants to make the most of the regional tools available to 'accompany companies on their path to establishment and growth'. These include calls for investment attraction, the third edition of the SWIch call, which targets companies that are not yet present in Piedmont, and the STEP call.
Until 16 April, there are more than 50 meetings on the calendar between Montréal. At the centre of the mission is the bilateral between the Region of Piedmont and the Minister of International Relations of the Province of Quebec, Christopher Skeete, which took place within the International Aerospace Innovation Forum in Montréal. Piedmont presented the region's opportunities and initiatives such as Aerospace & Defence Meetings Torino and VTM Vehicle & Transportation Innovation Meetings to Canadian investors. 'Aerospace is one of the main sectors in our investment attraction pipeline, with 100 cases under management, and the meetings on the calendar show that there is potential for further investment,' commented Dario Peirone, president of Ceipiemonte.
'The presence of the Piedmont Aerospace District at the International Aerospace Innovation Forum,' says Maurizio De Mitri, DAP president, 'is an opportunity to present our strategic sector. Québec is the largest aerospace hub in Canada and one of the three largest in the world (along with Seattle and Toulouse). The country alone accounts for more than 50 per cent of the revenues of the entire Canadian aerospace industry and almost half of the jobs in the sector. Canada has one of the most important aerospace industries in the world, among the top five countries globally in terms of revenue and employment in the sector.
