Space, 50 Italian companies in the USA with Ice and Asi: growing aerospace exports

After Seattle, it continues, from 23 March, in Washington D.C., with the SATShow Week, which is the most comprehensive overview of the Satcom world, both civil and military, for years. As its name suggests, it will be a week of appointments with the satellite industry, a field in which our country has grown a great deal in terms of innovation and production capacity, just think of the growth of D-Orbit or Sitael, the latter being the Italian leader in electric propulsion for satellites, but also the Turin pole with Argotec and OHB Italia or the ultra-modern Thales Alenia Space factory in Rome, and the list would be much longer. The focus has always been mainly on communication satellites, and the demand is very high, hence the Space Factory capable of mass production, but the balance has long since shifted towards the military, as can also be seen from the programmes, and there is also the need to be able to build satellites in the shortest possible time.

The usefulness of these meetings is also confirmed by Renato Panesi, Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer of D-Orbit: 'Participating in industry events is a concrete way to understand what is happening and to engage directly with the people who are building it. They are moments when relationships are created or strengthened naturally, much faster than any call or e-mail exchange. At the same time, they allow you to talk about what you are doing in a direct way, collect immediate feedback, gather useful insights and listen to the needs of customers and partners. However, there are appointments like this one, in which we have always participated, that remain reference points: it is there that we meet the main players in the sector, take part in valuable discussions and have the opportunity to confront each other in a concrete and productive way'.

Completing the triptych is the Space Symposium, in Colorado Springs from 13 to 16 April. This is a must-attend event for those working in the industry, days in which companies, opinion leaders and decision-makers from all over the world meet and forge relationships.

Inventiveness, perseverance, and professional wisdom are rewarding Italia, which today is among the world's leading countries in the aerospace and defence sector, firmly in the top ten globally and in fourth place in Europe.

With an annual turnover of more than 16 billion euro and an export share of more than 70% of total production, the sector represents one of Italy's most strategic and highly innovative manufacturing industries, with more than 50,000 highly qualified professionals.