In 2022, real estate investments in Italy reached 11.3 billion euros (+16% compared to 2021). Offices and logistics are the most attractive sectors especially in Lombardy and Milan, which remains at the top of the interest of investors and which, as a city, catalyzes the largest share of investments, with 45% […]
Uffici, industrial/logistica, hospitality e living I settori nei quali investire. Nel 2022 gli investimenti immobiliari in Italia hanno raggiunto gli 11,3 miliardi di euro (+16% rispetto al 2021). Uffici e logistica i settori più attrattivi soprattutto in Lombardia e a Milano, che resta in cima all’interesse degli investitori e che […]
The initiative “It’s the Lombardy way, YOUR Lombardy way.” has just started. Facts and figures of the main Lombard sectors to invest in. Online Booklet and Video with company’s interviews and a new page with success stories. Lombardy is a safe and profitable investment destination, with many opportunities spread over […]
Parte l’iniziativa “It’s the Lombardy way. YOUR Lombardy way!”. Facts and figure dei principali settori lombardi sui quali investire. Online Booklet e Video con interviste alle aziende e una nuova pagina con le storie di successo. La Lombardia è meta di investimento sicuro e proficuo, con le sue innumerevoli opportunità […]
Lombardy is the Italian real estate leader with 22% of national transactions. It is well known that Lombardy is the engine of Italian real estate. In fact, it is the region with the most real estate sales in Italy, 158,000 transactions in 2022, i.e. 22% of the Italian ones, more […]
La Lombardia leader italiana del real estate con il 22% di transazioni nazionali. E’ risaputo che la Lombardia sia il motore del real estate italiano. Essa infatti è la regione con più compravendite immobiliari in Italia, ben 158.000 transazioni nel 2022, vale a dire il 22% di quelle italiane, più […]
Regione Lombardia, con Invest in Lombardy, ha partecipato all’appuntamento nazionale “Selecting Italy” promosso dalla Conferenza delle Regioni in collaborazione con la Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia e tenutosi a Trieste il 24 e 25 gennaio 2023. Tema dell’incontro: l’importanza e la volontà delle Regioni di continuare a migliorare l’attrazione degli investimenti […]
Multinationals that invest in this area are attracted by qualified human resources and top-level skills and technologies. Indeed, this area has a wide offer in terms of higher education and research. (Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) In Italy, the Region that attracts the most direct investments is Lombardy, a territory representing the country’s […]
Le multinazionali investono in questo territorio perché attratte da risorse umane qualificate e da competenze e tecnologie di primo livello. È infatti una forte caratteristica di questa area una ampia offerta dal punto di vista di istruzione superiore e ricerca. (Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) – In Italia la Regione […]
Lombardy is the most developed Italian region in the data center and #ICT industries, both in terms of turnover and number of employees. The territory hosts around 36 data centers, the vast majority located in the province of Milan, with ongoing projects also in Bergamo, Brescia, Pavia and Varese. The […]
Lombardy is the most developed Italian region in the lifescience sector, both considering the production value and the number of employees. The whole industry has an impact on the national total, which is equal to the 31% of production, 25% of the value added and 20% of employment. Discover why […]
A report with some FDI key-data (2017-2019) related to Lombardy region, giving evidence of the sectors deemed to be the most strategic and some of the most important players among the enterprises that decided to invest in the region. Discover why and how to successfully invest in Lombardy! Download the […]
“The Italian SMEs Ecosystem’s Strenghts and Opportunities”, a short and effective tool that provides useful insights into the ecosystem of SMEs in Italy and Lombardy. Find out why and how to successfully invest in Lombardy. Download the presentation.
Invest in Lombardy periodically creates some sectoral booklet on the main fields of business of our Region. They are short and effective tools providing useful insights on business and investment opportunities in Milan and Lombardy. Discover why and how to successfully invest in Lombardy in the advanced manufacturing field! Download […]
Lombardy is one of the strongest European economies, a worldwide renowned business hub, one of the top regions for innovation, talents, hard and soft infrastructures. Find out more about the attractiveness of Lombardy in this short video. For more details: www.investinlombardy.com – www.attractlombardy.it
Invest in Lombardy periodically creates some sectoral booklet on the main fields of business of our Region. They are short and effective tools providing useful insights on business and investment opportunities in Milan and Lombardy. Discover why and how to successfully invest in Lombardy in the aerospace field! Download the […]
Several municipalities with their projects will participate, together with Lombardy Region, in MIPIM 2020, one of the most prestigious real estate exhibition that will be held at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes from 10th to 13th March. 2019 has been a record year for the Italian commercial real estate, […]
Pubblicato il decreto che svela i nomi dei Comuni e dei progetti che parteciperanno con Regione Lombardia al MIPIM 2020, la manifestazione fieristica più importante del real estate in programma a Cannes dal 10 al 13 marzo. E il 2019 è stato un anno record per il commercial real estate […]
I motivi per cui è importante promuovere i progetti di sviluppo immobiliare lombardi al Mipim si evincono dalle dichiarazioni di Paolo Scordino, Direttore Sviluppo Mercato di DeA Capital Real Estate SGR, il principale operatore italiano nella gestione di fondi immobiliari, che afferma: “il Mipim” – evento al quale partecipano annualmente […]
Tante le motivazione che spingono un investitore a scegliere un’area tra le tante mete insediative possibili per il proprio business. Oltre al proprio fiuto imprenditoriale può influire la forza attrattiva di un determinato territorio, l’ambiente imprenditoriale di cui è dotato, oppure un’attenta indagine di mercato, il capitale umano disponibile, il […]
With its history, its immense cultural heritage and its superb cuisine, Italy is commonly regarded as a land of tradition and not many people would tend to associate the country to groundbreaking innovation and cutting-edge research. This misconception has been fueled by the resilience of those sectors that constitute the […]
Un business quello East side che vale per la Lombardia 7,4 miliardi nei soli primi tre mesi dell’anno, il 12,2% dell’intero commercio estero regionale. E che “corre”, vista la crescita lombarda del 7,6% nel primo trimestre del 2017. Cina, Turchia, Corea del sud e India i primi partner lombardi con […]
Nell’intervento alla tavola rotonda “Opportunità di reshoring per il manifatturiero in Italia”, organizzata da Regione Lombardia, Unioncamere e Promos in occasione della “V Edizione degli Invest in Lombardy Days” dello scorso 10 febbraio 2017, ho ricordato la riflessione di Carlo Purassanta, nell’imminenza dell’inaugurazione della nuova sede di Microsoft a Milano, […]
Italy is one of the world’s top producers of chemicals and pharmaceuticals. The industry generated €82billion in 2015 and employed 172,000 people, confirming its role as a positive force for economic and technological growth within Italy and beyond. Within this national framework of excellency, Lombardy emerges as a leading player […]
Lombardy ranks as the third hub of cultural enterprises throughout Europe, behind geographic areas like Paris and London (source: European Cluster Observatory 2013). In fact, according to the latest report “Io sono cultura 2016” released by Unioncamere and Symbola – Fondazione per le qualità italiane, Lombardy totals over 60,000 enterprises with […]
In the vibrant atmosphere of Milan, while you wait for the green light and try to cope with the traffic, surely in the last two years you could notice a change in the population of vehicles: not only cars and taxis, but vans, Deliveroo, Foodora, just eat it, Amazon Prime. […]
Often Milan and its Region are in the press because of their many records, but this time we want to analyze what are the implications for entrepreneurs and firms through the lenses of the Cluster of Innovation (COI) framework.[1] COI are places where new technologies can be developed quickly and […]
Listed within the top 10 cities for investment project in Western Europe and mentioned as one of the preferred destination for investing in the real estate sector, Milan is an excellent business environment and a very dynamic city, particularly for R&D activities. According to “Why invest in Milan” report, Milan […]
Just few months ago Financial Times described Milan as Italy’s biggest startup hub. Talking about European best cases of “startup cities”, everybody can immediately think about Berlin, London, Paris or Amsterdam. But also Milan is becoming more and more attractive for the creation of new enterprises. In Milan and in […]
A foreign company which plans doing business in Lombardy, or Italy as well, most of the time faces the problem related to which would be the most suitable kind of entity to be set up, aiming to balance costs and benefits arising from a given choice. It often happens that […]
If Italy is “the Great Beauty”, then Lombardy is the place where you find the maximum density of cosmetic businesses: Cosmetica Italia, the organization representing the Italian cosmetic industry system, declares that 51% of the national cosmetic businesses are concentrated in Lombardy, described as the heart of the Italian cosmetic […]
Globalization is changing the way companies structure their operations making more convenient locate the production and the R&D in different places. Each company in the process of cost controlling, has to know which kind of cost factors configuration present each country. The recently released report on “Relocating your Business” is addressed […]
Invest in Lombardy – Promos and the law firm Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners (www.gop.it) on June 15 organized the “East Side Internationalization” conference in Milan. Seven have been the target countries discussed, for both outbound (from Italy to those countries) and inbound (from those countries to Italy) investments: China, […]
Lombardy is the primary Italian region in the field of Life Sciences and Chemical Sector. Today, the region ranks in the top position in European region for employment and locations in the chemical sector. It employs 9,200 pharmaceutical employees and operates 33 Research and Development centers and 90 Red Biotech companies. […]
On the sidelines of the official visit of President Tony Tan Keng Yam in Rome, a delegation of entrepreneurs will be received in Milan, during the event: “Italy and Singapore relations: best practices and new opportunities in Lombardy” organized and promoted by Confindustria Lombardia, Promos, Confindustria Monza e Brianza, Singapore […]
2016 is an exceptional year for Real Estate investments in Europe following an expansion of 48 % of business in 2015, a trend set to continue this year. The attention of foreign investors for the Real Estate sector in Lombardy, and in particular the city of Milan, is growing strongly. […]
Green technology in Italy has spread evenly throughout the boot, but located in the north of the country lies its strong point. The Lombardy region is first in green technology investments in Italy and leading the field by accounting for about one-fifth of the national total (19%). This amounts to […]
2015 started in the best mood, with the opening of H&M Duomo and went on even better. Primark, Victoria’s Secrets, Dudalina, Mango, just to name a few. Going through the list of the retail new openings in Milan, it is clear that the city is creating a new retail scene, […]
The press commenting FDIs has recently stressed the rising role of China and the success of Italy as destination, sometimes focusing on banks or just describing the status of diplomatic relationships and agreements (http://www.italy24.ilsole24ore.com/art/business-and-economy/2014-10-14/rapporti-italia–cina-analisi-noci-144538.php?uuid=ABVMuy2B). Every time a Chinese investment in Italy is announced, many voices of criticism are heard. Voices […]
Lombardy has a long tradition in the ICT and Media industry. Milan is now the point of reference of the Italian ICT industry. Milan attracted the advertising industry at the end of the Seventies, when multinationals like Unilever and Nestlé moved part of their staff, originally headquartered in Rome, to […]
Getting to know Brescia is an amazing experience, swinging from cultural heritage to industrial districts, from technology to agriculture. Advanced technology and research, together with development centres (CSMT and AQM), are a significant feature of this region. CSMT is also part of LAND IN LOMBARDY softlanding program managed by Invest […]
Is Expo2015 a threat or an opportunity for Milan and Lombardy? What will be the effect on the territory and how will the capacity to attract foreign investments be affected by the huge event? A bunch of questions were made, not only lately, about the return on investment related to […]
Agro-food is a sector that without doubts gives the opportunity, the possibility of attracting foreign investments and develop the territory at the same time. Lombardy has a strong leadership in this business: the agro-food is prominent at Italian level and one of the most relevant in the European context. With […]
China has paid a high environmental price for its economic increase: polluted air, contaminated land, uninhabitable areas, desertification and a serious crisis of water drinking. Furthermore, increasingly more consumers in other areas of China also have been affected by such events and intend to drink bottled water for hygiene and […]
The pharmaceutical industry is strategic and is getting more and more attention by media and analysts commenting FDI, EY and Bain recently released reports on it. A good number of articles and reports focuses on the trend of the pharmaceutical industry in India, but it is very interesting to analyze […]
Every territory claims features, advantages, reason why to invest in and… successful case studies. Usually we quote the dimension of investments, or announce the opening of new plants, generally decided by the international headquarters of multinational groups. Lombardy actually is attractive also for startups and all the small businesses related […]
Most of the contents about investment attraction is concentrated on opportunities, features, advantages, characteristics of the territory. Usually these contents focus on topics like labour cost, logistic, infrastructures. They are useful, of course, and effective, but foreign investors need practical information, especially when having to do with Italy. This is […]
Everyone talks about London, wondering if a “bubble” is here to come. Many comment the (controlled) slowing down of prices in Singapore real estate market. In the mean time Milan rises to 12th place in European ranking for non-residential best opportunities. Why is Milan a good choice for investing in […]
China is a country with 82m children below the age of five, and where only 28 per cent of children under the age of six months are breast-fed, according to the UN, any problems in the supply chain were always going to have far-reaching effects. Demand of milk for babies […]
Recently a new word is becoming popular among the Italian entrepreneurs, especially the ones dealing with the fashion system: re-shoring. After a long season of off-shoring in the luxury industry, often interpreted and implemented as a complete delocalization, the Italian manufacturing system is looking again to certain areas of the […]
What happens if we compare Lombardy with the regions that attract the most investments in the rest of Europe? A question of this type has recently met with a well-articulated response in a study conducted by FDI Benchmark (Financial Times Group), in which Lombardy's performance was compared to that of 3
In addition to being a valuable partner for attracting foreign direct investments for initiating or developing business activities in Lombardy, Invest in Lombardy is also a privileged observer of the investment projects that have been proposed or implemented throughout the region, and is thus able to distinguish them by number, industry and economic importance.
In all the industrialized countries, the majority of foreign direct investments are aimed at acquiring pre-existing companies (M&A transactions) rather than creating new businesses ( Greenfield). This general tendency also holds true in Lombardy: from 2003 to 2013, in fact, 2,400 Italian companies
It is a well-known fact that the trend in foreign direct investments (FDI) mirrors the expansion or contraction dynamics that economic systems record over time. It is not surprising, therefore, that the economic crisis that began in 2008 has also had serious repercussions upon "greenfield" type investments, both globally and nationally
Within a complex international economic framework, Lombardy remains the main Italian gateway for attracting foreign investments. With a resident population equal to 16.4% of the Italian total and a productive fabric that comprises 18.4% of all the businesses operating nationwide, the region's internationalization indicators have shown significantly high performance on a national level
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