Brussels, 13th November

Source: AIAD, ANIE With turnover of >14,5 billion euro, the Italian Aerospace Industry is seventh in the world and fourth in Europe. Represents the largest manufacturing sector in Italy in the field of high technology integrated systems. Its trade balance has followed for many years a positive trend. In 2012 was about € 4.5 billion Exports count for almost 60% of the turnover of the sector. Italian aerospace sector directly employs more than 52,000 people and indirectly supports many more. At present R&TD expenses amount to more than 12% of sales.

 AIAD was founded in 1946, it includes almost all the national enterprises that operate with advanced technology in the design, production, research and services activities for the civil and military aerospace, military navy and army sectors along with all the related electronic systems connected to these sectors.  As representative of the Italian Industry, it is a member of the equivalent European Association (ASD). In this context it acts as the point of reference for all the national and foreign institutions for the coordination of all those activities in which there is a need to represent the sector’s national interest. Italian Industries Federation for Aerospace, Defence and Security

150 Companies

7 main groups of companies:  FINMECCANICA (AgustaWestland, Alenia Aermacchi, Selex ES, OTO Melara, Sistemi Software Integrati, Larimart, Superjet International, Thales Alenia Space, Telespazio, MBDA, WASS)  AVIO Aero  FINCANTIERI  IVECO – Oto Melara  PIAGGIO Aero Industries  Elettronica  Intermarine and over 130 SMEs Italian companies control a wider business landscape, with manufacturing facilities both in the country as well as in USA, Brazil, United Kingdom, Spain, Poland and other EU countries (about 30,000 employees)

6 The main 5 Italian aerospace districts involve about one thousand members, including large companies, SME, universities and research centres, employing about 71,000 resources and generating sales of more than 14 billion euro to which are added the Regional Districts of Umbria, Emilia Romagna, Toscana and Sardegna

7 The CTNA is the point of convergence and synthesis of needs and priorities that various stakeholders of the national aerospace system have matured in recent years in the light of the global market and sectoral policies at European and international level. The CTNA, in fact, is only national forum which aggregates all the major players in the national aerospace system: large, medium and small businesses, research centers, academic world, governmental institutions, agencies and national platforms, and category federations and regional aerospace Industrial technology districts The Strategic Plan of the CTNA is online and is consistent with the European Aerospace policies, with particular reference to HORIZON In accordance with the strategic visions at European level and promoted by ACARE and ESA, and resumed at national level by national platforms ACARE Italia and Spin-IT, respectively for the aviation and for the space, the CTNA identifies the need to ensure the positioning of the Italian aerospace industry at the highest levels and important in Europe, both in the aeronautic industry, with the challenge of creating a “smart transport system ", environmentally sustainable and integrated, both in space research devoted to the development, preservation and maintenance of the role of leadership in enabling technologies.

Technological excellences and know how R&D and innovation critical mass Industrial manufacturing and supply chain Strategic long-term collaborations Strategic long-term collaborations System competitiveness Asset exploitation Selective strengthening of the Supply Chain (excellent SME) Acceleration of innovation (technology transfer, development know-how and patents Strengthening the supply chain on research with the establishment of an organized network of industry research centers Internazionalization and technological marketing Development of aeronautical Skill Objectives Initiatives 8

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