1 Turin Chamber of Commerce PIEDMONT’S AEROSPACE INDUSTRY

2 Turin Chamber of Commerce Piedmont’s aerospace industry consistency aerospace annual turnover: Euro 1,300- 1,400 mln Aerospace industry employees: 8,907 Companies: 5 Big players (300 companies suppliers base) over 130 SMEs ranked as directly invloved in the sector

3 Turin Chamber of Commerce Excellence in Aeronautics and Space System control and quality check System Development Technology Demonstrator projects Technology Development Research & Tech. Feasibility Base Research 9 final system quality control with flight trials 8 Qualified Flight System - trials and demo 7 Full system Flight prototyped demonstration 6 Systems and subsystems operative trials and verifications 5 Components controls in operation 4 System Lab trials on components 3 Analysis and “proof-of-concept” 2 Technology concept and applications 1 Observation/description of basic prniciples Industry University

4 Turin Chamber of Commerce Main Application Systems

5 Turin Chamber of Commerce PIEDMONT’S AEROSPACE CHAIN - SMEs Over 300 companies turnover: Euro 300 mln (40.6 % in the aerospace sector)

6 Turin Chamber of Commerce Aerospace turnover concentration first 3 enterprisesfirst 10 enterprisesenterprise total

7 Turin Chamber of Commerce SMEs’ size

8 Turin Chamber of Commerce Know-how, patents, licenses 10 % 18.3 % 38.3 % 50 % Own patents available Working on third parties’ licences Specific technologies developed At least one of the a.m. features available Aerospace know-how available Enterprises percentage

9 Turin Chamber of Commerce Quality system Certification rate expected by 2005: 11.7 % Certified businesses in 2005: 81.7 % Certified businesses’ turnover in 2005: 91.7 % Already certified businesses: 51.7 % certification processes under way: 18.3 %

10 Turin Chamber of Commerce Markets Piedmont only: 8.6 % Piedmont and other Italian regions: 37.9 % Piedmont, other regions, foreign countries: 53.5 % % businesses Turnover Piedmont 46.2 % Other regions 41.4 % Abroad 12.4 %

11 Turin Chamber of Commerce Exporting countries (by aerospace-yielding turnover) 80,0% 53,8% 40,0% 1-19% 20-49% 50-79% 80% and more Aerospace turnover market share % exporters

12 Turin Chamber of Commerce Major foreign clients 77,4% 64,5% 54,8% 29,0% 25,8% 22,6% 19,4% 16,1% France Germany Switzerland Spain United Kindom Belgium Netherlands USA Austria Israel Australia % exporters

13 Turin Chamber of Commerce Relations with research centres and university institutes Permanent: 11.7 % Frequent: 18.3 % in Piedmont 61.1 % in other Italian regions 55.6 % abroad 22.2 % Percentage of businesses having relationtions with research centres and/or university institutes: 35 % 18.3 % of businesses currently participates o has recently taken part in national and international projects

14 Turin Chamber of Commerce Implementing Piemonte Aerospace Districit Piemonte Aerospace District Regione Piemonte Provincia di Torino Comune di Torino Turin Chamber of Commerce API- Association of Small Enterprises Unione Industriale di Torino Universi ty

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16 Turin Chamber of Commerce The Turin Chamber of Commerce services Initiatives helping supply meet technological and commercial demand; international promotion of technological excellence Initiatives favouring clusters between SMEs Initiatives helping networking Foreign Trade Dep. Innovation & Technology Dep. Initiatives SMEs participation in EU Research projects Initiatives assisting SMEs in IPR and funding

17 Turin Chamber of Commerce Torino Chamber of Commerce programmed & proposed activities StepObjectiveActionTiming 1Sharing information, exchange experiences, common visibility Establish a virtual common platform, with links to companies’ DB and planning Jan Public presentation of the community Organize a common event with bilateral business meetings March Thematic groupsSet a calendar of thematic workshops (max 3) sharing know- hw and best practices Apr./ Oct/ Dec Organization of common B2B events Enhancing co-operation on Brokerage Event at Le Bourget June Networking towards FP7Extend participation to already existing EU Programs to other members 1 st half 2007 (ex ECARE+ project 6 Create Synergies between Industry and research at EU level- possible EU project proposal Establish a common dialogue platform between at least one training or research institution in each member’s area to define an exchange program between companies’ and researchers 2 nd half 2007

18 Turin Chamber of Commerce The Turin Chamber of Commerce future activities Thank you for your attention! Gianpiero Masera Nicoletta Marchiandi Turin Chamber of Commerce Via S. Francesco da Paola, Torino- ITALY Tel