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About

The Unione Industriale Torino, the Employers’ Association of Turin, is a voluntary association of companies, at a regional level, belonging to the Confindustria, which aims to represent, protect, promote and develop member companies and their interests. More than 2000 associated firms, the majority based in Provincia di Torino.

Associated firms profile

Total:

(2.000 SMEs with 59.595 employees & 102 Big ones with 84.690 employees)

• Agrofood: 61
• Paper: 6
• Chemicals: 84
• Publishing companies: 15
• Energy: 36
• Rubber and electric components: 21
• Graphics and paper industries: 34
• Technological plants and equipments: 166
• ICT: 192
• Wood and cork: 16
• Plastic materials: 45
• Metalworking and mechanical engineering industry: 609
• Transport: 66

Data referes to end November 2015

Services

The Association offers a vast range of highly qualified services targeted at resolving business issues and problems inherent to each trade category.

It provides complete and up-to-date information for members, also using the latest communication systems (daily newsletter recapping the most important issues).

Each sector group is given attention separately (for instance: food, chemicals, ICT, wood, plastics, textile,…) and there are horizontal services which are delivered to every firm covering: 

• Environment
• Social assistance & security
• Economics & Finance
• Export
• VET and labour market
• Legal
• Quality and regulation requirements
• School and University
• Economic studies and reports
• Taxation
• City planning
• Horizon 2020 and UE programmes helpdesk

Related organisations

MESAP –

MECHATRONICS AND ADVANCED SYSTEMS OF PRODUCTION INNOVATION CLUSTER
It was founded in 2009 and can nowadays count on more than 200 associated entities (both enterprises – SMEs and large ones – and research centres) in Piemonte.
It is the supervisor of R&D projects and feasibility studies.

It manages a web-based information system in which enterprises can ask for lab tests and for using the lab facilities of the associated entities. The system will shortly be open to third parties as well.

It has an extensive Italian (member of the national cluster «Smart factories») and European network.

PICCOLA INDUSTRIA

It is the reference point for SME which are 85% of associated firms.
It has therefore a special focus on the needs of SMEs such as internationalisation, innovation (both technologoical and organisational), finance, simplification and cutting the red tape, training,…

GRUPPO GIOVANI IMPRENDITORI

It is the informal place when young entrepreneurs meet.
It is most concerned with the entrepreneurial culture and start-up

• it has an establisehd network with incubators, the local initiatives for setting up newco., reseau entreprendre.
• it runs sucessfully a programme named OGGI – Officina Gruppo Giovani Imprenditori which organises seminars and encounters for increasing the managerial skills of both university students and managers.