Strategic Partners


 

Finmeccanica is Italy’s leading industrial group in the high technology sector and ranks among the top ten global players in aerospace, defence and security. The Finmeccanica Group focuses on three strategic sectors - Helicopters, Defence Electronics and Security and Aeronautics - in which it generates 73% of its revenues and 67% of its orders and employs 74% of its staff.  Finmeccanica is Europe’s leading defence systems company and is well positioned at international level, and has a strong presence in the space sector, where it has the leadership in the satellite services market. Furthermore, the group has substantial expertise and a well-established position on the global transport and power generation markets.

Finmeccanica is a multinational and multicultural group with a clear and recognised reputation for technological excellence which is essential for commanding an international leadership position in the high tech sectors in which it operates. The Finmeccanica group has its headquarters in Italy, and has permanent establishments with significant production assets in four domestic markets - Italy, Poland, UK and USA - where approximately 90% of Group staff work. It has also built up a significant presence in France and in Germany. Finally, it has established a significant network of partnerships in high-potential countries worldwide. In total it has about 70,000 employees, of whom 43% work abroad in some 50 countries on five continents.

In 2015 Milan will host the Universal Exposition.The theme is Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life based on the idea that everyone should have access to healthy, safe and sufficient food.

Italy is identified with excellence in food quality and is also the headquarters of the UN agencies active in the fields of food, agriculture and hunger.

One billion people suffer from hunger and an equivalent number are obese or overweight. Milan Expo 2015 aims at raising awareness on these issues and fostering the commitment to overcome them. The aim of Expo 2015 is to leave a legacy: the guidelines to winning the challenge of feeding the planet.

The Expo 2015 site will cover an area of 1.1 million square metres and will be a cutting-edge smart city where technology and energy are used in a smart and sustainable fashion. The Expo 2015 venue is being built in a strategic area with state-of-the-art infrastructure between two highways, near three airports, linked to Milan and surroundings by the high-speed train and the underground. During the six-month period, 140 countries will participate, thousands of events are scheduled and more than 20 million visitors are expected in Milan.