From machine tools to wood processing, machines for bakery products, the dairy industry and packaging plants, from technology for the marble processing sector and the tanning industry, to textiles and glass: leading international companies specialized in the production of machinery and plants for industry have their head offices in the Province of Vicenza and are the expression of the engineering competence that has been developed by sector entrepreneurs in over thirty years of history.
These are entrepreneurial realities that have succeeded in asserting themselves on the global market, thanks to the high level of specialization attained and the quality of their productive processes, which can also count on the fundamental contribution of a considerable number of firms involved in sub-supplies – strategic partners from the point of view of technological innovation and productive flexibility.
Vicenza’s metal processing and machine production sector occupies an important position on the market and this is proved by the statistics: there are over 6 thousand enterprises in the territory, which employ over 67 thousand workers and produce an overall annual turnover of 15 billion euro.
Additionally, there are also many electronics firms in the Province of Vicenza, which cover the entire range of the hi-tech sector, from power equipment to sophisticated digital controls, telephony and satellite communications, electro medical equipment and more. The network of small enterprises, often positioned in the sub-supply of components with a high technological content, facilitates the evolution of this system. This is the case with electronic printed circuits a segment of the economy that account for scores of businesses, equipped with state of the art machinery and highly specialized personnel. The same can be said for the wiring and cable sector.