Invest in HOUSING in Emilia-Romagna LEADING FACTORS

• 70% of national exports of ceramics are from our region

• 11 internationally known trade fairs

• The cluster employs almost 365 thousand people

• Production of high quality furniture and furnishings

• Synergy with the advanced mechanics industry

• Advanced architectural and engineering services

• Research laboratories and centres that promote technological development within the Construction Technology Platform

• High quality niche markets such as artistically made ceramics

The housing system has a significant presence in the regional economy and encompasses the productive sectors which carry out the designing, redevelopment, construction and furnishing of buildings, and also includes the production of machinery necessary for such business activities and related services.

Investors in housing can count on a network of suppliers of quality products and services which are used to being part of a network, research and innovation centres placed within a sole thematic technological platform, internationally known trade fairs and specialized human resources.

The regional ceramic sector is considered a leader not only on a national level but internationally too.

Invest in quality, high technology and advanced services The regional building and tiling industries have achieved very high quality and productivity levels thanks also to the synergies they have created with manufacturing businesses which produce supporting machinery and advanced technology. Services available in the architectural and engineering fields are spread all over the region. Furnishing products from the region are well known for the quality of their design and materials. The creativity of artisans from the Emilia-Romagna region can be seen even in niche markets such as that of artistic ceramics. The formation of specialized human resources is carried out at universities, learning centres and technical institutes within the Technopole Network. The laboratories and centres within the Thematic Construction Platform, are all part of the Regional High Technology Network which promotes technological innovation in the companies in the cluster by spreading the use of new building materials that create energy efficiency in homes. The housing cluster on an international level Ceramics from our region to the value of 2,900 million Euros are exported all over the world every year. However, the entire cluster is known at an international level: the 11 trade fairs that are held in the region cover the various sectors involved in housing and have a strong participation from foreign operators in the field and represent an important meeting point for those who want to invest in the region Invest in local specialization The business structure is made up of almost 125,000 local units. In some areas, the specialized productive vocations are organized in districts with a high concentration of companies: one such case is the “ceramics district” in the area around Sassuolo (Modena). A high concentration of people employed in the housing cluster in general are to be found in Modena, Bologna and Reggio Emilia.

CERAMICS

SOME COMPANIES FROM THE REGION

WOOD, FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS

BUILDING INDUSTRY

SERVICES

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Published in February 2014

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The companies that form the housing cluster are spread throughout the region and have been organized according to a logical system of cluster production: this means that the businesses involved tend to cover all the phases of production from start to finish. Within the housing system we can single out three sectors: wood, ceramics and building, to which we must add the construction macro-sector which covers the preparation of building sites, the construction of buildings, the installation of services and the completion of works. This last sector is made up of 50% of those employed in the entire cluster.

Imprese e addetti

The Housing Cluster and sectors: Numbers employed and Local Units in the sectors of the construction and housing cluster (Source: ASIA, 2010)

The housing cluster: the structure and its sectors

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HOUSING-BUILDING CLUSTER

Design and styling of furniture and other furnishing items, design and consultancy for interior decoration

WHOLESALE TRADE

PRODUCTION

SOURCING

SERVICES

Wood products Building products

(tar, concrete, bricks etc.) Ceramic products, tiles

and sanitaryware

Products for the home (furniture)

Machines for building and ceramics (lifting, moving, kilns, etc.)

Timber, construction materials and furniture

Construction materials plumbing equipment, heating systems, lighting items. Machines for building

and construction

Ceramics and porcelain

Real estate services

Extraction of stones, gravel, sand, clay and other minerals

WOOD BUILDING CERAMICS

Architectural practices, engineering and geological services

Forest management

RETAIL TRADE

Furniture Ceramics and porcelain Construction materials, sanitaryware and lighting

items etc

Building construction, civil engineering, finishing and completion of buildings

Housing/Construction Cluster Number of Local Units

Quota of Local Units in the entire cluster (%)

Number employed

Quota of number employed in the

entire cluster (%)

Raw material extraction 199 0.2% 1,079 0.3%

Furniture and wood products 3,594 2.9% 22,297 6.1%

Ceramic products 627 0.5% 23,661 6.5%

Building products 4,620 3.7% 36,717 10.1%

Totals for Products for housing 8,841 7.1% 82,675 22.7%

Building construction and specialized jobs 13,859 11.1% 43,827 12.0%

Finishing and completion of buildings 43,652 34.9% 98,793 27.1%

Civil engineering 659 0.5% 8,995 2.5%

Totals for construction 58,170 46.6% 151,615 41.6%

Machines for ceramics and building 1,154 0.9% 20,947 5.8%

Services (architectural practices, engineering and geological services etc.)

18,061 14.5% 26,238 7.2%

Totals for cross-sectors 19,215 15.4% 47,185 13.0%

Property buying and selling 4,563 3.7% 7,275 2.0%

Rentals and property management 18,293 14.6% 28,467 7.8%

Third party property businesses 4,083 3.3% 6,300 1.7%

Totals for real estate 26,939 21.6% 42,042 11.5%

Wholesale trade of wood and furniture 4,543 3.6% 6,903 1.9%

Wholesale trade of ceramics and building materials 3,167 2.5% 17,978 4.9%

Totals for wholesale trade 7,710 6.2% 24,881 6.8%

Retail trade of wood and furniture 1,716 1.4% 8,976 2.5%

Retail trade of ceramics and building materials 2,160 1.7% 5,626 1.5%

Totals for retail trade 3,876 3.1% 14,602 4.0%

Totals for the cluster 124,950 100% 364,079 100%

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Source: Databank Istat-Asia 2010

The number employed and local units are divided between the three main sectors: ceramics, wood and furniture, and building

Housing cluster – Number employed in the ceramic sector

Housing cluster – Number employed in the wood and furniture sector

Housing cluster – Number employed in the building sector

Ceramics

• High concentration in the area known as the ceramics district, between the provinces of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Sassuolo, Fiorano, Castellarano, Casalgrande, Castelvetro, Rubiera) with around 60% of the number employed and 44% of local units

• Followed by Imola and Faenza

Wood and Furniture

• A larger concentration in the Forlì, Rimini and Imola areas

Building

• Spread all over the region

Districts and areas with higher concentrations of number

employed

The regional housing cluster

Construction

• Spread all over the region, with higher concentrations in Bologna and Reggio Emilia followed by Parma, Ravenna and Modena

Housing cluster – Number employed in the construction

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The housing cluster on an international level

Exports

Databank: Istat - Coeweb

In 2012, the regional housing sector exported around 4,336 million Euros of goods (21% of the national export of housing goods and 8.7% of the regional total that year). Exports from the “ceramic sector” in our region amounted to 70% of the national total of the sector.

The top ten importing countries in 2012 and variations in percentage terms compared with 2000

Exports from the housing cluster showed good signs of

an upturn in growth in 2012 compared with 2009,

however the figures are still below the pre-crisis figures

Where we export to Export trends

The main destination of our exports is Europe. In the

period 2000-2012, there was a redistribution of exports

from countries with mature economies (eg. Germany and

the USA) to the more recently developed countries (eg.

Russia).

The building and wood & furniture sectors were the one

less affected by the crisis, showing a positive trend in

the period 2004-2012, while ceramics is still in a

catching up phase.

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Percentage of total exports per destination – 2012

European Union 27 Other

European Countries

North America Middle East

57.0% 12.4% 10.5% 6.9%

East Asia Central-South

America North Africa Other countries

4.4% 2.3% 1.6% 4.9%

Countries Export (in thousands of euros)

Var.% (2000-2012)

France 842,642,337 27.7%

Germany 478,006,270 -31.5%

USA 363,752,480 -44.8%

UK 225,765,154 42.5%

Russia 213,778,143 349.5%

Switzerland 152,716,852 49.9%

Belgium 136,303,732 3.3%

Austria 101,648,004 -15.6%

Canada 92,873,686 22.4%

Spain 88,408,219 1.9%

World 4,336,203,240 4.3%

Housing Cluster – Variation in % of exports

2004-2008 2008-2012 2004-2012

Wood and Furniture

40.1% -16.1% 17.6%

Ceramics 1.8% -10.7% -9.2%

Building 32.1% -1.2% 30.5%

TOTAL

Housing cluster

10.5% -9.8% -0.3%

BUILDING

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International Trade Fairs

The housing cluster on an international level

Top Investors

Some important foreign investors in housing in Emilia-Romagna

Companies Investors Country of Origin Type of business

WIENERBERGER WIENERBERGER ZIEGELINDUSTRIE

Austria Bricks for residential property

MANITOU COSTRUZIONI INDUSTRIALI SRL

MANITOU B.F. France Construction of Lifts

CASTELLI SPA MUTARES AG Germany Office furniture

HERMANN SRL VAILLANT GMBH Germany Wall mounted gas boilers

TEREX ITALIA SRL TEREX CORP. United States Hydraulic self-moving crane trucks

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SAIE www.saie.bolognafiere.it

SAIENERGIA www.saienergia.bolognafiere.it

International building exhibition held at the Bologna fair site. 1,044 exhibitors and 85,000 visitors (5,000 of which were from abroad) at the 2011 edition. Salon for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, in particular technology related to low energy consumption for sustainable construction.

CERSAIE www.cersaie.it

International salon of ceramics for architecture and bathroom sanitaryware held at the Bologna Fair site. 176,000 square metres of exhibition space with 972 exhibitors, 80,849 visitors of which 31% were foreign (data 2011).

R2B - Research To Business www.rdueb.it

Industrial Research Exhibition held at the Bologna fair site, involving companies and research centres of the housing cluster and with a specific thematic area devoted to building and construction.

HABITAT www.habitatfiera.it

Fair for furniture and housing solutions held at the Ferrara Fair site. Over 21,000 visitors and almost 200 exhibitors in 2011.

TECHNODOMUS www.technodomus.it

Salon of Industry, Wood for building industry and furniture held at the Rimini Fair site. With 42,000 m2 of exhibition space, 300 exhibitors and almost 31,000 visitors of which 31% were from abroad (data 2010).

ECO CASA & IMPRESA www.ecocasa.re.it

Exhibition & Conference on sustainable architecture, saving energy, economy and environment. With over100 exhibiting companies and 25,000 visitors (data 2011)

TECNARGILLA www.tecnargilla.it

International salon of Technology and Supply to the Ceramic and Brick industry biennial salon at the Rimini Fair site. Over 31,000 visitors (46% from abroad), at the 2010 edition.

EDILSHOW www.edilshow.it

Salon for the building industry held at the Piacenza Fair site. With a customer base of around 5,000 visitors (data 2012).

SUN http://www.sungiosun.it

SUN, International Exhibition of Outdoor Products – Planning solutions, furniture and accessories, held at the Rimini Fair site. With over 25,000 visitors in 2011

TENDE E TECNICA http://www.tendeetecnica.it

Tende e Tecnica is a biennial event held at the Rimini Trade Fair site. It received over 11,000 visitors in 2011.

QUADRUMSACA www.quadrumsaca.com

Rods, Frames, Graphics and Technology held at the Bologna Fair site. 160 companies (79 of which were from abroad), on 30,000 square metres of exhibition space (data 2010).

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Facilities available to businesses in housing in Emilia-Romagna

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Degree courses • Degree in architecture (Cesena, Fc branch)

http://www.arch.unibo.it/Architettura/default.htm

• Three year course in Building Engineering - www.ing.unibo.it

at the University of Bologna

• Degree course in Materials Engineering - www.unimore.it at the University of Modena e Reggio Emilia

• Degree in architecture

http://www.unife.it/architettura/lm.architettura

• Degree in Designing Industrial Products

http://www.unife.it/interfacolta/design

both at the University of Ferrara

Specialization courses • Course in functional management in the ceramic tiles industry www.cencerbo.it • School of Rheology, specifically dedicated to the ceramic sector

at Cencerbo - Centro Ceramico (Bologna)

The catalogue of Higher Education in the Emilia-Romagna

Region: www.altaformazioneinrete.it Professional Institutes Field: chemistry, materials and biotechnology, construction,

environment and land.

• Further Education Institutes:

“Belluzzi-Fioravanti” (Bo); “Crescenzi-Pacinotti” (Bo); “Marconi”

(Pc); “Fantini” (Vergato, Bo); “Keynes” (Castel Maggiore, Bo);

“Scarabelli-Ghini” (Imola, Bo); “Archimede” (S. Giovanni in P. Bo);

Istituto di Istruzione Superiore Tecnico “Paolini” (Imola, Bo)

• Technical Institutes for Industry:

“Aldini-Valeriani” (Bo); “Baldini” (Ra); “Da Vini” (Rn); “Corni” (Mo);

“Fermi” (Mo); “Da Vinci” (Pr); “Berenini” (Fidenza, Pc); “Marconi”

(Forlì, Fc)

High Technology Network – Construction Platform http://www.aster.it

CIRI Edilizia e Costruzioni - University of Bologna

www.edilizia-costruzioni.unibo.it

Interdepartmental centre that provides scientific and technical

support to promote innovation in the construction, building and

building heritage sectors.

Laboratorio TekneHub - University of Ferrara

www.unife.it/tecnopolo/teknehub

Interdepartmental centre that offers support and services to small

and medium-sized companies that have an interest in increasing or

developing new methodologies, materials and skills related to

cultural heritage.

Laboratorio EN&TECH - University of Modena e Reggio

Emilia www.enetech.unimore.it

Interdepartmental centre that studies materials and systems to

improve energy efficiency in buildings, lighting, domotics and the

efficient conversion of energy.

Laboratorio LARCO-ICOS www.larcoicos.it

Research consortium that operates within the Ri.Co (Research and

technological transfer in construction) Consortium which develops

research into building components and other energy efficiency

performances, building maintenance and the design and installation

of plants.

Centro Ceramico - Bologna www.cencerbo.it

University Consortium aimed at spreading science and technology

in the ceramics field and also at advanced level teaching in the

ceramics industry.

Research and Training Institutes • BIOECOLAB Edilizia Urbanistica Sostenibile (Modena)

www.bioecolab.it

• AGENZIA POLO CERAMICO DI FAENZA (Faenza, Ra)

www.agenziapoloceramico.it

• CERFORM Ceramica industriale (Sassuolo, Mo) www.cerform.it • CERARTE - Consorzio Decoratori Artistici Ceramici (Sassuolo, Mo) www.cerarte.it • ISTEC CNR - Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali

Ceramici (Faenza, Ra) www.istec.cnr.it • ENTE CERAMICA FAENZA (Faenza, Ra) www.enteceramica.it • CUPAL (Forlì, Fc) www.cupal.it • FORM. ART (Castel Maggiore, Bo) www.formart.it NUOVA QUASCO (Bologna) also works on the qualification and development of construction www.nuovaquasco.it

University and training courses Research and Innovation

For further information:

www.investinemiliaromagna.eu investinemiliaromagna@ervet.it

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Associations in the sector

• ASSOPIASTRELLE - Confindustria Ceramica (Sassuolo, Mo)

www.assopiastrelle.it

• CNA Costruzioni Emilia - Romagna (Bologna)

www.cna.it/UNIONI/Costruzioni/Chi-siamo/Strutture/Emilia-

Romagna