Italian Day in Norway to foster entrepreneurship networks

08 ottobre 2015

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(AGI) Bergen, Oct 8 - Italian enterprises are gaining groundon the Norwegian market and are networking to exchangeexpertise. The Italian Day has been organised on Thursday inBergen and the Italian Ambassador to Norway, Giorgio Novello,explained to Agi the opportunities it brings. "Italiancompanies based in Norway offer job opportunities on theirpremises," the ambassador said. The event took place in theprestigious venue of the Norwegian School of Economics, with anassembly of all the invited companies, including the two giantsworking in Norway, Eni and Ferrero. Novello explained that thegoal is "networking and standing together to exchange expertisein various fields." In Norway, in fact, "Italian companies havehelicopter building yards and urban transport companies. Thisyear the trade balance has shifted to a positive trend after along time." A business forum has been launched, in order tocoordinate the collaboration between the embassy and suchcompanies, enhancing the image of Italy as a country ontechnology's cutting edge. Novello explained that Eni is amodel, since the company is to drill for oil in the BarentsSea. "This is a first time in the field, which goes hand inhand with great expertise in working with local communities."The potential for investment in various sectors is shown by thegreat example of the winemaking industry; in the past 15 yearsItalian firms have gone from 5 percent to 40 percent of themarket share. "Italy is the only country on the podium in thefour major varieties, namely white, red, rose and sparklingwines, " added the diplomat. (AGI). .