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Field visit to Lumezzane and Biella clusters

Field visit to Lumezzane and Biella clusters

Programme

8 November 1999 - LUMEZZANE (metalworks: taps, valves, kitchenware and household appliance cluster)

8,00 Departure from Varese

10,30 Arrival to Lumezzane

11,00 Luciano Consolati - Director of Lumetel
presentation of Lumezzane cluster at Gardone Val Trompia Technological Incubator

13,00 Lunch break (included)

14,30 Visit to two enterprises representative of the cluster:
MEMA srl - company specialized in metalwork production (provider)

MEPRA Spa - company operating in the household metal appliance production (final manufacturer)

17,00 End of the visit and return to Varese

19,30 Arrival to Varese



9 November 1999 - BIELLA (hight quality wool textile industry)

8,30 Departure from Varese

10,00 Arrival to Biella - Presentations of the district made by different cluster agents:

Institutional presentations

10,30 Gianfranco De Martini - President of the Biella Chamber of Commerce and President of the District Committee
Economic outline and data of the district

10,50 Enrico Botto Poala - Former President of Biella Industrialist Union and First President of the Club of Italian Industrial Districts
Historic Outline of the district

Operational presentations

11,10 Carlo Colombino - Director of Textilia
Presentation of Textilia

11,30 Mario Bona - Scientific Co-ordinator of Città degli Studi SpA
Presentation of Città Studi

11,50 Sabrina Botalla - Biella Intraprendere SpA
Presentation of Biella Intraprendere SpA

12,00 Conclusions and debate with the participants

12,35 Welcome lunch at Città Studi SpA offered by Biella Chamber of Commerce

13,45 Transfer to Pollone

14,00 Company visit to LANIFICIO FRATELLI PIACENZA SpA (one of the oldest wool companies in Biella belonging to the same family since 1733. Member of the Club "Les Hénokiens")
http://www.piacenza1733.com

15,30 Possibility to shopping at textile and clothing factory outlets in Biella - http://www.sset-editore.com/spacci

17,00 Departure to Varese

19,00 Arrival to Varese
Interesting site related to the field visits:

http://www.lumetel.it - Lumetel Agenzia

http://www.bi.camcom.it - Biella Chamber of Commerce

http://www.ui.biella.it - Biella Industrialist Association


Useful information

LUMEZZANE

Incubatore Tecnologico Gardone Val Trompia
Via Matteotti, 299
Gardone Val Trompia (BS)
Tel. 030 891371

Agenzia Lumetel
Via Mazzini, 62
Lumezzane (BS)
Tel. 030 8251010



BIELLA

Città degli Studi Spa
Corso G. Pella, 2
13900 Biella

Tel. 015 / 84883505

Camera di Commercio Industria e Artigianato di Biella
Tel. 015 / 3599311

F.lli Piacenza Spa
Tel. 015 / 6191733