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PROTAGONIST / NEW INVESTMENTS

EXCELLENCE
IN FIBREGLASS

If a good beginning makes for a good ending, 2016
is well on the way to become a great year for Ferretti Group,

at industrial level too. And when you unveil a new
manufacturing facility, the feeling of optimism is warranted

At the end of January, work got underway at the Also attending were Alberto Zambianchi, Chairman of the Cham-
new centre of excellence in Forlì, which will fo- ber of Commerce, and Forlì MP Hon. Marco Di Maio. The start of
cus entirely on the production of fibreglass. The 2,400 work at the new site will also help to boost the local area and its tra-
m2 site is strategic because it marks the resumption ditionally close ties with the nautical world, where Ferretti Group
of in-house production of the material used to build has always been considered an undisputed benchmark. The stra-
the new Ferretti Yachts 450 and 550. The ribbon-cutting ceremony tegic importance of the new site was underscored in the afternoon
(above, left) was attended by CEO Alberto Galassi, the Top Man- when it acted as the venue for an important official meeting (above,
agement of the Group, the workforce based at the Forlì site and right), hosted by Ferretti Group, between the Under Secretary of
numerous representatives from the world of politics and local au- the Prime Minister’s Office, Honorable Luca Lotti, and leading
thorities: the Mayor of Forlì Davide Drei; the Prefect of Forlì-Cese- business representatives from the Forlì-Cesena section of ‘Confin-
na, Fulvio Rocco de Marinis; and Chief Constable Salvatore Sanna. dustria’ Association of Italian Industries.

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