PIEMONTE: European and global gateway
Piemonte is strategically positioned at the heart of the European development system, right at the crossroads of the main routes between the North-South, East-West. As part of the European Union, companies located in Piemonte have duty free access to more than 30 national markets within the European Economic Area and to the world’s richest consumer market of 500 million people, over 330 million of whom work in the single currency. Italy is Europe’s 2nd largest manufacturer and in the last 30 years has always ranked in the World’s Top 10 Manufacturers. Piemonte has strongly contributed to this success, demonstrating to be one of the manufacturing engines of Europe. It produces about 8% of Italy's national wealth, and its production system has reached high levels of excellence and tertiary sector expansion.
JEWELLERY
The jewellery sector in Piemonte offers a network of specialized companies in the entire supply chain: design, machinery and equipment, gold craftsmanship, software, prototyping and moulding, production of luxury gold and platinum jewels, cutting and modelling of precious and semi-precious stones, coral, silver tools, bijoux and coins.
The District of Valenza
The District of Valenza gathers about 850 companies active the jewellery sector and highly specialized human resources. About 30 tons of gold as well as 80% of the precious stones that are imported to Italy are processed every year in Valenza.
150 years of experience in gold manufacturing, the enormous know-how and professional heritage, highly skilled artisans and laboratories, the capacity to follow market trends and requests: these are the strengths of the Valenza District. Jewels produced here are exclusive and hand-manufactured with sophisticated techniques: they are one-of-a-kind creations and Made in Italy symbols that are very hard to replicate.
The District boasts the presence of world-famous brands like Damiani, Pasquale Bruni and big plants such as Bulgari’s, as well as small but very dynamic and flexible companies.
