The General Confederation of Italian Industry ( it, Confederazione generale dell'industria italiana), commonly known as Confindustria, is the
Italian employers' federation
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and national
chamber of commerce
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, founded in 1910. It groups together more than 113,000 voluntary member companies, accounting for nearly 4,200,000 individuals. It aims to help Italy's economic growth, assisting, in doing so, its members. It is a member of the
International Organisation of Employers (IOE). The President is Carlo Bonomi since 20 May 2020.
Confindustria was a founding member of several organizations, including ISTUD (Istituto Studi Direzionali) and Assingegneria (an organization set up by Confindustria, which has since merged with OICE, L'ingegneria italiana organizzata - which in itself belongs to Confindustria).
Members of Confindustria include ANIMA, Federation of the Italian Associations of Mechanical and Engineering Industries.
It owns the prominent newspaper ''
Il Sole 24 Ore
''Il Sole 24 Ore'' () is an Italian national daily business newspaper owned by Confindustria, the Italian employers' federation.
History and profile
''Il Sole 24 Ore'' was first published on 9 November 1965 as a merger between ''Il Sole'' ("the ...
''. With local chapters all over Italy, it is popularly synonymous with Italian business.
Branches
These are the main branches of the Confindustria association:
* Federcostruzioni
* Federprogetti
* ACIMAC
* ACIMGA
* AFI
* AGIS. AIE
* AIMPES
* AISCAT
* ANAV
* ANDIL
* ANEPLA
* ANFAO
*
ANFIA
* ANFIDA
* ANICA
* ANIGAS
* ANITEC
* APT
* ASSAEROPORTI
* ASSICA
* ASSISTAL
* ASSITOL
* ASSOBETON
* ASSOBIODIESEL
* ASSOBIRRA
* ASSOCARNI
* AICA
* ASSONCONSULT
* ASSOELETTRICA
* ASSOGAS
* ASSOIMMOBILIARE
* ASSOLOGISTICA
* ASSOMET
* ASSONAVE. ASSOTTICA
* ASSTEL
* CONFINDUSTRIA ANCMA
* Confindustria Ceramica
* Confindustria Intellect
* Confindustria Radio Televisioni
* Farmindustria
* Federpesca
* Federunacoma
* FEM
* FISE
* ITALGROB
* MINERACQUA
* TESSILIVARI
* UCIMU
* UNIC
* UNIVIDEO
* ACIMALL
* ACIMIT
* AGENS
* AIDEPI
* AIIPA
* AIOP
* AITEC
* ANCIT
* ANEF
* ANES
* ANDIA
* ANIASA
* ANICAV
* ANITA
* ANPAM
* ASSAEREO
* ASSALZOO
* ASSINFORM
* ASSITERNMINAL
* ASSIV
* ASSOBIBE
* ASSOBIOMEDICA
* ASSOCALZATURIFICI Italiani
* ASSOCARTA
* ASSOCOMAPLAST
* ASSOCONTROL
* ASSOFOND
* ASSOGRAFICI
* ASSOLATTE
* ASSOMAC
* ASSOMINERARIA
* ASSOSISTEMA
* ASSOVETRO
* CAGEMA
* Confindustria CECED Italia
* Confindustria Federorafi
* Confindustria marmomacchine
* Conditarma
*
Federacciai
* Federterme
* Federvini
*
FIMI
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* IGAS
* ITALMOPA
* OICE
* UCIMA
* UCINA
* Unione Petrolifera.
Former Presidents
* Luigi Bonnefon (1910 – 1913)
* Ferdinando Bocca (1913 – 1918)
* Dante Ferraris (1918 – 1919)
*
Giovanni Battista Pirelli (1919)
* Giovanni Silvestri (1919 – 1920)
*
Ettore Conti
Ettore Conti di Verampio, Count of Verampio OML, OMRI, OCI (1871-1972, Milan, Kingdom of Italy) was an Italian senator, industrialist, and aristocrat.
Biography
Ettore Conti di Verampio was born on April 24, 1871 in Milan, the son of Carlo ...
(1920 – 1921)
* Raimondo Targetti (1922 – 1923)
*
Antonio Stefano Benni (1923 – 1934)
* Alberto Pirelli (1934)
*
Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata (1934 – 1943)
* Giovanni Balella (1943)
* Giuseppe Mazzini (1943)
* Fabio Friggeri (1944 – 1945)
* Angelo Costa (1945 – 1955)
* Alighiero De Micheli (1955 – 1961)
* Furio Cicogna (1961 – 1966)
* Angelo Costa (1966 – 1970)
* Renato Lombardi (1970 – 1974)
*
Gianni Agnelli
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(1974 – 1976)
*
Guido Carli (1976 – 1980)
* Vittorio Merloni (1980 – 1984)
* Luigi Lucchini (1984 – 1988)
*
Sergio Pininfarina (1988 – 1992)
* Luigi Abete (1992 – 1996)
* Giorgio Fossa (1996 – 2000)
* Antonio D'Amato (2000 – 2004)
*
Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (2004 – 2008)
* Emma Marcegaglia (2008 – 2012)
* Giorgio Squinzi (2012 – 2016)
* Vincenzo Boccia (2016 – 2020)
* Carlo Bonomi (2020 – present)
See also
*
Economy of Italy
*
List of national employers' federations
This is a list of employer associations and other business organizations.
Albania
* Konfindustria (Konfederata e Industrive te Shqiperise)
Austria
* Federation of Austrian Industry (Vereinigung der Österreichischen Industrie (VÖI))
Austral ...
References
External links
*
Official site - English overviewConfindustria and the Party System in Italy(PDF)
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Business organisations based in Italy
1910 establishments in Italy
Rome Q. XXXII Europa