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Genoa Boat Show kicks off with the wind "2019 gives us confidence"

On the crest of the wave for a number 59 edition that promises to be successful, both in the numbers which, it is hoped to be reflected, in the business for nautical companies among which 12 aggressive Bergamo players.
The Genoa International Boat Show opened until September 24th, inaugurated by the Transport Minister Paola De Micheli, crossroads of the world boating routes that counts, subsequently in trouble in the years of recessionary recession 2009 - until then to re-emerge, regaining the its worldwide location.

Record numbers
Numbers in hand, that of Genoa, remains the most visited show in the Mediterranean with about 180 thousand visitors expected, 968 exhibitors (just under 50% from abroad over a thousand boats, 200 thousand square meters of exhibition area of ​​which 100 thousand in water.
"The sector is healthy and the numbers have been positive for four years - remarked Saverio Cecchi, Ucina's number one (Confindustria Nautica) -, with a positive trend primarily for motor boats and superyachts with a +8.9 in value added and of the operators of the supply chain in the last three years. After all, the numbers at hand, Italy is a leader in the production of superyachts, with 46% of the world business ".
The nautical world seems to increasingly represent one of the national strategic levers as a driving force with more than 183 thousand employees and the real Lombardy "locomotive" with 2 billion and 208 million euros of added value. "Bergamasca is confirmed as an excellence - explains Luciano Paissoni, CEO of Foresti & Suardi di Predore and councilor of Ucina -: in 2018 we are in sixth place with 6,600 employees, although it is a land with no outlet to the sea and we note the fourth year with a double-digit plus sign for the sector's total turnover, equal to 4.27 billion euros, with 10.3 on 2017 and with a 2019 that promises to be brilliant ».
"The escalation of companies in Bergamo, from shipbuilders to accessories manufacturers has a single common denominator - explains Paissoni -: the obsessive search for products that represent the best of Made in Italy in terms of quality, functionality and design, of the" beautiful and well made "Which requires investments and which the global market seems to always appreciate".

The Orobic charge
Twelve companies have chosen to moor in Genoa, including two boat builders, Rio Yachts of Chiuduno and Sessa International of Cividate al Piano. Then the platoon of accessorists and component suppliers: Aemme Colori of Ranica, Besenzoni of Sarnico, Foresti & di Predore, Italvipla of Grumello del Monte, Italian Propellers of Telgate, LTF of Antegnate, SGNautica Scaburri of Palosco, Rymyc of Parre, Onlyfor of Novello of New Pontirolo (with new headquarters in La Maddalena in Sardinia), finally Monteisola Corde, which although based in Corte Franca (Brescia), has historical roots in the Sebino area.
Instead he deserted the Ferretti Group Home Show and then Riva di Sarnico, with the Romagna-based Group flying the Chinese flag ready to go on the Stock Exchange at the end of October, which once again neglected Genoa in favor of Cannes, where until September 15th deployed a 'of 26 boats with world novelties and Montecarlo scheduled from 25 to 28 September. Forfait, according to Ferretti Group, to be attributed to commercial strategies, in addition to the long dispute between Ucina (which organizes Genoa) the alternative Nautica Italiana association, of which Ferretti is part.