An Agency to assist Internationalization
Vicenza in the world? That’s a task for Vicenza Qualità.
The Special Agency of the Vicenza Chamber of Commerce was set up with the specific mission of promoting Vicenza and its industrial, crafts and farming products. With non-profit aims of public interest, its objective is to promote the local economy on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce. It achieves this aim by organizing all kinds of events in Italy and abroad.
Vicenza Qualità for Vicenza companies in all sectors of the economy
Vicenza is situated in the heart of the Veneto region, one of the most industrialized areas in Italy. In Vicenza you can find any product you need barring ships, aeroplanes and automobiles – even though you can find plenty of components for them. Of the over eighty thousand companies registered at the Chamber of Commerce, about 40,000 are involved in production, employing more than half the workforce: with a total population of around 800,000 inhabitants, there is almost one company every nine people. Unemployment is extremely low and is kept down to a “physiological” level of less than 5%.
Vicenza confirms its position as one of the top provinces in Italy, in terms of added value on exports, in terms of absolute value, and it is the number one in the North-East. Vicenza can be found all over the world, since goods made in Vicenza are mainly sold abroad: the province exports abroad more than 50% of its production.
Prime movers in the economy of Vicenza are the metallurgical and mechanical industries, textiles and clothing, tanning and then gold processing. These four sectors together account for about 80% of exports from Vicenza area. Another important sector is represented by food industry (wine, cheese, ham and salami, cakes, distillates, pasta and rice, etc.).
The province of Vicenza is a tourist destination as well and it it is world-wide famous as . Vicenza offers its visitors such a vast gallery of artistic and architectural masterpieces that UNESCO has declared it part of the world’s heritage.
