The two groups define a long-term strategic expansion with a historic agreement that outlines the future newbuilding program for the Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Oceania Cruises and Norwegian Cruise Line brands as part of Seatrade, the largest cruise industry fair in the world, underway in Miami, Fincantieri announced that it had received from […]
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The Group has joined the DonneXStrada initiative: ten locations become points of reference for anyone who finds themselves in a situation of danger or difficulty. Ten Fincantieri locations become Purple Points. In fact, as part of the “Respect for Future” project, the Group has joined the DonneXStrada initiative which aims to create safe places for […]
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The order has a value of 1,18 billion euros and confirms the Group's growth strategy in the Defense market Fincantieri and the Indonesian Ministry of Defense have signed a contract, as part of the collaborative relationships initiated by the Italian Ministry of Defense , for the supply of two PPA Units, for a value of 1,18 [...]
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Providing luxury interior design solutions, totally customizable and turnkey, enhancing the innovation and excellence of "Made in Italy" craftsmanship. It is with this ambition that OperaeInteriors was born, the new spin-off brand of Fincantieri, the Italian Group, world leader in shipbuilding, and of Marine Interiors, a Group company expert in the creation of interiors for ships [...]
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A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the two companies with the aim of evaluating opportunities for collaboration in underwater robotics with a view to surveillance and control of critical underwater infrastructures Fincantieri, the only shipbuilding complex in the world active in all sectors of high-performance shipbuilding technology, and Saipem, global leader in the engineering and construction of infrastructure for […]
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A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in Doha between the Group and the Qatar Navy Fincantieri and the Qatar Navy (QENF – Qatar Emiri Naval Forces) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Doha with the aim of starting a dialogue leading to new contracts for the provision of training courses […]
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Fincantieri joins the prestigious Industrial Liaison Program (ILP) of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Through this membership agreement, the Group will be able to develop dialogues with researchers, faculty members and students to remain at the frontier of innovation. The collaboration is part of the route towards the implementation of the 2023-2027 Industrial Plan. This agreement will become […]
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The agreement will create a production chain of military ships based in the United Arab Emirates with an estimated value of 30 billion euros. EDGE, one of the world's leading advanced technology and defense groups, and Fincantieri, one of the largest shipbuilding companies in the world, have signed a term sheet for the creation of a joint venture (JV) […]
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Vard, a Norwegian subsidiary of the Fincantieri Group, has signed a contract for the design and construction of a state-of-the-art, customized hybrid Service Operation Vessel (SOV) for Cyan Renewables, a specialist operator of offshore wind energy vessels in Asia. Vard was selected for the design and construction following a tender […]
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The initiative, born in collaboration with the ELIS consortium, aims to train and hire shipbuilding workers to address the shortage of specialized manpower. Fincantieri inaugurated the "Masters of the Sea" project in Rome, launching a paid training program, which will bring to the inclusion of 90 people by the summer. It is a learning journey […]
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by Editorial Staff Fincantieri intends to intensify the production of frigates for the United States Navy through the use of robotic welders. The news comes from the United States, and the company's goal is to triple the productivity of its American construction sites thanks to automation. The Trieste company is currently engaged in the construction of the new class of Constellation frigates for [...]
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by Editorial Staff A national underwater hub was inaugurated yesterday in La Spezia, in the presence of the Ministers of Defense Guido Crosetto and Ministers of Sea Policies Nello Musumeci. The Hub is described as an incubator of technologies for the security of the underwater domain, with a focus on critical infrastructures, from the data backbones [...]
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A Memorandum Of Understanding signed to define initiatives and developments linked to systems, including underwater drones, for the protection of critical underwater infrastructures Fincantieri and Leonardo strengthen their collaboration with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in the underwater domain, with the aim of putting a common factor is their respective skills and abilities in the sector. […]
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Three new generation patrol vessels for the joint venture between Fincantieri and Leonardo As part of the OPV (Offshore Patrol Vessel) acquisition program of the Italian Navy (MM), Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (OSN), the joint venture owned by Fincantieri and Leonardo with shares of 51% and 49% respectively, signed with the Directorate of Naval Armaments [...]
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Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (OSN), the joint venture owned by Fincantieri and Leonardo with interests of 51% and 49% respectively, has signed, with the Directorate of Naval Armaments of the General Secretariat of Defence/DNA, the Framework Agreement for the maintenance Operating Conditions (MCO) for the aircraft carrier Cavour and the Orizzonte class destroyers Andrea Doria and Caio Duilio [...]
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The US Navy has in its fleet a new medium-sized multi-purpose vessel built by Fincantieri through its company in Wisconsin, Marinette Marine Corp. We are talking about the USS Cooperstown LCS-23, a Freedom class frigate, whose acronym stands for Littoral Combat Ships. Docked in the port of New York she is awaiting the ceremony of [...]
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Fincantieri and Leonardo signed additional memoranda of understanding at Elefsis with potential new suppliers with advantages for the economy and national defense As part of the collaboration with the local industrial ecosystem and the strengthening of the collaboration between Italy and Greece, Fincantieri and Leonardo signed a number of additional Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with potential new Greek suppliers, […]
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Eni and Fincantieri have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which aims to launch a collaboration to promote initiatives aimed at the energy transition, by identifying a system of integrated solutions in decarbonization projects in the energy, transport and of the circular economy. Eni and Fincantieri have identified areas of common interest in which [...]
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The program agreement has been signed between the Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport and the Port System Authority of the Central Adriatic Sea, which will guarantee 40 million euros to be allocated to strategic infrastructural investments for the development of shipbuilding in the port of Ancona. The resources allocated by MIT, as part of the plan of priority infrastructural interventions [...]
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Yesterday in Naples the summit between Italy and France, with Emmanuel Macron and Giuseppe Conte present, in the evocative setting of the Royal Palace. After a brief visit to the San Ferdinando Theater and a walk in the city center, the French president declared on the sidelines of the summit: “It is the summit of diplomatic peace, of the relaunch of cooperation [...]
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The EU Commission has established that the acquisition of the French shipyards in Saint Nazaire is incompatible with the internal market and with EU competition rules. A setback to the Joint Venture between the Italian shipbuilding giant Fincantieri and the French Stx-France. The president of Fincantieri Giampiero Massolo commented on the setback as follows: [...]
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In the presence of the President of the Council of Ministers, Giuseppe Conte, the Managing Directors of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Fabrizio Palermo, Fincantieri, Giuseppe Bono, Terna, Luigi Ferraris and Eni, Claudio Descalzi, today signed an agreement in Ravenna that lays the foundations for the establishment of a company for the development and construction of [...]
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“But what does Luigi Di Maio want? I am not a minister, or rather an undersecretary, I have not sworn on the French Constitution ”, so Macron's new adviser, the Italian Sandro Gozi, responded to the Italian controversy in an article in the Republic. It should be remembered that Sandro Gozi was a politician in the ranks of the Democratic Party and undersecretary for [...]
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The Chief Executive Officer of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Fabrizio Palermo, the Chief Executive Officer of Fincantieri, Giuseppe Bono, the Chief Executive Officer of Terna, Luigi Ferraris and the Chief Executive Officer of Eni Claudio Descalzi signed yesterday, at the Eni headquarters at EUR of Rome, a non-binding agreement for the development and construction on an industrial scale of production plants of [...]
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Today, at the Fincantieri plant in Muggiano (La Spezia), the multi-role frigate "Antonio Marceglia", eighth of a series of 10 FREMM units - European Multi Mission Frigates - commissioned to Fincantieri as part of the agreement was delivered to the Italian Navy of Italian-French international cooperation, with the coordination of OCCAR, the joint organization for European cooperation in [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The Confindustria of France and Italy have organized an economic forum, drawing a clear line between political and economic-industrial issues. The protagonists of the forum were the two finance ministers. Frenchman Bruno Le Maire was clear about the fact that the Stx-Fincantieri agreement will be made. But it is also interesting [...]
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Once again, the participation of the "tricolor arrows" unequivocally underlines the "inseparable link" between the region and the National Aerobatic Team (PAN). In fact, next March XNUMXst, the embrace between the city of Trieste and the Pan will be renewed which, on the occasion of the baptism of the Venice Coast, will color the skies of Trieste with a gigantic [...]
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This morning the Chief of Staff of the Navy, team admiral Valter Girardelli, accompanied by the engineer Angelo Fusco, director of the military ships division of Fincantieri, visited the Castellammare di Stabia plant, where the Trieste ship is under construction, the new Multi-role amphibious unit of the Navy. The activity, which also saw the participation [...]
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The Aachen agreement between France and Germany could penalize the Italian military industry which needs to actively participate in new programs. The alternative to the Franco-German axis could be to look more closely at the Anglo-Saxon industrial world. Very interesting what is written by Sole24 on the fact that Italy could look to Great Britain, where there is already [...]
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(by Admiral Giuseppe De Giorgi) After the previews of various national economic newspapers, regarding the analysis of the large investment banks on the rapprochement between the two groups, the confirmation of the renewed partnership between two of the major Italian companies to address the challenge of international markets. Pivoting on the existing, but neglected for too long, [...]
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Faced with Chinese competition, in shipbuilding, we need to team up. This was the common reason that brought two giants of the sea closer together. The Italian Fincantieri and the French Naval Group. About a year ago Emmanuel Macron and Paolo Gentiloni signed an agreement that provided for an Airbus of the seas with the consequent control, by [...]
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“Poseidon”, the merger project between Fincantieri and Naval Group announced by Macron and Gentiloni in Lyon last year is not experiencing happy moments. 51% of Stx France by Fincantieri is still being examined by the French, German and European competition authority, but it is only a bureaucratic matter. The French press yesterday, [...]
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Leonardo and Fincantieri, as part of the collaboration and preferred partnership started in October 2014, have agreed the guiding principles of an agreement in the military ships sector to better grasp the new challenges on international markets in order to present joint solutions in an increasingly competitive and demanding sector. The enhancement of mutual skills [...]
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Through the US Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program, the consortium where Fincantieri is located, with its subsidiary Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM), and Lockheed Martin Corporation, won the contract for another LCS, the fifteenth ship of the “Freedom” variant LCS program. Fincantieri and Lockheed Martin have delivered seven ships to the US Navy, of [...]
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The president of Fincantieri, Giampiero Massolo, at the Ambrosetti workshop in Cernobbio spoke about the agreement with Paris on shipbuilding. “Soon the agreement with Paris on the military“, the first step, to close the Italian-French agreement in civil shipbuilding, where the green light from the antitrust authorities for the transfer of control of Stx to Fincantieri is expected this autumn. Then go to [...]
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The Italian Navy is considering changing the initial design of some of its new multifunctional PPA ships, to make them smaller, and possibly give them anti-submarine capability, Defense News reports. The seven ships were ordered under the Naval Law, for a value of € 5,4 billion (US $ 6,3 [...]
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An agreement was signed today in Rome between the State Police and Fincantieri for the prevention and combating of computer crimes involving information systems and services of particular importance for the country, including the technological platforms of Fincantieri, one of the largest naval engineering groups [...]
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In the presence of the Minister of Defense Elisabetta Trenta, welcomed by the CEO of Fincantieri Giuseppe Bono and by the President Giampiero Massolo, the launch ceremony of the LSS logistic support unit took place today at the Muggiano site of the Naval Integrated Military Shipyard. (Logistic Support Ship) "Vulcano", commissioned to Fincantieri as part of the renovation plan [...]
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It was delivered in recent days at the Norwegian shipyard of Vard Langsten "Kronprins Haakon", an oceanographic icebreaker intended to operate in polar waters, built by Fincantieri for the Institute of Marine Research (Imr), the oceanographic research body and government of the Norwegian government. After the completion of the construction process at the integrated Riva shipyard [...]
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The collaboration agreement between the Department of Engineering and Architecture (Dia) of the University of Trieste, Fincantieri and Intergraph Italia, part of the Hexagon group, today sanctioned the inauguration of the new integrated naval design laboratory. It is a unique multidisciplinary environment of its kind in Italy. Equipped with 12 latest generation workstations supplied by Fincantieri [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The new and first LSS, Logistic Support Ship of the six foreseen by the Naval Law is about to arrive at the Fincantieri plant in Riva Trigoso. Thus began the military industrial program which will involve the major Italian companies operating in the sector and which in various capacities will be involved in the process [...]
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While negotiations continue between Naval Group and Fincantieri, Italy is in talks with Germany for the purchase of two U-212A class submarines. This was reported by "La Tribune", explaining that the operation should be completed within this year. Fincantieri's CEO, Giuseppe Bono, said he had bought "a piece of France". "The Italians play on all [...]
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The future is “dual use”: a control room is needed which conveys supply and demand in a virtuous way
Today, in the presence of the Head of State, Sergio Mattarella, the presentation of the 2018 Report of Italiadecide “Civil and military - Dual technologies for innovation and competitiveness”, published by Il Mulino, took place. The opening of the works by Luciano Violante, President of the Italiadecide association. Among the speeches, also that of Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the Union [...]
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Yesterday, a note reads, Fincantieri signed with the French State represented by the Agence des Participations de l'Etat (APE), through its subsidiary Fincantieri Europe SpA, the purchase agreement for the acquisition of 50% of the capital of STX France. The signature takes place after the termination of the Share Purchase Agreement signed by Fincantieri and STX [...]
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(by Fabio Squillante - Agenzia Nova) Tomorrow, February XNUMXst, an important meeting will be held in Rome on the progress of the cooperation project in military shipbuilding between Fincantieri and Naval Group. For the Italian side, the meeting will be attended by the ministers of defense, Roberta Pinotti, of economic development, Carlo Calenda, of the economy, Pier Carlo Padoan, the CEO of Fincantieri, Giuseppe Bono, [...]
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Isotta Fraschini Motori, a company controlled by Fincantieri, was awarded the “Best Italian Client 2017” award during the Lloyd's Register Awards, a gala evening that celebrates the nautical world, organized every year by the British classification body. The award was given to Ifm for promoting an innovative approach in relations between [...]
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In many articles PRP Channel had talked about the opportunity for Leonardo to enter the Fincantieri-Stx joint venture as soon as possible. 2018 will be the year of the turning point where the Italian group led by Profumo will have important chances to actively participate in the new Italian-French consortium which aims to conquer more and more important slices of the market in the shipbuilding sector [...]
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Following the agreement signed last April between Fincantieri and Viking Ocean Cruises, the contracts for the construction of the seventh and eighth units have become executive; at the same time, the company exercised the option for the ninth and the tenth. The new ships will be twins of those already ordered, four of which have already been delivered [...]
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Naval Group and Fincantieri, with the "strong support" of the governments of France and Italy, will combine their skills by presenting to the Canadian government a "ready to use" and already well proven solution, based on the Fremm frigate project, for the supply of 15 surface combat ships to the Royal Canadian Navy. A note announces it, [...]
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The CEO of Fincantieri, Giuseppe Bono, in a hearing at the Senate Industry Commission spoke about the recent strategic alliance with France. Alliance that has raised not a few discontent among insiders and public opinion. An "agreement for growth", without overlapping ", certainly not" for a restructuring "but" to enter [...]
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FincantieriEurope, the largest shipbuilder will enter the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) if it receives the $ 27 billion dollar contract. Italian funding for the Future Frigates project of $ 27,4 billion which involves the construction of nine ships for the Australian Navy, the first of which will be delivered at the end of 2020. […]
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According to what NOVA reported, for the French press, jobs at risk, relocation to Asia and national predominance are the crucial issues that from the French point of view would have made Italy's takeover of the Stx-Fincantieri deal problematic. In the course of the negotiations that took place during this month, and [...]
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Arnold Donald, CEO of Carnival Corporation, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement with Fincantieri, which envisages the Italian component involved in the construction of a new generation passenger ship for Cunard, the legendary lucco brand of the Anglo-American company. The ship, which will become part of the shipowner's fleet in 2022, will have [...]
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The recent moves made by Europe, as a result of Great Britain's decision to leave the grouping of 28, have been characterized by the relaunch of European defense. The topic dealt with at the Almo Collegio Borromeo in Pavia by illustrious scholars, in the context of an institutional conference, on the future of Europe and its industrial component for defense, put in [...]
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On Monday in Rome the meeting between the ministers of the Economy of Italy and France, Pier Carlo Padoan and Bruno Le Maire, to try to re-establish relations after the mockery given to the Italian government with the decision to temporarily nationalize the shipyards of Saint- Nazaire so as not to end the control of the company Stx in the hands of [...]
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The economy minister Bruno Le Maire returns to talk about the Stx-Fincantieri case declaring that he wants to reach an agreement with Italy by the end of September: "My desire and my will is to reach an agreement with our Italian friends on the shipyards "that should have passed to the group [...]
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The "stake" on the table, which sees the confrontation of Italy and France, becomes higher and higher. The game between the two countries, which began with the leadership of the shipyards at stake, extends to that of telecommunications with Rome threatening to activate the special powers (golden power) on Tim, after the activity of [...]
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“Today the Corvette contract, signed with our Fincantieri, starts, which provides for 5 billion euros for the supply, over 5 years, of 7 naval units destined for the Qatar Navy. The project will employ around 1000 workers in Italy. It is not just a sales contract, but a long-term collaboration […]
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A tense confrontation held initially in an icy climate and continued with the confirmation of the respective intransigent positions clearly distant, closes, if only with a joint declaration that leaves a small opening for a possible agreement to be found at the Franco-French bilateral summit. Italian, scheduled for September 27th. Despite the [...]
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The expected meeting between the French Minister of Economy Bruno Le Maire and the Ministers of Economy and Economic Development Pier Carlo Padoan and Carlo Calenda ended with a “stalemate”. The French minister's proposal for a shareholding split between the two countries, with Italian leadership, as announced, was [...]
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The Minister of Economic Development, Carlo Calenda, who spoke at the meeting of "Forza Europa" (Rome), referring to the Fincantieri case, announced that during the meeting scheduled for next Tuesday with the French Minister Bruno LeMaire NDR, Italy will be firm and decisive : “It is a question of respect and dignity - says the Minister of Economic Development Carlo Calenda. Not […]
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Paris has decided to nationalize the STX shipyards, cutting the way to Fincantieri which had already acquired 66,6% of the company with an agreement signed under the Hollande presidency. The Macron era thus inaugurates a new front with Italy, and it will not be easy for diplomacy to reach an agreement as the positions [...]
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Economy Minister Bruno Le Marie said that France, with the installation of the new Macron government, is reviewing the agreement for the sale of the shipyard to the Italian Fincantieri. “We have made the decision to exercise the state pre-emption right on Stx. We want to ensure that the exceptional skills of the Saint-Nazares shipyards, as well as the [...]
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The Board of Directors of FINCANTIERI SpA ("Fincantieri" or the "Company"), meeting under the chairmanship of Giampiero Massolo, examined and approved the Half-Year Financial Report at 30 June 2017, drawn up in compliance with international accounting standards (IFRS). On the sidelines of the Board meeting, Giuseppe Bono, Chief Executive Officer of Fincantieri, commented: "The operating and financial results achieved in the first half of 2017 [...]
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The companies will develop innovative solutions for the benefit of their respective operating areas Fincantieri, world leader in the construction of cruise ships, and Mapei, a leading company in the chemical sector for the construction industry, with a branch specializing in products for shipbuilding, have signed a strategic collaboration agreement on research and innovation. Through […]
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The ceremony for the cutting of the first sheet metal was held today at the Stabia plant in Fincantieri, which starts the work of the multirole amphibious unit (LHD or Landing Helicopter Dock). The new unit will be delivered in 2022 and is part of the renewal plan of the operational lines of the naval units of the Navy decided by [...]
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Assonave, the 2016 "the year of reckoning", Fincantieri confirms itself as the first Italian company
The Assembly of Associates and Aggregates of ASSONAVE, the Association that represents a large part of the Italian shipbuilding industry, was held today in Rome, under the presidency of Ambassador Vincenzo Petrone. The result was a picture of the world shipbuilding sector now split in two, with the Cruise sector in extreme health, the military and nautical sectors recording [...]
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The ceremony for the sheet metal cutting of the third ship of the "Vista" class that Fincantieri is building for Carnival Cruise Line, a brand of the Carnival Corporation Group, was held today at the Marghera plant. Delivery is scheduled for autumn 2019. The new unit it will be the sister ship of "Carnival Vista", delivered in Monfalcone in April 2016, and of "Carnival Horizon", [...]
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GE Power and Fincantieri have today reached a significant milestone for the joint development of an innovative emissions control system, aimed at reducing pollution in the maritime sector. The new solution bears the name of "Shipboard Pollutant Removal System" (Shipboard PRS), and will be functional to the abatement of emissions in compliance with the most stringent directives [...]
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