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WTC TRIESTE PART OF THE “BELT AND ROAD FORUM”

April 12, 2018 - On March 26th, WTC Trieste was involved in to the event “Belt and Road Forum”, organized by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, in cooperation with the Italian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, the Italy China Foundation and the China Chamber of International Commerce. The aim of the event was encouraging business opportunities between Italian and Chinese companies, with specific focus on Chongqing economic area. In the morning, the program included different panels which have highlighted several themes, including new opportunities for trade and investment through the "New Silk Road", in the internal areas of China and join activities to be developed in Trieste, specifically in the Free Custom Areas of the Port. In the afternoon, the program included a series of B2B meetings between Chinese companies of different fields and local companies, with the aim of finding synergies and meeting points, developing commercial and business opportunities. It has been a relevant chance for the WTC Trieste and for the local authorities to be recognized as strategic partner for the economic relations between Europe and China. Read More

WTC TRIESTE MEMBERS ATTEND WTCA GA IN LEEUWARDEN

March 16, 2018 - WTC Trieste is glad to announce its attendance at the 49th annual World Trade Centers Association (WTCA) General Assembly (GA), which will take place from April, 22th to April, 27th in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands. In order to allow to its Members to experience the vibrant spirit of the association and to provide them with new business opportunities, creating fruitful links with Dutch companies, the WTC Trieste will bring to the 2018 WTCA General Assembly two Member companies operating in the field of Food & Beverage: “Antica Tostatura Triestina S.r.l.” and “DIVI S.r.l.”. We think that the attendance of our Member Companies to the WTCA GA in the Netherlands will allow them to meet expert & influencers in international trade from all over the world, to have networking opportunities with WTC Colleagues. Greater Focus by the organizers has been given to matchmaking with local companies to support trade links and investments. Read More

TRIESTE: HI-TECH HUB AGAINST PETROLEUM DISASTERS

March 16, 2018 - In the Trieste Port area, Saipem-Sonsub, one of the most important company in the sector of construction and maintenance of infrastructures serving the oil & gas industry, has established a plant aimed at assembling and installing high-tech underwater robotics to prevent and reduce the risk of petroleum disasters. It is an important operation, which has assigned to the Port of Trieste the role of the international hub for emergency operations for the whole planet, the playground where the technologically advanced submarine equipment will be tested. Trieste has been chosen for different reasons: for the optimal characteristics and for the logistics, due to a quay characterized by important depths and clear water, where large boats can dock therefore it is possible to do the tests; for the presence in this area of an adequate supply chain and especially for the opportunity to operate under a Free Custom Zones. The submarine robots have been previously built and assembled in Houston: now this activity will be developed in Trieste. The first turning point that made Trieste a worldwide base was the “Offset Installation System” (OIS), a giant yellow equipment characterized by a huge cap able to close, from one kilometre away, an underwater oil well to which all the safety valves have been blown, preventing the escape of oil and gas in the open sea. Read More

2018 WTCS EUROPEAN REGIONAL MEETING IN TRIESTE

February 15, 2018 - At the end of January, WTC Trieste hosted for the second time the annual WTCs European Regional Meeting. It has been a very useful opportunity for the WTC delegates to exchange reciprocal business experiences, common problems and solutions, and to establish new business links. The event was attended by a dozen WTCs from across Europe, other Non-European countries and Board Members and CEO of WTCA. Of those Members attending the conference, they represented assets worth in excess of €3.2bn which provide almost 9m sqft of commercial accommodation. In the morning, the attendees were engaged in a board discussion on the implementation of the business plan for 2018-2020. This was followed by a detailed presentation from the Director of Communications and Member Relations, Alex Brown, on the director in relation to the Marking and Promotional initiatives. During the roundtables, the delegates discussed about different themes, related to “Real Estate” and “Business Services”, coordinated by Board Members, an open forum for Member input into the direction of travel relating to these two initiatives. The pictures of the event are available in the section “WTC Trieste Gallery” in the WTCA web portal. At the end of the session, it has been proposed another appointment for a “2018 WTCs European Regional Meeting”, which will take place in June in Cyprus. We strongly encourage your attendance to it. Read More

WTC TRIESTE & WTC LAS VEGAS COLLABORATED FOR CES18

February 15, 2018 - Thanks to the support of the Italian Government (MISE – Ministry of Economic Development), in co-organization with Area Science Park, Teorema, APSTI, e-Novia, Industrio, Italia Startup, TILT and Unicredit Start Lab, for the first time the presence at CES of more than 120 participants from Italy has been achieved through the collaboration of WTC Trieste and WTC Las Vegas. CES is the Consumer Electronics Show held in Las Vegas, the most important world trade show in field of technology. A particularly fruitful presence of Italian Startup companies, because on Friday 12 January, in the frame of the Las Vegas Convention Center, a significant “Memorandum of Understanding” was signed between the Consumer Technology Association, the Las Vegas Convention and the Visitors Authority, the WTC Las Vegas and the WTC Trieste. It was a great initiative, which provide to the Italian Startups a high level of exposure, alongside world-renowned consumer electronics brands. One of the main purpose of the MoU is to promote each other’s regions for tourism and international business exchange opportunities and to boost regularly the possibility if exchanging trade delegations, providing each other with information and business contacts. Trieste was presented at the CES in Las Vegas as the "access door" to the European markets for the innovative products with high technological content, coming mainly from North American and Far Eastern markets, thanks to the peculiarities of the Port and Free Zones, the excellent logistics system, all integrated with the Scientific Park in Trieste. Read More

WTCs EUROPEAN REGIONAL MEETING: JANUARY 25TH 2018

November 30, 2017 - Save the date: Thursday January 25th, 2018 WTC Trieste will host the “WTCs European Regional Meeting”. The event is open to worldwide World Trade Center Delegates interested in learning more about European successful business stories, in establishing new business links and consolidating already existing connections. The initiative aims at encouraging synergies among WTCs of the same geographical area. Common problems and solutions will be discussed; working experiences will be shared; networking opportunities will be included in the program. The event theme is “Networking Leaders”. No other association is able to open the doors to reliable business connections and create immediate global links like we do. A representation of officers from the WTCA HQ is taking part to the event and contributing with innovative solutions to further support the development of the Network. The Agenda of the Meeting is available at following link: http://www.wtctrieste.com/program/ The day after the Meeting is focused on stimulating links between WTC delegates and local Members through the “World Trade Day” breakfast business meetings.Collateral events are planned to discover the territory and understand its cultural economic values. It is possible to register at following link: http://www.wtctrieste.com/registration/ For additional information please contact Tiffany Avati at info@wtctrieste.com Read More

WTC TRIESTE LEADS A GROUP FOR THE CES 2018

November 30, 2017 - WTC Trieste together with WTC Las Vegas and CTA Las Vegas are organizing the attendance of a large delegation of Italian Start-up companies, attending CES 2018. Italy will be represented at CES with more than 50 innovative ICT Start-up Companies. The initiative is supported by the Italian Government (MISE – Ministry of Economic Development), and co-organized with Area Science Park, Teorema, APSTI, e-Novia, Industrio, Italia Startup, TILT and Unicredit Start Lab. The event will be commemorated with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between WTC Trieste and WTC Las Vegas, for future mutual collaboration businesses. For additional information, please contact Leonardo Monniello at membership@wtctrieste.com Read More

WTC TRIESTE ATTENDS THE "WORLD TRADE DAY" IN TWENT

October 27, 2017 - WTC Trieste attended the "World Trade Day" event organized by WTC Twente on 2017, November 6th. WTC Twente and WTC Trieste have arranged an Italian gourmet Food & Beverage products tasting paired with wines during the event, targeted to the public of the event, plus a selection of Restaurant & Bar Owners, Food Managers of Clubs, Catering companies and other business users -targeted customers- of the WTC Trieste B2B platform of Italian Food & Beverage. The aim of this initiative is to allow the targeted users attending the event to discover the high quality of the "100% Made in Italy" products, introducing them to the platform and the great variety of products available, the efficient services related to the portal, in order to convince them about the reliability of the tool. It will be a great opportunity to achieve a common goal: to increase the platform sales (for which WTC Twente and WTC Trieste are collaborating) and to open the market in the Netherlands. Read More

WTCs ITALIAN FOOD & BEVERAGE B2B PLATFORM

October 27, 2017 - From the launch of the largest B2B e-commerce platform of selected high quality Italian Food & Wine products, there are several WTCs involved into this intitiative: WTC Twente and WTC Dublin at European level and WTC Indianapolis in the USA. Nowadays, there are further WTCs which are already in contact with WTC Trieste to be involved in this project, for example WTC Saskatoon, WTC Vancouver, WTC Montreal, WTC Algiers, WTC Cyprus and finally WTC Gibraltar, which has signed the "Commission Sharing Agreement" during the 2017 WTCA Member Seminar in New York, joining this profitable initiative. The platform is a tool to support trade and generate revenues for WTCs interested in joining it. It is completely free of charges for the users. It aims at informing, approaching and managing business users (Restaurant & Bar Owners, Catering Companies, Hotels, Food Managers of Clubs, Agents, Retailers, etc.) interested in buying directly from the selected high quality producers of gourmet Food & Beverage goods, by choosing them among 13,000+ references. Starting point are 13,000+ products from Italy, but final goal will be to include in the platform all possible high quality and gourmet Food & Beverage products "100% Made in Europe". The platform is connected to an advanced Warehouse Management System (WMS) which allows a shorter distribution: from the producers directly to the foreign customers. WTC Trieste provides everything: the wide variety of Italian Food & Beverage products, the technology with several tools to add the potential customers and to monitor their activities into the platform, the logistics, the administrative and payment systems. Business users can register for free and they are not obliged to buy products once registered. WTC Trieste invites all the WTCs interested in figuring out more about the initiative to contact Mr. Leonardo Monniello, Web Assistant of WTC Trieste, in order to understand more about the business model, the functionalities of the platform and the related administration panel. If your WTC is interested in understanding more about the platform, please refer to: membership@wtctrieste.com. Read More

WTC TRIESTE MEETS WTC SASKATOON

September 29, 2017 - On Saturday, September 23th 2017, the WTC Saskatoon President, Mr. John Williams, together with a business representative, visited WTC Trieste to meet the Directors. Aim of the visit was exchanging reciprocal WTC business experiences. It was a very productive meeting, which allows both of the WTCs involved to find mutual synergies especially in the field of agri-food and wines. Another relevant topic of the meeting was WTC Saskatoon Real Estate development plan. There are several similarities between the cities of Trieste and Saskatoon, both in quantitative and qualitative terms and, accordingly to this, it will be possible to work together in the near future to reach common goals. Read More

2018 WTCs EUROPEAN REGIONAL MEETING UPDATE

August 31, 2017 - Save the date: Thursday January 25th, 2018 WTC Trieste will host the “WTCs European Regional Meeting”. The event program will be announced at the Member Seminar in New York (15th-17th October 2017). The event is open not exclusively to European WTCs but also to other World Trade Center Delegates interested in learning more about European successful business histories, in establishing new business links and consolidating already existing connections. Collateral events are planned to discover the territory and understand its cultural and economic values. The initiative aims at encouraging synergies among WTCs of the same geographical area. Common problems and solution will be discussed; working experiences will be shared; networking opportunities will be included in the program. For additional information please contact Tiffany Avati at info@wtctrieste.com Read More

WTC Trieste Business Academy: Seminar

August 24, 2017 - WTC Trieste organizes a seminar, promoted by EXANTE XNT, which includes a training event aimed at sharing high financial educational skills for entrepreneurs, professionals and traders from the Northeast of Italy. The speakers, eng. Mirko Castignani and Dr. Andrea Vaturi, are experts in the financial sector, primary level trainers in the subject of trade with a solid bios. They are also specialized in the field of financial trading as a strategic investment instrument. The goal of the event is to provide participants with a high-level financial education that can help them to invest in a profitable way and maximize liquidity by improving their companies’ profitability, also gaining resources that can then be invested in additional financial activities, creating a virtuous circle that starts from the knowledge of the market and its dynamics. One of the main topics tackled will be the liquidity management as a tool to generate additional resources, currency hedges for international operations and investment potential for the current year, both on the Italian market and, in particular, focused on the US market. Additional information available at membership@wtctrieste.com Read More