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The history of Banca Ifis is closely linked to that of the companies we have supported in recent years, and together we’ve embarked on a pathway based on shared values. This is because we believe in a company and in building a more sustainable future, in helping create a business community that focuses on innovation, in continuing to promote the land to which it belongs and its drive towards excellence, and in continuing to offer a financial partnership, but also much more.

The PMIheores are back in action to bring their contribution in the 4 dimensions of doing business. PMIheroes evolves into a choral tale: the many faces of Italian enterprise come together around four values, four ways to continue walking together yesterday, today and tomorrow.

“Entrepreneurs are business leaders with great market and product-related skills. In a country like Italy, it is precisely the SMEs that support the manufacturing sector and the supply chains.”

RAFFAELE ZINGONE, CO-GENERAL MANAGER AND CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER OF BANCA IFIS

PMIheroes

A journey to discover the pillars on which companies build their success

Sustainability

Building a more sustainable society in every sense involves a pathway by which institutions, banks and companies share their objectives and their strategies

Sustainability

Building a more sustainable society in every sense involves a pathway by which institutions, banks and companies share their objectives and their strategies

Innovation

The future is already here today, in all the research and development activities aimed at providing more innovative materials, cutting-edge technologies, and more effective and efficient production processes

Innovation

The future is already here today, in all the research and development activities aimed at providing more innovative materials, cutting-edge technologies, and more effective and efficient production processes

Excellent local products

Italy is a country rich in local character, and every region has its own specialities and prestige products, and above all the excellent companies that represent them

Excellent local products

Italy is a country rich in local character, and every region has its own specialities and prestige products, and above all the excellent companies that represent them

Partnership Relationship

Financial support is a vital element in the life of a company, which needs to have trusted partners at its side

Partnership Relationship

Financial support is a vital element in the life of a company, which needs to have trusted partners at its side

Context

Towards which horizon is Italian entrepreneurship pointing? Not just stories, but realities on the market, numbers that highlight the path that companies are treading and will have to continue treading in order to look to the business of tomorrow

50% SMEs interested in green

By 2024, investments will have been made in the green sector, focusing in particular on the reduction/recycling of waste/production waste and the use of renewable energy sources

80% of ceramics are from Emilia

Most of the production comes from the so-called ‘ceramics district’ in the province of Modena, an example of an area with a centuries-old vocation

56% of SMEs looking at innovation

Between 2023 and 2024 will be those implementing product/service innovations

24% banking partnerships

Almost a quarter of SME investments are financed by bank credit and are therefore realised through a partnership with a financial institution



	
	
	

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