The southern Italian region of Puglia
shined the spotlight on the strategic role it plays in the
aerospace industry with an international forum at Expo 2020
Dubai on Monday
"Over the last 10 years, together we took the decision to help
with the European and Italian challenge of conquerng space,"
Puglia Governor Michele Emiliano said as he opened the event,
entitled 'A journey through beauty and innovation: from Puglia
to Outer Space' at the amphitheatre of the Italy Pavilion.
"Puglia is one of Italy's top regions in terms of aerospace
activities and the number of production facilities it has and it
is the leader in carbon-fibre composite materials and
intelligent motor systems for aeronautics and space"
Some 540 Puglia firms employing 7,931 workers are involved in
the sector.
In 2019 Puglia's aerospace exports were worth 737.9 million
euros, 11.9% of the total for the whole of Italy, up from 5% in
2009.
It did pretty well in 2020 too, despite the pandemic, with
exports worth 541 million euros.
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