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On June 6th 2008 the new production plant of Bonlex Europe decorative surfacing material producer was inaugurated in Motta di Livenza, Treviso (Veneto region).

Aleo Solar opens Italian sales, business and marketing office.

INTRALOT S.A. announces that, through its subsidiary INTRALOT Italia spa, has acquired 100 percent of the Italian Joint Venture company, William Hill Codere Italia Srl. (WHCI), thus further strengthening its position in the Italian betting market. The gross consideration agreed is €5.5 million.

Hilding Anders has acquired 100% of the shares of the Italian bed manufacturer, Bedding Srl. The company is based in Pove del Grappa, close to Treviso in Italy, and is expected to have sales of SEK 160 million in 2008.

Vagit Alekperov, President of OAO LUKOIL ('LUKOIL'), and Alessandro Garrone, CEO of ERG S.p.A. ('ERG') signed an agreement to establish a joint venture, that will operate the ISAB refinery complex in Priolo, Sicily.

The worldwide boom of the iron and steel industry continues despite the price increase of raw materials. In Europe, steel consumption grew more than 5% in 2007, driven mainly by the construction and automotive industry.

BKW FMB Energy Ltd (BKW) is expanding its presence in Italy by acquiring minority interests in one biomass plant in the Campania region and one on the island of Sardinia.

Tetra Pak, the world leader in food processing and packaging solutions, today announced it will invest €26 million in new printing and laminating technologies at its packaging materials plant in Rubiera, Italy.

Enel and Sharp signed an agreement to form a strategic partnership in the photovoltaic sector.

Fisher & Paykel Appliances unveiled its new global manufacturing strategy that involves shifting three of the Company's manufacturing facilities to a combination of existing sites in Thailand and Italy and its recently purchased manufacturing plant located in Reynosa, Mexico.