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This section of Invitalia website includes interviews with the senior management of foreign companies operating in Italy. Some of them received support and/or services to set up their business by the Italian national agency for inward investment and enterprise development.

[16/12/2010]

Interview with Roberto Loiola, Vice President of Huawei Western-Europe

Huawei through continuous customer-centric innovation, it has established end-to-end advantages in Telecom Network Infrastructure, Application & Software, Professional Services and Devices.

[15/11/2010]

Interview with Barbara Wohanka, Chief Executive Officer of Wohanka, Obermaier & Kollegen GmbH.

After the company was founded in 1998 in Southern Germany, entrepreneur Barbara Wohanka quickly expanded to other locations in Europe

[02/09/2010]

Interview with Gianluca Boschi, Country Manager Italy, Cable&Wireless Worldwide

Cable&Wireless Worldwide is one of the world's leading international communications companies specialising in providing critical communication network and services and has been present in Italy since 1991.

[09/06/2010]

Interview with Charles H. Sherwood, Ph.D. President & CEO Anika Therapeutics, Inc.

Anika Therapeutics, Inc. develops, manufactures and commercializes therapeutic products for tissue protection, healing and repair. These products are based on hyaluronic acid (HA), a naturally occurring, biocompatible polymer found throughout the body.

[12/05/2010]

Interview with Mr Daniel Lapeyre, President and CEO Sanofi-Aventis Italia

Sanofi-aventis is the leading pharmaceutical company in Italy where it operates in the group's seven therapeutic areas of excellence

[17/03/2010]

Interview with Arduino Patacchini, CEO Skylogic

Skylogic, based in Turin, provides IP broadband and broadcasting services for businesses, public administration and consumers as well.

[17/02/2010]

Interview with Antonio Messina, Managing Director Merck Serono S.p.A.

Merck Serono is the innovative prescription pharmaceuticals division of Merck, a global pharmaceutical and chemical group.

[30/11/2009]

Interview with Chris Torrance , CEO Horizon Discovery

Horizon arrived in Turin at the Centro for Biotecnologie Molecolari (MBC) and 2i3T – business accelerator of the Turin University in 2008.

[20/10/2009]

Interview with Patrik Jonsson - President and CEO Eli Lilly Italia

Lilly Italia is the subsidiary of the American multinational Eli Lilly and Company since 1876, one of the largest pharmaceutical manufacturers in the world.

[31/08/2009]

Interview with Giovanni Buogo, Sales Manager Aleo Solar

Aleo Solar AG was founded in 2001 and has been listed in the Frankfurt Stock Exchange’s Prime Standard since 2006. It produces and sells solar modules employing silicon cells and provides complete solar systems to the global photovoltaic market.

[26/05/2009]

Interview with Stefano Venturi, Managing Director of Cisco Italy and Vice President Cisco Corporate

Cisco Systems opened its Italian branch in 1994; in 15 years Cisco Italy has grown up from 12 to nearly 700 people in five offices: Vimercate (Milan) the Italian headquarter, Rome, Turin, Padua and Monza, where is located the Cisco Photonics R&D laboratory created after the acquisition of Pirelli Sistemi Ottici (December 1999).

[15/04/2009]

Bonlex Europe - Michiro Kosugi, Chief Executive Officer of Bonlex Europe

"Manufacturing in Italy ensures us workers combined with the world's top design talent. Bonlex Europe, the C.I. Kasei Group's base in Italy, will become an advanced design and new technology centre for the whole group...." Michiro Kosugi, CEO, Bonlex Europe.

[04/03/2009]

Ziehl-Abegg Italia: interview with Fabio Tanchis, Managing Director (MD)

"Only a direct presence in this market allows you to play your hand effectively in an increasingly competitive and demanding environment ... Having to create a company from scratch, the agency provided crucial help in selecting the perfect location, in establishing contacts with local institutions, in dealing with bureaucratic and administrative formalities and in recruiting staff." Fabio Tanchis, Managing Director (MD), Ziehl-Abegg Italia.

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