Bper assigns the ‘Resilience and innovation’ award to three SMEs from Bergamo

The last stage of ‘L’Economia d’Italia’ took place in Bergamo on 15 November, the journey of Corriere della Sera’s ‘L’Economia’ to discover the industrial and productive structures of the Belpaese promoted together with Bper Banca and other industrial partners. The choice of Bergamo was not accidental, explains a note released by the bank, also considering the title of the meeting ‘Resilience and innovation. The Lombardy model ‘. An opportunity to compare personalities from institutions and industry on how it was possible to start over and turn the page after the tragic chapter of the pandemic that particularly affected this city. During the event, precisely to best represent the will to restart after the pandemic crisis, the ‘Bper Banca Resilience and Innovation Award’ was presented by the institute’s West Lombardy territorial director, Luca Gotti, to three excellences in the Bergamo area: Acerbis Italia, Fiv (known for the ‘Bianchi’ bicycles) and Sinergia. After the intervention of the mayor of Bergamo Giorgio Gori, who highlighted the difficulties of the two years of the pandemic, but also the strong collaboration and desire to recover the territory, Stefano Rossetti, deputy general manager of Bper Banca, was interviewed on how the the presence of a bank with historical popular roots such as Bper can give important support to the economic recovery. “The function of the banking system in helping to transfer the benefits of the NRP to the economic-productive fabric is fundamental. First of all – he said – to intercept the real decision-making centers, which will probably be centralized. So advocacy is required, for which we have set up a specific working group “.” Secondly – he continued – our task will be to identify the large clients, to then go and check in the production chains what can be the support activity of the banking system. of the money arriving from Europe, in fact, will arrive in the work progress phase and there will be the need to advance a portion of the funds. And, finally, there is another very important aspect on which we would like to make our contribution: going to impact, with qualified advice, on all those SMEs that, in order to access financing, must initiate structural investments in strategic areas such as digital transformation itale and the ecological transition “. “Let’s not forget – said Rossetti – our export expertise, which we put at the service of companies both with a dedicated portal, where you can find all the relevant news for companies operating on international markets, and through our own vast network of correspondents that allows us to work even in countries with greater business complexity. We will make all this available to a region with a strong export vocation such as Lombardy “, concluded The three awarded companies are Acerbis Italia, an Italian company with headquarters in Albino (Bg). Founded in 1973 by Franco Acerbis as a manufacturer of plastic materials for the world of motorcycles, it subsequently expanded its production to other industrial sectors such as sportswear and accessories; FIV Edoardo Bianchi, a company that produces bicycles, ranks among the leaders of the international cycling market and boasts more than 125 years of history, which began in 1885. Since May 1997 it has been part of the Cycleurope AB group, a Swedish company belonging to the Grimaldi Group , recognized as the most important world holding in the cycling sector; finally Sinergia, a private manufacturing company owned by the Balduzzi family, since 1996 engaged in the design and construction of machinery and plants for the production and treatment of compressed air and technical gases. “It is a prize that we want to attribute above all to the production system Bergamo, which has been able to best interpret the title of the award ‘Resilience and innovation’. We have selected these three companies – explained Gotti in awarding the award – because they ‘iconize’ precisely these values ​​and are characterized, as well as by the recognized culture of work, also for the ability to create excellent products that successfully establish themselves on international markets. They have a history ranging from 130 to 25 years, so they also demonstrate their capacity for resilience on the time axis. But above all they are three stories beautiful also from a family and entrepreneurial point of view, certainly inspiring for all of us “.