Bper awards three excellent SMEs from Lazio

Yesterday afternoon, in the prestigious headquarters of the Luiss Campus in Rome, three SMEs in Lazio received the “Restart Italy” award, established by Bper Banca with the aim of enhancing the entrepreneurial stories of small and medium-sized Italian companies, capable of stand out thanks to a deep spirit of innovation and development, in a particular moment like the current one between the global crisis and the opportunities offered by the NRP. The awarded companies are Epico Group, represented by the Chief Executive Officer Valerio Andreoli Bonazzi, is an industrial holding that controls and manages plants for the production of energy from renewable sources in Italy and abroad. Born as a hydroelectric operator, with the pandemic the Group begins to redesign the plants focusing on renewables, so as to stabilize the flows. In this way, 20 MW were produced in 14 months, doubling the hydroelectric power in 14 months. Osa Operatori Sanitari Associati is a cooperative that provides assistance in the social and health field, mainly targeting non self-sufficient people. Founded in 1985 by a group of young doctors, psychologists and social workers in a garage in Tor Vergata, in Rome, to take care of those who were sick and not self-sufficient, in those years especially AIDS patients, today it is a reality that counts almost 50 thousand clients, over 3 thousand members and generates a turnover of 120 million euros on the basis of the principle of building a system around people’s needs. The award was withdrawn by the President Giuseppe Milanese. Palomar, represented by co-CEO Nicola Serra, is an Italian production company that in its thirty years of activity has created over 150 works including television series, cinema, documentaries, animation and entertainment active at an international level. Palomar, which has been a partner of the international Mediawan group since 2019, has established important collaborations with the best Italian and international talents, proposing itself as a privileged interlocutor in the context of European co-productions. Among the most representative titles, Il commissario Montalbano, the international success based on the novels of Andrea Camilleri, The young Montalbano, I delitti del BarLume, the Emmy nominated fiction Braccialetti rossi. “The three awarded companies are a pride for a Lazio region, which it represents one of the strategic territories for our Bank, and which is confirmed to be rich in stories and successful entrepreneurial figures that make up an industrial and productive fabric of great value for the country “, underlines Stefano Rossetti, Deputy General Manager of Bper Banca. “We deeply believe in the potential of the companies in this area: according to the estimates provided by Prometeia, the added value in real terms in industry in the strict sense grew by 12.2% in 2021, making it possible to almost completely recover the previous level the pandemic. The role that Bper Banca wants to continue to play in support of the economy of this area is to support companies, to continue to provide them with the necessary tools to explore new business and development opportunities, helping them – in this crucial moment for the future of the country’s economy – to make the most of the opportunities offered by the PNRR “.” The Lazio Region has already started with the new programming of European funds 2021/27, which together with the PNRR represents an extraordinary opportunity to return to grow. In this region between 17 and 20 billion euros will land in the next few years “, recalls the Councilor for Economic Development of the Region Lazio Paolo Orneli, on the sidelines of the event ‘The Economy of Italy – Industry, supply chains and capital for the restart: the Lazio system’, held at Luiss. “These funds – continued Orneli – will be used not to return to the pre-Covid development model but to build a radically new perspective, based on innovation, sustainability, social inclusion and a strategic investment in people’s skills”. To best represent the will to restart, the Bper Banca “Restart Italy” award was presented by the Central West Territorial Director of the Institute, Luigi Zanti, to three Lazio excellences: Epico Group, Osa and Palomar. The SMEs of Lazio received the Bper Banca “Restart Italy” award at the local stage of the event “The Economy of Italy – Industry, supply chains and capital for the restart”, the roadshow created by Bper in partnership with Corriere della Evening.