-Japanese giant Ebara launches pact at Italy Pavilion-

OSAKA, May 8, 2025/ANSA=Kyodo JBN/--

Veneto is a land of opportunities and potential investments, including from Japan.

Indeed an agreement has been signed by Japanese giant Ebara, a leading pump manufacturer already present in the northeastern Italian region with a plant in Gambellara near Vicenza, which through Ebara Corporation President Shu Nagata has announced that the company will boost its presence with new production spaces.

In addition to the current 26,400 square metres, a new industrial warehouse of over 8.495 square metres will be opened for an investment worth 6 million euros to boost logistics, enabling Veneto to serve all of the company’s markets worldwide.

The setting for the announcement was the Italy Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka where virtuous examples of success in different sectors were examined during the event ‘Investing in Veneto: the place to be in’.

“We want to talk about an ancient history of bilateral relations between Italy and Japan”, said minister Elena Sgarbi, Deputy Commissioner for Italy at Expo 2025 Osaka.

“When we are discussing Japanese investments, we are talking about healthy, well-balanced investments that clearly bring advantages to the companies that make them as well as to local territories – a connection that benefits and enriches both”, added Sgarbi.

The event, organized by the Veneto Region in cooperation with the Business and Made in Italy Ministry, was opened by Roberto Marcato, Veneto’s councillor for economic development.

The industrial and entrepreneurial system of Veneto “is a fertile land attracting foreign investments”, explained Marcato, adding that today this is increasingly true “thanks to law 2/2025 that puts at the disposal of companies 47 million for new plants”.

The councillor recalled that Veneto has a “ZLS (Simplified Logistics Zone) that will generate 2.4 billion in investments, 177,000 new jobs, a 8.4% increase in container traffic, a 40% hike in exports”.

The official went on to say that the new energy plan will bring “8.7 billion in resources set to generate 19.7 billion in investments, cutting Co2 by 18.7 tons and producing 5.7 terawatts/h from renewable energy”.

The event was also attended by Santo Romano, the director of the Veneto Region’s Area of economic policies, human capital and EU programs, who discussed the role played by the territory in attracting foreign investments, with particular reference to the Simplified Logistics Zone (ZLS).

Japanese representatives included Kenji Tanaka, former director di Bonlex Europe, a Japanese company present in Veneto with a plant in Motta di Livenza near Treviso for the production of plastic material.

Tanaka stressed the quality of the Veneto ecosystem which was able to guarantee the effective integration of Bonlex in Italy.

According to the Business and Made in Italy Ministry, the new investments announced show once again the strong connection between Italy and Japan and highlight how Expo represents an occasion to create in a concrete and fruitful way new opportunities between the Veneto Region and Japanese investors.

Source: General Commissioner’s Office of Italy for Expo 2025 Osaka