An important productive heart under an elegant dress made of art, history and culture. So, you could describe Vicenza as a province that plays a starring role on the Italian and world economic scene but that is also able to conquer the hearts of tourists, attracted to the city by the fascination of its Palladian architecture.
Vicenza is the province of firsts. In fact, the statistics examining the principal economic indicators always place this area in positions of excellence, a sign of a dynamic, well-structured production and commercial context, supported by numbers and attentive to quality, a player in the internal market and with a strategic propensity for exports. With more than 86,000 businesses operating in the territory, and the ability to generate 90 billion EUR in sales, Vicenza can be considered, to all effects, the production heart of the northeast, the Italian area with the highest concentration of businesses.
Small and medium-sized businesses represent the strength of the Vicenza economy, whose production context is formed by a widespread network of companies that are capable of assuming positions of leadership in sectors such as mechatronics, gold jewelry, tanning, clothing textiles, furniture, ceramics and in many other sectors.
The propensity for exports is another characteristic of local businesses: it is sufficient to note that foreign sales account for 9,266,000,000 EUR. A figure that places Vicenza third in Italy, for the value of its exports, after Milan the financial capital of the Belpaese, and Turin, with the headquarters of Fiat, one of the most important automobile manufacturers in Europe. Which is to say that, in Vicenza, business feels right at home.

Vicenza Qualità, a business partner
In this context of excellence we also find the activities of Vicenza Qualità, a special company of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Crafts and Agriculture whose primary mission is to support the internationalization of Vicenza businesses. Vicenza Qualità is, thus, the access key to a productive reality that is distinguished for the variety and breadth of its offering and that looks towards foreign markets with interest. Vicenza Qualità provides many tools to facilitate contacts and exchanges between Vicenza businesses and the global market: foreign trade fairs, economic missions, collaboration agreements, a world information desk and communications are just a few of the meeting opportunities offered by the special company of the Chamber of Commerce. Its Internet web site, www.vicenzaqualita.org, is one of the most important resources to consult for those who want to do business with Vicenza's companies.

VICENZA QUALITÀ
The special promotion company of the Vicenza Chamber of Commerce
Via E. Fermi, 134, 5th floor – 36100 Vicenza (Italy)
Tel. +39 0444 994750 Fax +39 0444 994769
URL: www.vicenzaqualita.org
E-mail: info@vicenzaqualita.org