General Confederation of Italian Industry

The General Confederation of Italian Industry (Italian: Confederazione generale dell'industria italiana), commonly known as Confindustria, is the Italian employers' federation and national chamber of commerce, founded in 1910. It groups together more than 113,000 voluntary member companies, accounting for nearly 4,200,000 individuals. It aims to help Italy's economic growth, assisting, in doing so, its members. It is a member of the International Organisation of Employers (IOE). The President is Vincenzo Boccia since 31 March 2016.

Confederazione generale dell'industria italiana
Confindustria
Formation5 May 1910 (1910-05-05)
HeadquartersTurin
Rome, Italy
Region served
Italy
Membership
113,000 companies
President
Carlo Bonomi
Websiteconfindustria.it

Confindustria was a founding member of several organizations, including ISTUD (Istituto Studi Direzionali) and Assingegneria (an organization set up by Confindustria, which has since merged with OICE, L'ingegneria italiana organizzata - which in itself belongs to Confindustria).

Members of Confindustria include ANIMA, Federation of the Italian Associations of Mechanical and Engineering Industries.

It owns the prominent newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore. With local chapters all over Italy, it is popularly synonymous with Italian business.

Branches

These are the main branches of the Confindustria association: Federcostruzioni, Federprogetti, ACIMAC, ACIMGA, AFI, AGIS. AIE, AIMPES, AISCAT, ANAV, ANDIL, ANEPLA, ANFAO, ANFIA, ANFIDA, ANICA, ANIGAS, ANITEC, APT, ASSAEROPORTI, ASSICA, ASSISTAL, ASSITOL, ASSOBETON, ASSOBIODIESEL, ASSOBIRRA, ASSOCARNI, AICA, ASSONCONSULT, ASSOELETTRICA, ASSOGAS, ASSOIMMOBILIARE, ASSOLOGISTICA, ASSOMET, ASSONAVE. ASSOTTICA, ASSTEL, CONFINDUSTRIA ANCMA, Confindustria Ceramica, Confindustria Intellect, Confindustria Radio Televisioni, Farmindustria, Federpesca, Federunacoma, FEM, FISE, ITALGROB, MINERACQUA, TESSILIVARI, UCIMU, UNIC, UNIVIDEO, ACIMALL, ACIMIT, AGENS, AIDEPI, AIIPA, AIOP, AITEC, ANCIT, ANEF, ANES, ANDIA, ANIASA, ANICAV, ANITA, ANPAM, ASSAEREO, ASSALZOO, ASSINFORM, ASSITERNMINAL, ASSIV, ASSOBIBE, ASSOBIOMEDICA, ASSOCALZATURIFICI Italiani, ASSOCARTA, ASSOCOMAPLAST, ASSOCONTROL, ASSOFOND, ASSOGRAFICI, ASSOLATTE, ASSOMAC, ASSOMINERARIA, ASSOSISTEMA, ASSOVETRO, CAGEMA, Confindustria CECED Italia, Confindustria Federorafi, Confindustria marmomacchine, Conditarma, Federacciai, Federterme, Federvini, FIMI, IGAS, ITALMOPA, OICE, UCIMA, UCINA, Unione Petrolifera.

Former Presidents
  • Luigi Benetton (1910 – 1913)
  • Ferdinando Bocca (1913 – 1918)
  • Dante Ferraris (1918 – 1919)
  • Giovanni Battista Pirelli (1919)
  • Giovanni Silvestri (1919 – 1920)
  • Ettore Conti (1920 – 1921)
  • Raimondo Targetti (1922 – 1923)
  • Antonio Stefano Benni (1923 – 1934)
  • Alberto Pirelli (1934)
  • Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata (1934 – 1943)
  • Giovanni Balella (1943)
  • Giuseppe Mazzini (1943)
  • Fabio Friggeri (1944 – 1945)
  • Angelo Costa (1945 – 1955)
  • Alighiero De Micheli (1955 – 1961)
  • Furio Cicogna (1961 – 1966)
  • Angelo Costa (1966 – 1970)
  • Renato Lombardi (1970 – 1974)
  • Gianni Agnelli (1974 – 1976)
  • Guido Carli (1976 – 1980)
  • Vittorio Merloni (1980 – 1984)
  • Luigi Lucchini (1984 – 1988)
  • Sergio Pininfarina (1988 – 1992)
  • Luigi Abete (1992 – 1996)
  • Giorgio Fossa (1996 – 2000)
  • Antonio D'Amato (May 25, 2000 – 2004)
  • Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (May 27, 2004 – May 20, 2008)[1]
  • Emma Marcegaglia (May 21, 2008 – March 21, 2012)[2]
  • Giorgio Squinzi (2012 – 2016)
  • Vincenzo Boccia (2016 – 2020)
  • Carlo Bonomi (2020 – present)

See also

References
  1. "Face value: Putting Italy back on the podium". The Economist. May 22, 2004. Retrieved 2012-12-18.
  2. "Confindustria elects first-ever female president". Eurofound.europa.eu. Retrieved 2012-12-18.
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