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GREATER MILAN
dynamics and excellence
in metropolitan milan
We would like to introduce you - potential investors and tourists,
economic operators and residents – to the metropolitan area of
Milan by means of this overview of its key economic and social
indicators.
A glance at the latest figures will give you a clear picture of the
state of our area, not only in terms of economic development,
but also in terms of quality of life, social and cultural progress
and our positioning on the international market place.
Knowing exactly where we stand today also helps us to appreciate
what still needs to be done to guarantee our area constant but
also fair and sustainable progress.
The profile that emerges from our survey is one of an area of
on-going and fast-moving change; after a lengthy slow-down,
metropolitan Milan is now re-asserting itself as the powerhouse
of Italy, in terms of its contribution to the economy, its ability to
produce far-reaching innovation and its cosmopolitan outlook.
Milan can justifiably claim to be Italy’s gateway to global markets,
a showcase for the very best of its products and an essential stop
for anyone planning to operate in our country, not only in the
sectors in which Milan already excels, but also in new sectors on
the cutting edge of innovation and creativity.
Filippo Penati
President of the Province of Milan
CONTENTS
POPULATION AND TERRITORY
4
INFRASTRUCTURE
5
THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM
6
Industry
8
Services
9
Agriculture
10
Finance and banking
11
MILANESE EXCELLENCE
12
Design
13
Fashion
14
Biotech
15
Hi Tech
15
Media and publishing
16
Telecommunications
16
Health
17
MILAN EXPO – A GLOBAL SHOWCASE
18
TOURISM
20
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
21
UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH
22
THE NEW PROVINCE OF MONZA AND BRIANZA
24
DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES AND TECHNOLOGICAL PARKS
IN WHICH THE PROVINCE OF MILAN HAS A SHARE
26
POPULATION AND TERRITORY
As a consequence of the demographic upheavals and
transformations that have redesigned the social and economic
map of the province of Milan since the 1970s, the area has
developed beyond all recognition, turning in just a few years
into one large and increasingly widespread conurbation.
Public
Green Areas
With 3,869,037 inhabitants distributed
over an area of 1,982 sq km, the province
of Milan is one of the most densely
populated in Europe. In fact, it has 1,939
inhabitants per sq km (ten times greater
than the national average) and despite
covering only 8.3% of the territory of
Lombardy, it accounts for 41% of the
region’s population. Of the 189 Milanese
municipalities, no fewer than six have a
population of over 50,000 [1].
The metropolitan area of Milan is Italy’s
main economic and industrial crossroads,
providing a host of excellent opportunities
but also setting some of the major
challenges typical of global urban areas.
At the same time, however, over 50% of
the metropolitan area of Milan (equivalent
to 982 sq km) is dedicated to agriculture
and forestry [2].
REGIONAL PARKS
Parco Nord Milano
Parco lombardo della valle del Ticino
Parco delle Groane
Parco della valle del Lambro
Parco dell’Adda nord
Parco Agricolo sud Milano
NATURE RESERVES
Bosco di Cusago
Bosco WWf di Vanzago
Fontanile Nuovo
Oasi di Lacchiarella
Sorgenti della Muzzetta
OTHER PROTECTED AREAS
Bosco di Legnano
Parco dell’Alto Milanese
Parco della Balossa
Parco del Basso Olona
Parco del bosco del Rugareto
Parco della Brughiera briantea
Parco della Brianza centrale
Parco della Collina di S. Colombano
Parco delle Colline briantee
Parco del Grugnotorto-Villoresi
Parco della media valle del Lambro
Parco del Molgora
Parco del Rio Vallone
Parco del Roccolo
[1] Source: Istat, 2006.
[2] Source: Province of Milan, Report on the state of
the environment, 2005.
INFRASTRUCTURE
Thanks to its historic central position with respect to northsouth and east-west European flows, the province of Milan can
benefit from an integrated and far-reaching transport system.
Central Station
of Milan
Rail connections
Motorway connections
Provincial roads
Regional roads
Transport
system
The national motorway network – which
has its main hub in Milan – is currently
being boosted to support incoming traffic
volumes and new links between areas
inside or close to the metropolitan area.
Major road projects include: completion
of the fourth lane in the Milan-Bergamo
section of the A4 Turin-Trieste motorway
and new high-capacity arteries between
Milan and other Lombard towns and cities
(Pedemontana, Brebemi, Est-Est).
Metropolitan Milan is linked to the rest
of the world by an integrated system of
three international airports: Malpensa,
the intercontinental hub, Linate (Milan’s
City Airport) and Bergamo-Orio al Serio,
specializing in low-cost and cargo flights.
In 2005, over 32 million passengers and
more than 500,000 tons of freight passed
through Malpensa, Linate and Orio al Serio
airports [3].
Milan is also a vital intersection for rail
links with Northern and Eastern Europe.
Over the next few years, Milan’s central
role with respect to the major European
communication routes will be emphasized
and reinforced with the construction of the
Kiev-Lisbon-Rotterdam rail corridor 5 and
the Naples-Rome–Northern Europe highspeed railway line.
With 315 km of lines – equivalent to 2%
of the national network – Milan’s present
rail network ensures links throughout the
metropolitan area [4].
[3] Source: SEA spa, SACBO spa.
[4] Province of Milan, Report on the state of the
environment, page 23
THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM
Province of Milan 6%
the other provinces
of Lombardy 9%
Italy 85%
With 342,766 businesses operating
in 2006 – accounting for over 40% of
Lombard and 6% of all Italian registered
companies - metropolitan Milan is the
richest and economically best developed
area in the whole of Italy [5].
Exports
13%
Province of Milan
Italy
OPERATIVE ENTERPRISES
Our area’s leadership is confirmed by the
data on the production of wealth: in 2005
metropolitan Milan generated a GDP of
over € 137 bln (or 10% of GNP), with a GDP
quota per capita of € 35,776 [6].
45%
13%
87%
Province of Milan
the other provinces
of Lombardy
45%
55%
IMPACT OF MILAN ON TOTAL NATIONAL AND LOMBARDY EXPORTS
Imports
24%
Province of Milan
Italy
67%
24%
76%
Province of Milan
the other provinces
of Lombardy
67%
33%
IMPACT OF MILAN ON TOTAL NATIONAL AND LOMBARDY EXPORTS
Traditionally open to competition and
innovation, Milan’s economic system also
ranks first in Italy in terms of imports/
exports. In 2005 Milanese trade accounted
for 45% of Lombardy’s and 13% of Italy’s
exports, while imports accounted for 67%
and 24% respectively, a situation that
appears to be substantially confirmed by
the data for the first nine months of 2006
as well [7].
The lion’s share of Direct Foreign
Investments (DFI) into Italy is in fact
concentrated in Milan and the surrounding
province, with 41.7% of the national total
of businesses participated by foreign
companies, 36.5% of employees and
40.1% of turnover. The headquarters of all
leading Italian and foreign banks are also
located here [8].
Constantly undergoing radical change, the
Milanese economy has witnessed a rapid
move away from the province’s
[5] Source: Milan Chamber of Commerce, Milano
Produttiva 2006.
[6] Source: Istituto Tagliacarne, 2007.
[7] Source: ICE, 2006
[8] Source: Milan Chamber of Commerce, Milano
Produttiva 2006.
Direct Foreign
Investments
ITALY
Business
Sectors
business sectors
AGRICULTURE – FISHERIES
MINING
41.7%
PARTICIPATED FIRMS
36.5%
WORKERS
40.1%
TURNOVER
manufacturing tradition towards an
advanced services industry; within this
context, certain segments reflect an
increasingly marked change towards
an information- and knowledge-based
economy.
Changes in the sectorial composition of
Milanese industry have gone hand in hand
with equally radical changes in the nature
of the local entrepreneurial system.
MILAN
operative enterprises
5,739
114
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
%
1.7
48,947
0.0
14.3
279
46,769
89,075
145,987
5,856
342,766
0.1
13.6
26.0
42.6
1.7
100.0
PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION
OF ELECTRICITY, GAS AND WATER
CONSTRUCTION
COMMERCE
SERVICES
UNCLASSIFIED
TOTAL
OPERATIVE ENTERPRISES IN THE PROVINCE OF MILAN BY BUSINESS SECTOR
source: CDRL processing of data from Infocamere 2006
Productive
structure
construction 13,6%
industry 14,4%
services 68,6%
agriculture 1,7%
unclassified 1,7%
The major industrial groups that used
to form the backbone of the Milanese
economy have been replaced by an
extremely close-knit and well-integrated
network of small and very small
enterprises. Today, these account for
no less than 94% of the total, flanked
by a limited number of medium-large
enterprises.
By contrast, the service sector is
undergoing the reverse process, with
an ever-increasing number of major
companies gradually elbowing their way
into the market, especially in segments
such as large-scale retail distribution,
telecommunications and communications.
Over the last few years, Milan has also
consolidated its national leadership in
the field of innovation and technology,
again with a marked shift away from
manufacturing in favour of services.
ENTERPRISES IN MILAN: SEGMENTATION BY SECTOR
source: CDRL processing of data from Infocamere 2006
Manufacturing
sectors
manufacturing sectors
7.3
0.0
3.4
6.6
Var. %
2005/06
3.5
0.0
-2.2
-3.8
1,134
2.3
-1.5
2,027
639
4.1
1.3
-11.8
-0.9
4,754
9.7
-0.9
64
1,511
1,625
0.1
3.1
3.3
-5.9
-1.6
-2.8
1,145
579
2.3
1.2
-0.7
-2.5
8,739
17.9
-0.9
5,179
462
2,569
10.6
0.9
5.2
-0.7
-0.9
-3.2
906
1.9
-3.5
2,901
5.9
-0.8
266
306
5,496
189
48,947
0.5
0.6
11.2
0.4
100.0
-0.4
0.0
-1.7
0.5
-1.1
operative enterprises
2006
FOOD AND DRINK INDUSTRIES
3,561
TOBACCO INDUSTRY
1
TEXTILE INDUSTRIES
1,682
CLOTHING INDUSTRY; FUR AND SKIN PROCESSING
3,212
%
LEATHER PREPARATION AND TANNING,
TRAVEL GOODS
WOOD INDUSTRY (EXCLUDING FURNITURE);
WICKER GOODS
PULP, PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS
PUBLISHING, PRESS AND REPRODUCTION OF
RECORDED MEDIA
COKE PRODUCTION, REFINERIES, NUCLEAR ENERGY
AND FUELS
CHEMICAL PRODUCTS AND SYNTHETIC FIBRES
RUBBER AND PLASTIC ARTICLES
PRODUCTS AND PROCESSING OF
NON-METAL MINERALS
METALS AND THEIR ALLOYS
MANUFACTURING AND PROCESSING OF METAL
PRODUCTS, OTHER THAN MACHINES
MACHINES AND MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT,
INSTALLATION
OFFICE MACHINES, COMPUTERS
ELECTRONIC MACHINES AND EQUIPMENT
RADIO, TELEVISION AND COMMUNICATIONS
EQUIPMENT
Industry
Industry in Milan still generates almost a
third of the province’s entire added value.
This competitive edge is maintained
thanks, above all, to the close ties that
Milan’s industries have nurtured, on the
one hand, with the advanced services
sector and, on the other, with the world
of research.
In terms of manufacturing, mechanical
engineering and machine production are
still the strongest sectors, followed by
more traditional segments such as food
& beverages, woodworking and furniture
making, although the latter is currently in
decline.
Today, the drivers behind Milan’s
development are to be found in certain
segments of the creative industry in
which the Milanese area has traditionally
excelled and still leads worldwide. These
include fashion and design, joined in the
1990s by new centres of excellence in
niche sectors such as biotechnology and
information technology.
MEDICAL AND PRECISION INSTRUMENTS,
OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS
MOTOR VEHICLES, TRAILERS AND
TRANSPORTER TRUCKS
OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORT
FURNITURE AND OTHER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
RECOVERY AND PROCESSING FOR RECYCLING
TOTAL
OPERATIVE ENTERPRISES OF THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN THE
PROVINCE OF MILAN BY ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION
source: CDRL processing of data from Infocamere 2006
Nationwide, moreover, Milan still leads in
the publishing and multimedia sector and
is becoming increasingly important in the
telecommunications and energy fields.
Another interesting development in
manufacturing is the success of ethnic
entrepreneurs, especially in sectors such
as food & beverages, textiles and leather
goods.
Services
Sector
education
health
1%
1%
other public, social and
7%
commercial trade 37%
personal services
real estate, leasing,
information technology, ecc 36%
hotels and restaurants
6%
Services
Growth in top-quality and high added value
services has turned Milan into a centre
of attraction for northern Italy in terms
of advanced services, while the finance
business is Italy’s gateway to the world.
monetary and financial
intermediation
transport and communications
Aerial view of the
centre of Milan
4%
8%
SEGMENTATION OF SERVICE SECTOR
source: CDRL processing of data from Infocamere 2006
Enterprises
in the
Service Sector
operative enterprises
sector
2006
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL COMMERCE;
REPAIR OF PERSONAL AND
HOUSEHOLD GOODS
89,075
HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS
14,377
TRANSPORT, WAREHOUSING AND
COMMUNICATIONS
18,953
MONETARY AND FINANCIAL
INTERMEDIATION
9,557
REAL ESTATE, HIRE, IT AND RESEARCH
83,832
CIVIL SERVICE AND DEFENCE;
COMPULSORY SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
23
EDUCATION
1,358
HEALTH AND OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES
2,017
OTHER PUBLIC, SOCIAL AND
PERSONAL SERVICES
15,870
TOTAL
235,062
%
diff. %
2005/06
37.9
6.1
-0.2
2.7
8.1
-1.3
4.1
35.7
2.1
3.4
0.0
0.6
0.9
-8.0
0.6
5.1
6.8
100.0
1.1
1.4
Services to business are expanding faster
than services to commerce and personal
services. In particular, transport, financial
services, real estate, rentals and IT are
growing by 2.4% a year, while personal
services are up by only 1.4%.
In the financial sector, both banks and
insurance companies are lagging behind,
while other forms of financial brokerage
are booming.
The world of commerce is fairly stable,
with strong signs of innovation from the
most modern segments of large-scale retail
and specialized distribution.
OPERATIVE ENTERPRISES IN THE SERVICE SECTOR
source: CDRL processing of data from Infocamere 2006
Agricultural
Sector
NUMBER OF AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES
TOTAL AGRICULTURAL AREA IN HECTARES
TOTAL AREA IN HECTARES OCCUPIED BY
AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES
TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE EMPLOYED IN AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES IN THE PROVINCE OF MILAN
source: data from the Agricultural Sector of the Province of Milan
10
4,679
91,690
81,392
14,871
Agriculture
Despite accounting for only 2% of the
provincial economy and employing a
limited number of workers, agriculture still
plays an important role thanks to the high
degree of mechanization and productivity.
Finance and banking
On this page, a view
of the Milan Stock
Exchange
Left, a farmhouse
in the South Milan
Agricultural Park
Milan is Italy’s undisputed leader in the
field of finance; it has, in fact, one of
Europe’s 5 leading stock exchanges and is
Italy’s only gateway to the international
capital market.
The presence of the Stock Exchange and
of this abundance of banks and financial
institutions greatly enhances Milan’s
appeal as a base for industrial and
financial holdings.
Operating in Milan and the surrounding
province are 125 of the 788 banks active
in Italy as a whole. They work first and
foremost through 2,414 counters (more
than a third of all those present in
Lombardy and 7% of all those present in
Italy).
The insurance market is enjoying a
boom in Milan too, with the important
development of bank-insurance, a new
integrated financial market that has
encouraged leading insurance groups to
choose Milan as the headquarters of their
own specialized companies.
Despite the profound changes that have
taken place over the last few years, the
presence of the banking system is also
significant due to the type of players
involved: 57 banks and mutual banks,
11 cooperative banks and 55 branches
of foreign banks, including almost all
the main international merchant banks.
Dominating the scene are two groups in
particular: UniCredit Group and IntesaSanPaolo. Given their size, they have
also become major players in Europe
and are two of the main vectors for the
internationalization of the Italian economy.
Alongside the banks, there are also
numerous financial holdings, including
120 leasing companies, 17 factoring
companies, 52 savings management
companies, 120 real estate investment
brokers, 14 financial holdings specializing
in consumer credit and several hundred
building societies.
In addition, there is also a network of
financial consulting firms, indicative of the
modernization of Milan’s financial system.
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MILANESE EXCELLENCE
Milan is also the capital of Italy’s creative
industry. According to Istat, creative
companies – i.e. those whose main
product is creativity – account for 22.9%
of the Milanese economic system in
terms of the number of specialists and
27.4% in terms of the number of people
employed.
Milan’s creative industry is particularly
strong in the service sector, with 58,873
enterprises and over 204,000 specialists,
and also in the manufacturing sector, with
23,217 enterprises and no fewer than
226,293 specialists.
Alongside this global excellence, other
sectors strictly linked to technology
and innovation have gradually gained
ground. More recently, Milan has become
a leader in the health sector, offering a
wide and variegated range of skills and
specializations, backed by a strong biotech
industry.
Detail of the
Needle and Thread
sculpture, by Claes
Oldenburg, in Piazza
Cadorna, Milan
12
Top Design
Firms
Milan 22%
Italy 78%
TOP DESIGN FIRMS
Firms and
Designers
Milan 30%
Italy 70%
FIRMS AND DESIGNERS SUBSCRIBERS TO THE
MAIN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Design Training
26
HIGHER EDUCATION
TRAINING INSTITUTES
21
PROFESSIONAL
TRAINING COLLEGES
7
UNIVERSITIES/ACADEMIES
DESIGN TRAINING IN LOMBARDY
source of graphs: Design Directory 2006 by Design Focus
Design
Milan is a benchmark for design in Italy:
of the 2,386 studios or small firms working
in the design field in this country, 1,024
(43%) operate in Lombardy and 499 (48.7%)
right in the province of Milan. Of the 2,100
members of the category associations nationwide, 895 (42.6%) operate in Lombardy
and 644 in the provincial area of Milan
(30.1%).
Qualitatively speaking, the success of the
Milanese design system clearly depends on
the excellence of local training facilities:
Lombardy boasts 54 public and private
training centers, including schools of design, universities and academies, institutes
of higher education and professional training colleges. In 2005, these facilities provided training for 9,620 students – 3,843 of
whom from abroad – split over the 4 main
fields of the design system: Industrial design, Communication design, Interior design
and Fashion design.
One of the products
on display at the
Milan Furniture
Show 2007
13
Design
Students
SCUOLA POLITECNICA
DI DESIGN
DOMUS ACADEMY
ACCADEMIA DI BRERA
NUOVA ACCADEMIA DI
BELLE ARTI
ISTITUTO MARANGONI
ISTITUTO EUROPEO
DI DESIGN
200
250
270
500
2,000
2,300
POLITECNICO
Fashion
Fashion is still Milan’s industry par excellence,
famed throughout the world. The fashion
business has promoted economic-productive
synergies in the city that have consolidated
Milan’s internationalization. The distinguishing
features of the Milanese “rag trade” are its
close-knit, innovative and highly interactive
network of large and small firms and craftsmen
and its creative and managerial skills.
The “figures” of the fashion industry in
metropolitan Milan amply reflect the
importance of the sector: 12,000 enterprises
in the textile and fashion sector; 3.5 billion
euros’ worth of exports (equivalent to 9%
of the national total); 850 show rooms; 14
fashion schools attracting more than 6,000
students, especially from abroad; 200,000
visitors attending specialist trade fairs, such
as MilanoVendeModa, Moda In, White and
Neozone.
source of graphs: Design Directory 2006 by Design Focus
14
201
COMMUNICATION
DESIGN
64
FASHION DESIGN
60
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
42
INTERIOR DESIGN
DESIGN COURSES
4,000
9,620
3,843
DESIGN STUDENTS
IN MILAN
FOREIGN
STUDENTS
Biotech
Milan is home to one of Europe’s main biotech centres, combining
world-class research expertise with leading industrial partners.
The importance of the sector is also underlined by the fact that
70% of the investments in research and development in the
province of Milan comes from private sources.
Further data on the local biotech industry help to clarify its
importance: 32,000 researchers, equivalent to 22% of all Italian
research workers; 50% of Italian biotech enterprises based
in the region; 2 bln euros’ worth of private investments (33%
of the national total) in R&D. The area provides the biotech
industry with an effective network of research centres, scientific
and technological parks and medical research laboratories,
offering a particularly fruitful relationship between research,
experimentation and industrialization.
Advanced
Mechatronic
- ITIA-CNR Milan:
prototype of a
parallel kinematic
robot; factory for
Customized Shoe
Production.
Hi Tech
The presence of hi-tech enterprises
drives the innovative capabilities and
competitiveness of any economic system
and metropolitan Milan provides ample
proof of this. The province of Milan alone
concentrates almost 20% of all Italian hitech companies, active especially in the
production of ICT goods and services.
Milan is a catalyst for Italian companies
with positions of global leadership (ST
Microelectronics is a prime example).
It is also where the main ICT multinationals
locate their Italian and European
headquarters and, frequently, their
production units and research laboratories
too (Ibm, Microsoft, Oracle, Cisco, Sun,
Hp, Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, Lg, Sap,
etc.).
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Media and publishing
With the headquarters of multinational
groups such as RCS and Mondadori in the
city, Milan has always been Italy’s media
industry capital.
A recent census put the number of
companies involved in the publishing and
printing cycle in the province of Milan at
4,754 and the number of publishing houses
proper at 700, or 21% of the national
total; within this segment, the weight
of companies operating exclusively in
multimedia publishing is on the rise.
As regards television, it has to be said,
first, that all the main private national
broadcasting networks (Mediaset, SKY,
MTV) are Milanese and that in Milan the
national public broadcaster RAI has its
second largest TV production centre.
In addition, over the last few years, a
number of local and regional TV networks
have sprung up. Some of the latter
now enjoy leading positions among the
private stations broadcasting nationwide
(Italia7Gold, Odeon TV).
Gravitating around this industry, there
is a hefty sector producing contents
and services (film companies, other
productions, formats, dubbing, etc.).
The broadcasting stations located in
the province of Milan employ 25% of the
national specialized workers in this field.
Further proof of the growing importance of
this sector for the local economy is that, in
2005, new recruits in the television sector
accounted for no less than 7% of all new
recruits in the province as a whole.
Detail of the
Mediaset tower at
Cologno Monzese
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Telecommunications
Over the last fifteen years the presence of Milanese companies
operating in the telecommunications sector has changed radically:
while the manufacturing segment has gradually shrunk, there has
been a sharp rise in telephone management services.
In fact, Milanese firms lead the field in both the fixed telephony
and mobile telephony sector, and also in Internet services.
In this scenario, Telecom Italia - Tim obviously enjoys a prime
position. The company has its headquarters in Milan, like two of
the other three mobile telephony providers (Vodafone and Hg3),
while the third, Wind - Infostrada, has a large production unit in the
province. Fastweb, which started up in Milan as a local operator
less than ten years ago, now ranks second nationwide on the fixed
network and was the first to invest in broadband and to offer
integrated voice-data and video services.
Health
For many years now, the Milanese health system has been one of
the strengths of the provincial economy, with world-class centres
of excellence attracting patients from all over Italy. It also plays a
central role in the broader scenario of the Lombard regional health
system: alongside the traditional centers of excellence in Milan and
Pavia, over the last few decades Lombardy has built up an effective
network of highly qualified hospitals and other facilities in almost
every province in the region.
Hospitals
22
PUBLIC HOSPITALS
21
PRIVATE HOSPITALS OPERATING WITHIN
THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
7
50
16,180
PRIVATE HOSPITALS
TOTAL HOSPITALS
TOTAL BEDS
HOSPITALS IN PROVINCE OF MILAN
source: Istat, 2006
Headquarters of
the European
Oncology Institute
The figures are impressive. The province of
Milan boasts 50 hospitals, 22 of which public, 21 private but working under contract
to local public health units and 7 completely private. Overall, they account for just
under 40% of all hospitals in Lombardy and
3.7% of all those operating in the country as a whole. Milanese hospitals total
16,180 beds, or 41.2% of all those present
in Lombardy and 6.7% of those available
nationwide.
Medical personnel number 9,538, and of
these 7,587 work in public hospitals and
health centres. Milanese doctors make up
47.2% of Lombardy’s medical personnel
and 7.8% of Italy’s.
Milanese hospitals have excellent reputations for certain specializations, such as
cardiology and cardio surgery (IRCCS Monzino), oncology (Istituto dei Tumori, Istituto Oncologico Europeo), neurology and
neuropsychiatry (Istituto Besta), ear, nose
& throat and opthalmology (Policlinico di
Milano), plus other surgical specializations
in centres such as IRCCS San Raffaele and
Ospedale Niguarda.
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Milan Fair
Complex
520,000
88
32,405
MILAN EXPO
A GLOBAL SHOWCASE
SIZE (m2)
EVENTS HOSTED
NUMBER OF
EXHIBITORS
4,500,000
ESTIMATED NUMBER
OF VISITORS
2,000,000
Net sq m
SOLD
THE NUMBERS OF MILAN EXHIBITION SYSTEM
source: our processing of data from Fiera Milano
and FieraMilanoCity
The new Rho-Pero Exhibition Centre has
put Milan firmly on the map as Europe’s
number one global showcase. Its fallout on
the local economy is estimated at over 2
million euros per annum, a figure expected
to rise fast over the next few years.
In just under two years, and thanks to
an investment of 755 million euros,
Massimiliano Fuksas’ innovative design
has blossomed into a state-of-the-art
expo complex, blending record size with
exceptional versatility, cutting-edge
technology, totally usable spaces and
stunning visual impact.
The new complex comes on top of
FieraMilanoCity, another event venue
located close to the centre of town, giving
Milan a position of leadership amongst the
small group of major international expo
centre operators.
Fairs in
Europe
Cologne
284,000 m2
Frankfurt
475,000 m2
Hannover
500,000 m2
MILAN
Paris
Madrid
226,000 m2
102,000 m2
MAJOR FAIR CITIES IN EUROPE
source: OECD Territorial Review – Milan, Italy
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753,000 m2
Views of the new
Rho-Pero Exhibition
Centre designed by
Massimiliano Fuksas
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Hotel
Accommodation
ITALIAN
MILAN
LOMBARDY
ITALY
FOREIGN
MILAN
LOMBARDY
ITALY
TOTAL
MILAN
LOMBARDY
ITALY
incoming
2,526,527
4,886,117
41,295,496
guest days
5,057,013
10,953,951
138,222,074
2,428,597
4,112,683
30,870,027
5,056,098
10,299,313
102,097,538
4,955,124
8,998,800
72,175,523
10,113,111
21,253,264
240,319,612
INCOMING VISITORS AND VISITOR DAYS IN HOTELS IN 2005
(absolute values – provisional data)
source: Istat
Details of spires on
Milan cathedral
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TOURISM
Business and culture tourism generate a
demand for services that has had positive
fallout on levels of employment in recent
years.
Milan’s hospitality capacity has recorded
strong growth over the last few years:
from 2001 to 2005, the number of hotels
rose from 612 to 640, while – according to
the latest data from the Milan Chamber
of Commerce Company Register – tourist
companies operating throughout the
province grew from 12,761 to 13,645
units, or by just under 7%. Over 55% of the
hotels operating in the province are in the
medium/high quality range.
Employed by
Business Sector
industry 31.0%
services 68.7%
agriculture   0.3%
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
An advanced and constantly expanding
economic system makes metropolitan
Milan a good place for job hunters.
Employment figures in the province of
Milan record over 1,756,000 people in
work, 431,000 of whom concentrated
mainly in the services industry.
Most significantly, the metropolitan area
of Milan has a record number of women in
work, with figures constantly on the rise.
PEOPLE EMPLOYED IN THE PROVINCE OF MILAN BY BUSINESS SECTOR - 2005
Employment
Market
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY RATE
MEN
WOMEN
TOTAL
RATE OF EMPLOYMENT
MEN
WOMEN
TOTAL
RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT
MEN
WOMEN
TOTAL
Milan
77.9
61.3
69.6
Lombardy
77.95
58.8
68.3
Italy
74.4
50.4
62.4
75.1
58.2
66.7
75.62
55.1
65.47
69.7
45.3
57.5
3.6
5.0
4.2
3.15
5.42
4.07
6.2
10.1
7.7
COMPARISON BETWEEN THE MAIN INDICATORS OF LABOUR MARKET
(percentage data 2005)
source: Milano Metropoli processing of data from ISTAT
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Matriculations
students enrolled
Milan and Lombardy
students enrolled
Italy
60,000
400,000
350,000
50,000
300,000
40,000
250,000
30,000
200,000
20,000
150,000
100,000
10,000
50,000
0
87/88
88/89
89/90
90/91
91/92
92/93
93/94
94/95
95/96
96/97
97/98
98/99
99/00
00/01
01/02
02/03
03/04
04/05
0
academic year
Milan
Lombardy
Italy
UNIVERSITIES OF MILAN
Academic year: 1987/88 – 2004/05
source: Milan Chamber of Commerce – “Milano Produttiva 2006”
R&D
Expenditure
universities 23%
public institutions   7%
enterprises 66%
private no profit   4%
UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH
Milan and the Lombardy region as a
whole constitute one of Italy’s main
centres of scientific scholarship and
research. The network of Milan’s 8
universities, integrated by other centres
of excellence nearby (Insubria, Pavia,
Piacenza and Bergamo) and by public and
private research centers, covers all fields
of knowledge.
Overall, in the academic year 2004/2005,
the province of Milan’s 8 universities
numbered over 184,000 students, of whom
52,682 freshmen/women, following a trend
that had been growing constantly since
the beginning of 2000. Milan also attracts
numerous foreign university students.
One of the reasons for the appeal of
Milan’s universities lies in the high level of
research and innovation that is produced
not only in the universities themselves, but
also in public and private research centres,
such as the National Research Council
(CNR), the Institute of Nuclear Physics
(INFN) and the “Mario Negri” Institute of
Pharmacological Research.
UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO
www.unimi.it
UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI MILANO BICOCCA
www.unimib.it
POLITECNICO DI MILANO
www.polimi.it
ACCADEMIA DI BRERA
www.accademiadibrera.milano.it
SPLIT OF THE EXPENDITURE IN R&D IN LOMBARDY
source: Milan Chamber of Commerce – “Milano Produttiva 2006”
UNIVERSITÀ BOCCONI
www.uni-bocconi.it
UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA
www.unicatt.it
UNIVERSITÀ IULM
www.iulm.it
UNIVERSITÀ SAN RAFFAELE
www.unihsr.it
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Patents
4,000
3,500
3,000
2,772
3,269
3,350
Lombardy spends over 3,263 bln euros in
R&D per year, 22% of total national research
expenditure (Istat data 2003). Significantly,
in compliance with the Lisbon Strategy
guidelines, the driving force of research and
development work, in terms of expenditure,
is industry (66%), followed by the university
system (23%).
3,844
3,032
3,086
1,095
771
1,095
1,222
1,195
1,456
762
817
791
1,004
2001
2002
2003
2,500
2,000
1,000
500
1,064
724
0
1999
2000
The patenting business also produces
excellent results in Milan and has been
growing constantly since 1999. The most
innovative sectors in Milan in terms
of registered patents are electronic
engineering, chemicals and biotechnology.
2004
Milan
Lombardy
Italy
TREND IN THE APPLICATIONS FOR EUROPEAN PATENTS
Years: 1999-2004
Source: Osservatorio Brevetti Unioncamere
Patents by
Sectors
View of Milan’s
Bicocca University
environment and health
chemicals and biotechnology
IT
consumer mechatronic
industrial mechatronic
transport
textile
food
construction
furniture
other
10%
12%
8%
12%
22%
10%
8%
4%
2%
3%
9%
APPLICATIONS FOR PATENTS REGISTERED IN MILAN BY SECTOR - 2004
source: Milan Chamber of Commerce, Office for Patents and IT.
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THE NEW PROVINCE OF MONZA AND BRIANZA
June 2004 saw the birth of the new province of Monza
and Brianza, which will include 50 municipalities currently
belonging to the province of Milan. Elections for the new
Provincial Council are scheduled to take place in Spring 2009.
View of the
Arengario, a 13th C.
municipal building
in Monza
The province of Monza and Brianza will
cover 363,80 sq km, equivalent to a fifth of
the current province of Milan and to 18.3%
of the territory of Lombardy.
The new province will have a population
of 759,563, equivalent to 20% of the
inhabitants of the current province of
Milan and 8% of the whole of Lombardy. Its
demographic density, with almost 2,100
inhabitants per sq km, places it above the
province of Milan itself. Monza, the capital
city of the new province with 122,000
inhabitants, is already the third largest
in the Lombardy region, after Milan and
Brescia.
The province of Monza and Brianza
is a highly developed, dynamic and
competitive area. It numbers 58,588
ongoing businesses, equivalent to 17.3% of
those operating in the province of Milan,
employing 249,920 people.
Industrially speaking, the new province still
has a strong vocation for manufacturing
(18.8% of active enterprises compared to
14.6% in the province of Milan), although
the last five years have witnessed a marked
decline in the weight of the industrial
sector, with a loss of no less than 5.6%.
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Productive
structure
sectors
AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF
ELECTRICITY, GAS AND WATER
CONSTRUCTION
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL COMMERCE;
REPAIR OF PERSONAL AND
HOUSEHOLD GOODS
HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS
TRANSPORT, WAREHOUSING AND
COMMUNICATIONS
MONETARY AND FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
REAL ESTATE, HIRE, IT AND RESEARCH
EDUCATION
HEALTH AND OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES
OTHER PUBLIC, SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
SERVICES
UNCLASSIFIED BUSINESSES
TOTAL
% 2005
1.9
18.8
% 2004
1.9
19.5
% 2003
1.9
20.2
0.1
17.1
0.1
16.8
0.1
16.4
26.9
3.4
27.2
3.3
27.5
3.3
4.0
4.0
2.3
18.5
0.3
3.9
2.3
18.0
0.3
0.6
0.6
4.3
1.2
100.0
4.3
1.4
100.0
2.4
19.0
0.3
0.6
4.2
1.3
100.0
The structural nature of this change is
confirmed by the boom in the services
industry, which now accounts for 60% of all
businesses.
In terms of industrial specialization, the
province of Monza and Brianza excels in
furniture making, mechanical engineering
and in the production of machines and
equipment.
PRODUCTIVE STRUCTURE OF THE NEW PROVINCE OF MONZA AND BRIANZA
source: Research Office of the Milan Chamber of Commerce of data from
Infocamere
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DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
AND TECHNOLOGICAL PARKS
IN WHICH THE PROVINCE OF
MILAN HAS A SHARE
The Province of Milan has invested in
innovative instruments for re-qualifying
and re-generating the local area in order
to improve the quality and competitive
edge of small and medium-sized
enterprises (SMEs) and the appeal of
the Milanese area. The most important
step taken to achieve these aims – in
cooperation with local authorities and
private partners – has involved setting
up facilities and agencies to boost local
development and innovation.
MILANO METROPOLI AGENZIA DI SVILUPPO
is the new agency sponsored by the
Province of Milan and by the Milan
Chamber of Commerce to promote the
sustainable economic development of the
whole metropolitan area of Milan and to
start territorial marketing actions.
www.milanomet.it
AGINTEC operates in the Vimercate
area and aims to spread technological
innovation, set up and attract new
enterprises and promote the development
of human resources.
www.agintec.it
BIC LA FUCINA is a centre for
entrepreneurial development and
innovation of start ups and existing SMEs
of the Milanese area. It offers consultancy
(also inside the LIB business incubator)
for financing, technology transfer,
internationalization, corporate social
responsibility.
www.biconline.it
CONSORZIO AREA ALTO MILANESE
(C.A.A.M.) promotes economic
regeneration in the municipalities
belonging to the Brianza area consortium,
creates new development opportunities
and sponsors professional training schemes.
www.caam.it
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EMIL (Est Milano Impresa e Lavoro
s.c.r.l.) operates in the eastern part
of metropolitan Milan, supporting
local development by promoting the
local economy, the job market and
professional training.
www.emilsviluppo.it
EUROIMPRESA LEGNANO e BIC ALTO
MILANESE aim to re-qualify the northern
area of metropolitan Milan by developing
industry and building a technological
centre at the service of the local
territory.
www.euroimpresa.it
POLITECNICO INNOVAZIONE facilitates
the transfer of technical-scientific skills
and know-how from the universities to
the SME system.
www.politecnicoinnovazione.it
PARCO TECNOLOGICO PADANO,
based in Lodi, plays a central role in
the Centre of Excellence for Food and
Agricultural Biotechnologies and helps
implement the research development and
technological transfer strategy for the
food & agriculture sector.
www.tecnoparco.org
The Province of Milan also contributes to
the activities of various associations and
foundations:
COMUNIMPRESE S.c.a.r.l. formed in March
2002, it grew out of Società Impresa 2000
S.c.a.r.l., a business consortium in the northwest area of Milan set up in 1997 to manage
community projects, professional training and
experimentation on the Sportello Unico per le
Imprese.
www.comunimprese.it
Associazione delle comunità tessili d’Europa
www.acte.it
Associazione per lo sviluppo
dell’imprenditorialità immigrata a Milano
www.imprenditorimmigrati.it
Fondazione Politecnico
www.fondazionepolitecnico.it
Fondazione Parco Tecnologico Padano
www.tecnoparco.org
SVILUPPO BRIANZA on behalf of 42
municipalities and 16 organizations,
implements schemes aimed at promoting
sustainable development in the area, in
partnership with public, economic, social
and cultural organizations.
www.sviluppobrianza.it
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Provincia di Milano
Settore Attività Economiche e Innovazione
Viale Jenner, 24 – 20159 Milano
Ph: +39.02.77403288 - 6480
Fax: +39.02.77403290 - 6597
www.provincia.milano.it/economia
E-mail: [email protected]
Executive Committee Member for Economic and
Productive Activity, Professional Training, Public
Health Planning, Social Services, Relations with
the Voluntary Sector, Associations and the Third
Sector, Family Policy
Ezio Casati
Central Director, Economic Development, Training
and Employment
Marcello Correra
Director of Economic Activity and Innovation
Sector
Piergiorgio Monaci
Innovation and Local Development Policy Service
Manager
Daniela Ferrè
Secretarial Staff
Pierangela Ghisetti
Diego Ravelli
Staff
Andrea Bosani
Myriam Camarero
Roberto Candeago
Roberto Castelli
Pasquale Cioffi
Fiorello Cortiana
Luca di Giulio
Marcello Eusani
Silvia La Ferla
Debora Ligori
Paolo Manfredi
Mariella Nolli
Caterina Raia
Maddalena Ranghetti
Lucia Sinesi
Cristina Terrusi
Our thanks to the following contributors:
General Direction for Territorial Planning
and Disposition
Labour Market Observatory
Centro Documentazione Ricerche per la Lombardia
(CDRL)
Text Editor
Milano Metropoli Agenzia di Sviluppo
Translation
Rona Mackay
Photos
Federico Pollini [pp. 10 -11 - 13 - 14 - 24 - copertina]
Archive Direzione Centrale Pianificazione e Assetto
del Territorio [pp. 5 - 9 - 12 - 23]
Comunicazione Provincia di Milano [p.1]
CNR-ITIA [p.15]
Istituto Europeo di Oncologia [p.17]
Archivio Storico di Fondazione Fiera Milano [p. 19]
Cristina Terrusi [p. 20]
Milano Metropoli Agenzia di Sviluppo/Gentile
Caldinelli [p.16]
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Provincia di Milano
Settore Attività Economiche e Innovazione
Viale Jenner, 24 – 20159 Milano
Ph: +39.02.77403288 - 6480
Fax: +39.02.77403290 - 6597
www.provincia.milano.it/economia
E-mail: [email protected]
View of the new Fiera Milano Exhibition
Centre designed by Massimiliano Fuksas