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Trade associations: collaborative synergies

Emanuela Astolfo

Doing business means engaging with the local area in which you operate, also by building synergies with trade associations, trying to grasp their potential and developing new opportunities.

dotenv has joined Confindustria Emilia Area Centro in order to play an active part in the process of building the business fabric.

What trade associations contribute

Confindustria Emilia Area Centro was born from the integration of Unindustria Bologna, Unindustria Ferrara and Confindustria Modena, to give greater representation to an area that ranks as Italy’s leading manufacturing hub. The trade association stands as a fundamental partner in the growth of a business. A leading player in industrial change and entrepreneurial development.

Doing business: an essential motto

“Doing business” between businesses, in the case of trade associations, is not just a figure of speech: it is an essential motto that concerns concrete facts. Being part of these circuits means gaining access to a system rooted in the local area, which translates into a network of qualified services with the guarantee of an organisation that supports and maintains relations with the institutions and that makes it possible to take part in the activity of your own area and your own sector, to identify critical issues and discuss ideas, looking for solutions and putting forward proposals.

It is therefore a genuinely far-sighted and fruitful investment: for a business, trade associations can be a point of reference in several respects – from services to consultancy, from special agreements to opportunities – as well as qualified bodies devoted to promoting the business itself, through information and tools that help it to be ever more competitive.

It is also a way to get to know new businesses, to create collaborations and opportunities for discussion that widen the possibilities for innovation and for business.