Sustainable Investments 4.0 — Call (Investimenti Sostenibili 4.0 — Bando)
Funds Italian Mezzogiorno manufacturers scaling Industry 4.0 upgrades in AI, robotics, and automation.
Investimenti Sostenibili 4.0 – Bando 2025 is a MIMIT program under Decree of 22 November 2024 that provided EUR 300,488,426.61 to support technology-intensive investment projects by small and medium enterprises located in Italy's seven less-developed Mezzogiorno regions: Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise, Puglia, Sicilia, and Sardegna. The measure is embedded within the National Programme 'Re…
PMI investment projects EUR 750,000 - 5,000,000 with predominant Industria-4.0 enabling-tech spend, at a single Mezzogiorno production unit; sustainability and circular-economy / energy-efficiency objectives prioritized.
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