New Call: Innovative Machinery (Nuovo bando Macchinari Innovativi)

The Nuovo bando Macchinari Innovativi is the Ministry's capital-support line for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises in Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Puglia, and Sicilia. It backs projects that modernize production through digital technologies or shift manufacturing toward a circular-economy model, with Invitalia handling the measure and total funding of 265 million euro across two sportelli. Investment plans must fall between 400,000 and 3 million euro, or be built by a network of up to six co-proponents with at least 200,000 euro per participant. The aid package covers 75% of eligible costs: micro and small firms can receive 35% as a capital grant and 40% as a zero-interest loan, while medium firms receive 25% and 50%; the loan is repaid over as long as seven years. Applicants need two approved accounts or tax returns, ordinary accounting, and a clean compliance profile, and the measure excludes recent delocalizations as well as several heavy-industry and infrastructure sectors. The first sportello opened in July 2020 and was later refinanced in 2021, so the strongest files are regional industrial upgrade projects with a clear capex plan and a business that can document its accounts and location without friction.

Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.