E quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle…

A month and a half ago we said goodbye to each other among the stands still teeming with business activity during Progetto Fuoco at the Verona Exhibition Center.
We could have never imagined that the Covid-19 emergency would completely change our lives, generating a crisis that affects the world economy as a whole.

Raul Barbieri | Direttore di Piemmeti S.p.A. — A month and a half ago we said goodbye to each other among the stands still teeming with business activity during Progetto Fuoco at the Verona Exhibition Center. We could have never imagined that the Covid-19 emergency would completely change our lives, generating a crisis that affects the world economy as a whole.

Until the evening of Friday 21st of February, the turnout data were the best ever. On Saturday the attendance of the public was heavily influenced by the first measures to combat the spread of the “coronavirus” – on Friday the first case of infection was recorded in Italy.
Luckily this did not compromise the success of the event.

We wondered what Progetto Fuoco, with its history and its business network, could do to be useful, in this difficult phase, to a sector that will suffer hard repercussions. The answer is written in the DNA of our event: we collected your voices, your concerns and your hopes, to translate them into numbers and analyses.
In this number of PF Magazine you will find an interesting analysis on the needs and expectations of the sector. It will help us all build the best strategies for the future.

Like theatres, trade exhibitions have their lights off today. We are just waiting for the right moment to start again safely and with renewed enthusiasm. We are an engine for the economy and we want to continue to do so, also with new tools, to offer opportunities and relationships. We will be the last to reopen, and we will be ready. We are the showcase of a sector after all. We are the driving force of your business. We are something that makes skills grow because exhibition experience generates knowledge. We are a reliable meeting point.
We are here to make a difference.

We will continue to work for all this with pride and understanding. We will work for a new season of well-being. When the time comes we will see you back at the exhibition.