Ms. Viktoria Lopatina, Founder & Managing Director, Kat.El International Trade Consulting Srls, Italy visited the World Trade Centre Mumbai with a view to plan prospective programmes toward promoting bilateral trade between India and Italy. During an interactive meeting with senior officials of the World Trade Centre Mumbai on July 8, 2017.

Ms. Lopatina said, “Florence, which is the capital of the Tuscany region in Italy, is popular for Renaissance art and architecture. The Municipality of Florence is keen to partner with India in the real estate and heritage development sectors. Many government and private institutions in Tuscany have also shown interest in exploring business opportunity with Indian companies. The Embassy of India in Italy is willing to facilitate networking between Indian companies and their counterparts in Italy. Therefore, Italy’s leading industry body Confindustria Firenze and the Municipality of Florence are jointly planning to lead a business delegation to India to explore business partnership in November 2017,” said Ms. Viktoria Lopatina, Founder & Managing Director, Kat.El International Trade Consulting Srls, Italy. Ms. Lopatina said this Ms. Lopatina is closely associated with Confindustria Firenze, which is one of the oldest industry chamber representing manufacturing and service sector companies in Tuscany. Confindustria Firenze is planning to launch an ‘India Desk’ at its chamber in order to provide information support to Italian companies willing to enter the Indian market. Confindustria Firenze has been taking various measures to promote bilateral economic co-operation between India and Italy after it signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the World Trade Centre Mumbai on June 1, 2017.

The proposed visit of this delegation will enable India’s architects, interior designers, real estate developers, ceramics and building material manufacturers to explore mutually beneficial partnership with Italian companies.

Apart from real estate, the Italian delegation will also include representatives from furniture, food processing, wine, fashion and lifestyle industries. World Trade Centre Mumbai agreed to host a two-day networking event to facilitate Indian companies and government agencies explore business opportunities with the members of this delegation in November 2017. The event will offer a platform for members of the Italian delegation to identify suitable business partners in India. The event will also feature sharing of success stories by Italian companies in India.

Speaking on this occasion, Captain Somesh Batra, Vice Chairman, World Trade Centre Mumbai said,” World Trade Centre Mumbai will offer all possible support to promote partnership between the business community of India and Italy. Mumbai, which is the financial capital of India, is the preferred destination for foreign companies exploring business opportunities in India. We invite Italian companies across various sectors to participate in the next edition of the Global Economic Summit, which is our annual flagship event, in 2018.”

In Photo from (L-R): Captain Somesh Batra, Vice Chairman, World Trade Centre Mumbai and Ms. Viktoria Lopatina, Founder & Managing Director, Kat.El International Trade Consulting Srls, Italy.