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The "Unione degli Industriali della Provincia di Varese" (UNIVA) is local branch of Confindustria.
Confindustria system :
The most important italian entrepreneurial association. 120 000 companies, 4 500 000 employees
UNIVA is the territorial association of Varese Provincia
MEMBERSHIP OF UNIVA
Member companies : 1.400 companies à 75.000 employees
Member companies range from the minute to small, medium sized and large : 90% of companies has an average of 30 employees. Members include subsidiaries of multinational based in the province of Varese
All sector of the manufacturing industry are represented. The major specialisation are :
- textile and clothing : dying and finishing, knitwear, embroidery, weaving, clothes and fashion products ;
- mechanical sector : aeronautical, machine tools, forge, electrical appliance, weighing instrument, precision tool;motorcycle,etc ;
- plastic manufacture : calendar products,plastic film, etc ;
- chemical and pharmaceutical sector;
- publishing and paper ;
- food and beverage
PRINCIPALES ACTIVITIES
UNIVA represents the companies of the Province of Varese at local, provincial, regional and national level for all industrial, social, economic and cultural matters. Its activities are organized into 2 great branches:
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
- coordination of enterprise policies Vs. Trade unions
- labour disputes
- consultancy on labour law
- participation to renewal of master agreement
- safety at work
ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
- assistance on tax matters (consultancy and relations with tax office)
- ordinary and special credit facilities (through banks or collective credit guarantees offered by credit consortium Confidi)
- assistance on industrial law
- environmental issues (update on environmental laws)
- research innovation and quality
- internationalisation and foreign relations
UNIVA also maintains contacts with school and educational system, organises educating courses for enterprises, maintains contacts with government office.
UNIVA MAIN PROJECT AND ACTIVITIES
Student at work : agreement with trade Union to allow the companies to employ student for temporary job.
Scuolava.it: An Internet site for Students, teachers and parents
Research : convention agreement with the joint Research Centre of European Commission, based in Ispra (Varese), for technological transfer by using the structure and the skill of the Centre.
Consortium for purchasing electrical and gas energy.
Meeting.
Fabbrica delle Opportunità : orientation project that involves students, teachers and parents forward the factory job.
Management education.
Carlo Cattaneo University -LIUC, an University funded by Univa
Envirdis : european project that helps enterprises to foster the establishment of relationships among companies and/or RTD entities, in order to foster innovation.
Varesefocus: Our new house organ