Conference 2025
ECTA Conference 2025
20-22nd March 2025 in Turin, Italy
We are pleased to inform you that the next ECTA Conference will be organized from Thursday 20th to Saturday 22nd March 2025 in Turin, Italy, a very beautiful city with a great history, culture and industrial tradition, involved in a deep and fruitful renewal process.
The organizers are SOFIMU S.r.l., controlled service company of UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE (www.ucimu.it, one of the Associations Member of ECTA), together with ECTA, the European Cutting Tool Association.
The European Cutting Tool Conference provides an European forum and networking event for manufacturers of cutting tools and clamping technology. Strategic challenges will be discussed and global networking and cooperation in the industry will be strengthened.
The ECTA Conference takes place once a year at a beautiful and well situated town in Europe kindly hosted by one of the ECTA member associations.
Accommodation
Hotel Principi di Piemonte
Via Piero Gobetti 15
10123 - Torino
Piemonte
Tel: +39 011 55151
E-Mail: PrincipidiPiemonte@unaesperienze.it
Website: Hotel Principi Di Piemonte
Room rates per night inkl. breakfast (incl. VAT 10%):
Deluxe room: € 330.00
Junior suite: € 380.00
Supplement for second person is € 20.00 per night per room.
To book your room please complete below booking template and send it to: technical.press@ucimu.it
The deadline for hotel booking is 15th January 2025 (new date).
Registration
To register for the Conference please complete the below registration template (pdf) and send it to: technical.press@ucimu.it.
Delegate fee: € 900.00 + VAT 22% only Italian companies
Includes:
- welcome reception and buffet dinner
- participation in the conference programme
- lunches on Friday and Saturday
- gala dinner (including the companion)
- social programme (on 22 March)
- transfer hotel – Reggia di Venaria – hotel on 22 March
Companion fee: € 230.00 + VAT 22% only Italian companies
Includes:
- social programme on 21 and 22 March
- transfer hotel – Reggia di Venaria – hotel on 22 March
The deadline for registration ends 15th January 2025 (new date).
Programme
Thursday - 20th March
Hotel Principi di Piemonte
Via Piero Gobetti 15
10123 - Torino
17:00 - 18:30 ECTA Presidents & Secretaries Meeting (special invitation)
19:30 - 22:00 Welcome reception and buffet dinner
Friday - 21st March
Palazzo Costa Carrù della Trinità
Via S. Francesco da Paola, 17
10123 Torino
9:15 - 9:30 ECTA Conference 2025 - Welcome & Introduction
Federico Costa, ECTA President
9:30 - 10:15 “Precision tools industry in Europe - market situation and environment”
Stefan Zecha, CEO of Zecha Hartmetall Werkzeughartmetallfabrikation
and Chairman of VDMA Precision Tools
Manfred Grimm, Market Data and Statistics Specialist, VDMA Precision Tools
10:15 - 10:30 “Sustainability aspects in cutting tool development and application”
Melissa Albeck, Member of the Executive Board, Ceratizit
10:30 - 11:10 “Growth and economic policy mix in the world after the pandemic and the inflation shock”
Emilio Franco, CFA - Chief Executive Officer, Mediobanca SGR
11:10 - 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 - 12:15 “Geopolitics, economy and technology: a new framework of opportunities and threats is emerging from East and South”
Giuliano Noci, Full Professor of Strategy and Marketing, Vice-Rector for China of Politecnico di Milano,
former Rector’s Delegate for the Russian Federation and India
12:45 - 14:00 Lunch
14:30 - 15:15 “Exploiting the potential of AI in manufacturing industries”
Guido Saracco, Full Professor of Chemical Foundations of Technologies at the Politecnico di Torino.
He has been the Rector of the Politecnico di Torino from 2018 till 2024.
15:15 - 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 - 16:15 “The road to performance, from sports to business”
Jack Sintini, currently Head of Training Department and Regional Sales Manager at Randstad, volleyball champion
16:15 - 16:30 Conclusion of the Conference
Federico Costa, ECTA President
Partner´s Programme
10:00 - 16:00 Discover Turin: the historic centre, the famous Egyptian Museum
and a special taste of Piedmont cuisine
19:30 Hotel Principi di Piemonte: Gala Dinner at Salone delle Feste
(Delegates and partners; dress code business formal)
Saturday - 22nd March
8:45 - 14:30 Social Programme:
Visit to Reggia di Venaria Reale and lunch nearby
(delegates and companions)
14:30 Close of the conference & Return to Hotel Principi die Piemonte
to pick up luggage or transfer service from the restaurant to
Airport Malpensa Milano (leaving at approx. 15:00 hrs)
How to get to ECTC 2025
We recommend to travel directly to Airport Turin or Airport Milano.
Transfer service will be provided on 22nd March to Airport Milano Malpensa (leaving at approx. 15:00 hrs).
Sponsoring
Below sponsoring packages have been available (sold out):
Basic Sponsors – 4,000 € (+VAT) – max 6
- Company logo on the web page of ECTA in the section dedicated to the event
- Printing of company logo in the official programme
- Sponsor mentioned during the conference
- Company logo on the screen in the conference room
- Conference pass free for 1 attendee
Superior Sponsors – 6,000 € (+VAT) – max 4
- Basic package +
- Promotional company roll-up (production costs and delivery of roll-up to be covered by the sponsor) and table/desk beside seminar room
- Distribution of company promotional material to all the participants
- Conference pass free for 1 attendee
Premium Sponsors – 8,000 € (+VAT) – max 2
- Superior package +
- Special mentioned during the Gala Dinner
- Printing of company logo on menu cards
- Opportunity to give an informative speech (approx. 15 minutes) in the conference
- Conference pass free for 1 attendee and the partner
If you are interested in booking a sponsoring package please contact marketing.dept@ucimu.it.
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