Piaggio Aerospace has recently inaugurated its new aerospace centre of excellence at Villanova d'Albenga in Italy in the presence of the Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and other officials. The new manufacturing plant is at the forefront of aerospace technology with the capacity, systems and processes to make it one of the world's most advanced industrial aerospace plants.

Strategically located for direct access to the airport of Villanova d'Albenga the 127,000 sq m site hosts a state-of-the-art industrial plant covering 49,000 sq m where Piaggio Aerospace designs, develops and manufactures aircrafts: the most efficient, high performance aircraft for business aviation and special missions like the Avanti EVO - the third generation of the world's fastest and most efficient turboprop - and the innovative MPA- Multirole Patrol Aircraft (MPA).

The construction of the Piaggio Aerospace centre of excellence was made possible by an investment of over €140 million in facilities, processes and R&D technologies dedicated to areas of the industry that have become an international priority.

The main objectives include its continued role as a global brand in business aviation and an emerging world player in the defence and security sector with leading-edge reconnaissance systems, as well as the technological and industrial growth of engine construction. This development and growth model is founded on the expertise and distinctive technologies which Piaggio Aerospace places at the service of its institutional and private clients.

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