Fincantieri S p A : AND ALMAVIVA TOGETHER FOR SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY

FINCANTIERI AND ALMAVIVA TOGETHER FOR SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY The agreement will promote the Made in Italy also in this highly competitive sector

Trieste/Rome, April 26, 2021 - Fincantieri, through its subsidiary Fincantieri NexTech, and Almaviva, the leading Italian group in digital innovation, signed a collaboration agreement to support and boost the digitalization process in the transportation and logistics sector. The goal is to foster a mobility system that better responds to the new needs of people and goods movement, with special attention to environmental impact and safety.

The partnership aims at developing solutions based on the new models and trends of modern mobility, such as the connected vehicle (a vehicle equipped with sensors perceiving the surrounding reality and interacting with it), and the smart road (which allows communication and interconnection between vehicles), with the overall purpose of increasing travel and passenger safety. Furthermore, applications for transport safety and predictive maintenance processes will also be developed with the support of artificial intelligence algorithms and the digital twin, which reproduces all the infrastructure characteristics in a digital three-dimensional and virtually browsing format.

These solutions will be offered to all the players concerned, from managed service companies to service operating companies, managing authorities and public entities in charge of service programming and control activities.

The agreement between the two companies also provides for an international development plan aimed at enhancing the Made in Italy so that it can establish itself also in a highly competitive sector currently dominated by American and Chinese players.

Alberto Tripi, Almaviva Group President, stated: "A significant part of the resources of the NRRP, the Italian plan for resilience and restart, will be earmarked for the transport and logistics sector. This is a unique opportunity for the development of our country in strategic areas such as sustainable mobility and public transportation, road safety and intermodal logistics and through the partnership with Fincantieri, we are offering the country system solid 'Made in Italy' know-how and digital technologies".

Fincantieri CEO, Giuseppe Bono, stated: "This partnership pools the extremely high innovation content expressed by two companies that view research and development activity as an essential driver. This initiative will allow us to develop our digital skills further, directing our efforts towards using artificial intelligence to monitor the different infrastructure and the territory, as well as towards integrating the different mobility networks. In this way, we will be contributing enormously to the transportation sector, surely one of the main sectors on which the best resources in the Country should converge".

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Almaviva, a leading Italian Group in Information & Communication Technology, synonymous with digital innovation, accompanies the country's growth processes, accepting the challenge that enterprises must face in order to remain competitive in the Digital era, innovating their business model, their organization, the corporate culture and ICT. Starting from solid 'Made in Italy' know-how, Almaviva has created a global network of 45,000 people, 10,000 in Italy and 35,000 abroad, and €891 million of turnover in 2020. It operates through 43 branches in Italy and 23 abroad, with a significant presence in Brazil, as well as in the United States, China, Colombia, Tunisia, Romania and Brussels, the nerve center of the EU.

www.almaviva.it

Fincantieri is one of the world's largest shipbuilding groups, global Italian leader in cruise ship design, reference player in all high-tech shipbuilding industry sectors, from naval to offshore vessels, from high-complexity ferries to mega yachts, as well as production of systems and component equipment for mechanical and electrical segments, from cruise ship interiors solutions, electronic and software systems, to infrastructures and maritime constructions, as well as after-sales services.

With over 230 years of history and more than 7,000 ships built, Fincantieri maintains its know-how, expertise and management centres in Italy, here employing 10,000 workers and creating around 90,000 jobs, which double worldwide thanks to a production network of 18 shipyards operating in four continents and with over 20,000 employees.

The Group's clients include the biggest cruise operators, being exclusive supplier for the Italian Navy and reference partner for the US Navy, as well as numerous foreign navies. Fincantieri also plays a key role in some of the main European defence companies within supranational programs.

Fincantieri's main strategic leverage is expanding its competences and skills. This key element allows the company to successfully operate in its core business, as well as in different high value-added sectors and markets in terms of organizational structure, management of complexity, innovation, and sustainability.

www.fincantieri.com

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