Giovanni Tampieri
Board member of Tampieri financial group

Giovanni, over the years you have moved to different sites, but have never left Faenza. How come?

Well, we were born and bred in Faenza. Do you know how many people work in our plants? Counting employees, contractors and truck drivers, there is over a thousand families who make a living thanks to us. We owe a lot to our place of origin and have a great sense of responsibility towards it, despite all the difficulties that running a business entails.

What are these difficulties?

Today, more than in the past, investing in businesses in Italy is the greatest feat of all. Entrepreneurial plans are often hampered by stifling red tape. We have opened companies in Romania and Hungary to secure supply of raw materials and we could have relocated our production there. But, unlike others, we have not done it.

So, Faenza represents your past and your present. Does it represent your future too?

Never say never! But for the time being our future is here. And we believe that the town needs our support. Such support is often inconspicuous, and takes the shape of employment stability as well as of actions aimed at promoting institutions that need private contributions to stay afloat. Not to mention the care for the environment, which we have always been passionate about.