The Agricultural and Industrial Zone Consortium of Verona - constituted by Province, City and Chamber of Commerce by Legal Decree 24/04/1948 n.579- is an Industrial Development Consortium set up in pursuance of a special law.
It is a territorially-based institutional agency with tasks of urbanistic planning and promotion of global territorial and economic growth. This agency has been accompanying and supporting economic growth in the Verona area since 1948.
The first achievement of the Consortium was the creation of an industrial zone, called ZaiUno, with an area of 6 million square meters and containing 600 companies with more than 25,000 workers.
Companies in the agro-industrial sector have particular importance.
The second initiative was the organisation of another industrial zone, called ZaiDue, located in the Basson zone on a million square meters with 120 companies and 4,000 workers.
This concentrates on settlement of firms selected for the high technological content of their activities, for the amount of their investment and for the employment opportunities they offered.
The Consortium subsequently created the Quadrante Europa Freight Village. This infrastructure system has made Verona an important centre for merchandise collection and distribution in Europe.
The entire system has been conceived and operates by applying techniques of rail-road-air intermodal transport systems.
The Consortium is now undertaking a new initiative:
- on 1.300.000 square meters in the zone called
"Marangona" which is one of the four institutional
districts (with the ZaiUno, ZaiDue and Quadrante
Europa zones) under the jurisdiction of the Consortium.
This is an organised settlement of high technology
firms called "Innovation Area".
The Agricultural and Industrial Zone Consortium of Verona - constituted by Province, City and Chamber of Commerce by Legal Decree 24/04/1948 n.579- is an Industrial Development Consortium set up in pursuance of a special law.
