As part of the Campania Region’s participation in the Osaka Expo 2025, at the Italian Pavilion, the Campania Region’s Department of Productive Activities organised a collective mission of 13 Campania companies operating in the sectors of excellence in Aerospace, Automotive, Precision Mechanics, Industrial Automation, Logistics, Fashion, Leather Goods and Fashion Accessories.
Campania is one of the most dynamic regions in the panorama of national exports, occupying the seventh position by value of Italian exports to Japan. In 2024, the region exported goods worth a total of €21.7 billion, representing €3.5 billion.% total Italian exports. This performance places Campania in an important position in the national production system, with an export weight of 17.1% of regional GDP.
The analysis of exports from Campania to Japan reveals a panorama of significant opportunities in a strategic market for the internationalisation of Italian companies.
The key sectors that characterize this business relationship, in addition to agri-food, include manufacturing, with particular emphasis on leather and clothing, while space is strong for products from Aerospace, Automotive, Precision Mechanics and Industrial Automation. These manufacturing sectors show very encouraging dynamics and could receive an important boost from export promotion policies..
For these reasons, the Campania Region, in collaboration with theECI: Italian Trade Agency (ITA), Italian Government Agency for the promotion abroad and internationalisation of Italian companies, Promos Italy, the national agency of the Italian Chamber of Commerce system for the internationalisation of companies, organised, in conjunction with the week of Campania at the Osaka Expo (20-30 July 2025), a commercial mission involving 8 companies operating in the Aerospace/Automotive/Precision Mechanics sector and 5 companies active in the Logistics/Fashion/Fashion Accessories/Fashion Leather Goods sector.
The presentation of the collective and the participants took place on 28 July at the Italian Pavilion at the Expo in Osaka. The meeting was attended by the Director of the Commissariat General of Section for Italy for Expo 2025 in Osaka Andrea Marin, the Director of the Campania Region – Directorate-General for Economic Development and Productive Activities Sergio Mazzarella, the Director of the Tokyo ECI Office Gianpaolo Bruno. With them Chiara Bisacco the EBA – Advanced Business Events and Giovanni Rossi, Director Promos Italia, who presented the calendar of meetings that companies will support.
The companies, divided into groups by product categories, will carry out, from 29 to 31 July, visits, seminars and B2B meetings.
Companies in the Aerospace, Automotive, Precision Mechanics and Industrial Automation sectors will have the opportunity to carry out seminars, B2B meetings and company visits with some Japanese institutional and business entities, including the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) – Kansai Regional Office, the HORIBA company (automotive sector), the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Mitsubishi Motors Plant in Kyoto and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Defense and Space segment), Avex Factory (precision mechanics), the ANA Strategic Research Institute (Aeronautical Industry Cluster Research) and Nissan Motor, Software Defined Vehicle Development Division.
Companies in the Logistics, Fashion, Leather Goods and Fashion Accessories sectors will also follow a busy agenda. Meetings were organized with the Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, with the GWA offering professional services for the development of European markets in Asia and the Sagawa Holdings (Sagawa Express) International Transport Company. For the Leather sector, meetings with the Leather Industry Cooperative Association of the Hyogoe and Kobe Prefectures, the Leather Industry Technology Research Centre of the Hyogo Prefecture, Shimada, Leather Workse and Ikuta Co (specialising in typical Japanese school backpacks), as well as meetings with the Leather Technology Centre of the Metropolitan City of Tokyo, the Japanese Leather Industry Association and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES). Fashion companies will have the opportunity to meet importers and distributors of high-end foreign products (Dimine – Square A Co), high-end stores (Matsuya Ginza), department stores (Hankyu Hanshin) and stores specialising in the sale of high-quality fashion products (Lazy Susan Inc. InTouch).
Bell companies present for the aerospace/automotive/precision mechanics and industrial automation sector:
Almas Industrial holdings, based in Ottaviano (Na), produces interiors for the soundproofing of engine compartments and passenger compartments for the transport industry.
CTM AVIO, based in Acerra (NA), an innovative mechanical company operating in the integrated and certified development of complex aerospace components.
DeAMS, based in Naples, operates in the management of projects related to integrated engineering works such as engineering, digital transformation, artificial intelligence, automation and robotics.
EKD Project, based in Frigento (AV), designs and manufactures metal carpentry components and assemblies for the automotive sector and for automatic production systems.
Italian Innovation Factory, based in Naples, is active in research and experimental development in the field of natural sciences and engineering.
SAPA, based in Arpaia (BN), manufactures automotive parts and accessories and is a Tier-One global supplier to the automotive industry.
Sidereus Space Dynamics, based in Naples, specialising in research and experimental development in various fields of natural sciences and engineering.
Space Factory One, based in Naples, deals with the design and development of deployable technologies (including the use of inflatable systems) for the controlled and autonomous re-entry of spacecraft, their recovery and reuse, as well as offering services for scientific experiments in microgravity through proprietary mini-laboratories.
Companies present in Campania for the fashion / leather goods and logistics sector:
the Campano Interport, Nola (Na) headquarters, one of the main logistics platforms in Campania, with an area of around 2 000 000 m2 and around 150 logistics companies present, where the containers disembarked at the port of Naples arrive by train or road; here they do customs and leave for the whole of Italy and Europe, by train or road.
CIS, headquarters in Nola (Na), a town for wholesale trade, where 300 commercial companies active in 90 different product sectors are allocated, many of them working in the clothing/fashion/fashion sector; CIS is also very active in the promotion/internationalisation of the fashion sector.
Kilesa, Naples headquarters, a company specialising in the creation, production and marketing of 100% leather bags, shoes and accessories for women% crafted in Campania, with particular attention to design, finishing and innovation. Kilesa is also a sponsor of the Italian mission in Osaka and of the Italian pavilion, having created a line of limited-edition bags, embellished with a brass decorative element made by a Campanian artist.
the Pelli Experimental Station, established in Naples in 1885, is a national research body of the Chambers of Commerce of Naples, north-west Tuscany and Vicenza and works to support all Italian companies in the tanning sector with research and development, training, certification, technology transfer and innovation.
Gala Gloves, active in Naples since 1950, specialising in the reaction and artisanal production of high-quality leather gloves for men and women, also made to measure, highly appreciated abroad, and which is an important testimony to the ancient Neapolitan glovemaking tradition.
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