Piyush Goyal meets Italian business leaders in Milan ahead of co-chairing meeting with Italy’s Deputy PM

India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has commenced his official visit to Italy with meetings with the Italian business community in Milan. In course of the day, the Minister met the President of UFI Filters Spa Giorgio Girondi, CEO of Toschi Vignola Srl Stefano Toschi, CEO of EPTA Refrigeration Marco Nocivelli, Chairman of the Carraro Group Enrico Carraro, Managing Director of the SOL Group Daniele Forni, CEO of the Poggipolini Spa Michele Poggipolini, and CEO of iMoon lightning Srl Laura Tarquinio.Tomorrow, the Minister will co-chair the 22nd Session of the India-Italy Joint Commission for Economic Cooperation (JCEC) with Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani. The 22nd JCEC session in Rome is aimed at assessing progress and identifying new avenues for collaboration in high-impact areas in agri-tech, digitalization, energy transition, sustainable mobility, and the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC).

The engagement follows the launch of the India-Italy Joint Strategic Action Plan (JSAP) 2025–2029, which was announced after a meeting between the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro in November 2024. The JSAP is built on ten thematic pillars, with economic cooperation forming a core area of focus.
Goyal will also lead a high-level Indian business delegation to the India–Italy Growth Forum in the industrial area of Brescia, which aims to bring together key enterprises and stakeholders from both countries to promote investment, build business-to-business linkages, and explore synergies in sectors aligned with innovation and sustainability.Also Read: Exclusive: Associated Alcohols and Breweries eyes ₹2,000 crore revenue in next 4 years