Despite the economic crisis that has gripped the world in recent months, the Italian tourism seems to have avoided the catastrophic effects that were predicted at the beginning of the summer tourist season. It's true there has been a strong decrease of incoming flows from overseas, mainly Japan and the United States and parts of eastern Europe and the United Kingdom, but the Mitteleuropean market has hold up well thanks of tourists coming from Germany, Austria and France.
And if Italy will register a positive trend at the end of the season the merit is all of Italian tourists who have deserted foreign destinations preferring holidays made in Italy. So the significant lack due to overseas tourista has been compensated by Italians.
Very good are the results about tourism in Sicily, Apulia and Tuscany, where the results look rather comparable to those of past seasons. Travelling in Tuscany like in Sicily and Apulia means discovering above all a part of Italian territory rich in nature, cultural tours and ancient traditions.
Italy is particularly appreciated in Europe and only the economic crisis has dampened the interest of Americans and Japanese.
With the passing of the crisis, the Beautiful Country can really obtain great results in touristic field. It should therefore be prepared for future market demands improving services and exploiting many potentialities yet hidden that this land offers.
And if Italy will register a positive trend at the end of the season the merit is all of Italian tourists who have deserted foreign destinations preferring holidays made in Italy. So the significant lack due to overseas tourista has been compensated by Italians.
Very good are the results about tourism in Sicily, Apulia and Tuscany, where the results look rather comparable to those of past seasons. Travelling in Tuscany like in Sicily and Apulia means discovering above all a part of Italian territory rich in nature, cultural tours and ancient traditions.
Italy is particularly appreciated in Europe and only the economic crisis has dampened the interest of Americans and Japanese.
With the passing of the crisis, the Beautiful Country can really obtain great results in touristic field. It should therefore be prepared for future market demands improving services and exploiting many potentialities yet hidden that this land offers.
The Jeep brand remains in Chrysler home, and the same fate will concern the industrial equipment for the production of cars that someone had thought early in the hands of Chineses, Japaneses or Koreans. This is the official position of Chrysler LLC after the entries about possible negotiations with other car manufacturers.
"Chrysler LLC is not in negotiations for the sale of the Jeep brand. As repeatedly stated, the Jeep brand and other brands of Chrysler LLC are not in sale. Although both declared their intention to divest non-profitable activities, at the moment there aren't possible buyers of industrial equipment for the production of cars, and Chrysler LLC is in talks with any Chinese, Japanese or Korean car manufacturer, for the sale of productive activities. It could be valuated the possibility to yield the license of existing production platforms ".
"Chrysler LLC is not in negotiations for the sale of the Jeep brand. As repeatedly stated, the Jeep brand and other brands of Chrysler LLC are not in sale. Although both declared their intention to divest non-profitable activities, at the moment there aren't possible buyers of industrial equipment for the production of cars, and Chrysler LLC is in talks with any Chinese, Japanese or Korean car manufacturer, for the sale of productive activities. It could be valuated the possibility to yield the license of existing production platforms ".
It's positive the balance of Italian machine tools, robots and automation that, in 2008, has seen growing all major economic indicators, as shown by the publication of a recent study of the market.
An increase of the Italian production sector by 5% over the previous year, reaching 6110 million of euro. This positive result is determined both by export, grown of 7% over the previous year, and by the performance of the internal market, which has reported an increase of 2.7%.
But the previsions for 2009 are really different, because the industry will feel the negative economic worldwide situation.
According to estimates the production of Italian industry will fall of 6.4%. In fall even exports, which will leave on the ground 5.7%, so as deliveries on the domestic market that will decline by 7.2%.
A good news for all Italian company that work in automation sector as OTM, specialized in special protections production.
An increase of the Italian production sector by 5% over the previous year, reaching 6110 million of euro. This positive result is determined both by export, grown of 7% over the previous year, and by the performance of the internal market, which has reported an increase of 2.7%.
But the previsions for 2009 are really different, because the industry will feel the negative economic worldwide situation.
According to estimates the production of Italian industry will fall of 6.4%. In fall even exports, which will leave on the ground 5.7%, so as deliveries on the domestic market that will decline by 7.2%.
A good news for all Italian company that work in automation sector as OTM, specialized in special protections production.
The period of recession that car manufacturers live all over the world does not concern the famous Italian industry of "Cavallino rampante". An official remark to entries on a recent involvement (albeit marginal) of Ferrari in the international automotive market crisis comes from Maranello. Ferrari company tells us that there will be no redundancies and that for 2008 the projections are even better than the 2007 with new records.
Some organs of the English press had spoken explicitly of a cut of the workforce, but the official denial leaves no doubt: there will be no cut among employees. Furthermore, as stated from Cavallino, "2008 will be better than 2007". The head of communications Stefano Lai added that "for 2009 forecasts are positive, as a result of our business model based on exclusivity and renewal of the range, constantly monitoring the markets and with due attention, the costs."
Some organs of the English press had spoken explicitly of a cut of the workforce, but the official denial leaves no doubt: there will be no cut among employees. Furthermore, as stated from Cavallino, "2008 will be better than 2007". The head of communications Stefano Lai added that "for 2009 forecasts are positive, as a result of our business model based on exclusivity and renewal of the range, constantly monitoring the markets and with due attention, the costs."
E-mobility Italy, is one of the largest worldwide projects for electrical mobility, launched by Smart, the youngest and innovative brand of Daimler Group and Enel, the largest electricity company in Italy and the second utility listed in Europe for installed capacity. The project, a new integrated model of electric mobility, will make possible the effective dissemination and use of electric vehicles with avant-guard recharge technology, thanks to the development of infrastructures tailored to the customers, offering smart services and safe . The use of electric cars will begin in 2010 and will be aligned to the daily needs of motorists.
Daimler will provide more than 100 electric cars to customers in the cities of Rome, Pisa and Milan, and will cover their maintenance. Enel will be responsible of development, creation and operation of infrastructure, with more than 400 points of charging, in addition to the system of central control.
But this is not enough. The energy of the electric cars will be certified RECS (Renewable Energy Certificate System), an international system involving 25 European countries, established to finance the development of renewable sources like water, sun, wind and heat of the earth. Already 1.3 million customers have joined this type of offer made available by Enel Energy on the open market.
Daimler will provide more than 100 electric cars to customers in the cities of Rome, Pisa and Milan, and will cover their maintenance. Enel will be responsible of development, creation and operation of infrastructure, with more than 400 points of charging, in addition to the system of central control.
But this is not enough. The energy of the electric cars will be certified RECS (Renewable Energy Certificate System), an international system involving 25 European countries, established to finance the development of renewable sources like water, sun, wind and heat of the earth. Already 1.3 million customers have joined this type of offer made available by Enel Energy on the open market.
Have you ever seen a logo that looked like a jumbled mess of drawings? Where there are so many elements competing for your attention that you don’t know where to look or what it all means? Or where there are so many layered elements that they’re all confused together?
The job of your logo is to communicate what your business is all about in an instant. But if you try to say too much in that instant, it’s more likely that your clients and prospects will either not get the message at all or that they’ll get the wrong message-and wind up pulling the wrong information out of an overcomplicated logo.
The way to avoid confusing your clients with your logo is simple: to just keep it simple. Just like the KISS principle.
Wikipedia says: “The KISS principle (acronym for “Keep It Simple, Stupid”) states that design simplicity should be a key goal and unnecessary complexity avoided. It serves as a useful principle in a wide array of disciplines, such as software development, animation, journalism, photography, engineering, and strategic planning.”
And, let me add here-it applies in brand design as well.
So, how do you keep your logo simple?
There are a few easy steps to creating a clear, simple logo that communicates your message to your audience instead of confusing it.
1. Keep the brand story that you’re telling with your logo simple and don’t try to say too much.
Your logo should tell the story of your business’s brand. Your business’s story is made up of four parts:
Your business’s personality The type of services or products you offer (either by talking about what you do, or better yet, showing your customers the need you can fill or the problem you can solve) What makes you different from your competition Who you can best help When you sit down to create your business’s story, you’ll probably find that you have a lot to say about these four story parts. And the details will probably be complex and involved.
So, the next step in creating a logo is to take your story and scale it back to one, or possibly two, main ideas that you want the viewer-your potential client-to see in your logo.
This simplified story is the key to making sure that your logo will be able to be designed in a simple way. If you’re trying to tell a complicated story, then your logo design will probably need to be complicated to communicate everything. But if your story is simple, then your logo can be simple as well.
2. Keep the design of your logo simple-don’t include too many details in the icon.
A logo that contains a lot of visual elements may turn out to be too complicated to allow viewers to assimilate all of the information at once. Keep the number of shapes, lines and other design elements at a minimum to make the logo as clear and clean as possible.
Limiting the number of elements and keeping them all at the same relative level of detail to each another makes it likely that you’ll end up with a logo that’s also scalable. If you include too many design details, it’s more likely that when you scale the logo down, some design elements will be too small to see or distinguish from one another or even to print well. Simplifying the design of your logo can help to ensure that it will be scalable.
3. Keep the icon and the name of your company separate.
If you layer your company’s name on top of the icon in your logo, then your company’s name can be harder to read. And if you have text on top of the icon, it will be harder to see the icon, much less grasp what it means. Separating these two elements from one another will make them both easier to read and understand.
Just following these three simple recommendations can help you to create a logo that keeps it simple-and helps you to communicate with your clients instead of confusing them.
Already published on www.sayeconomy.com
The job of your logo is to communicate what your business is all about in an instant. But if you try to say too much in that instant, it’s more likely that your clients and prospects will either not get the message at all or that they’ll get the wrong message-and wind up pulling the wrong information out of an overcomplicated logo.
The way to avoid confusing your clients with your logo is simple: to just keep it simple. Just like the KISS principle.
Wikipedia says: “The KISS principle (acronym for “Keep It Simple, Stupid”) states that design simplicity should be a key goal and unnecessary complexity avoided. It serves as a useful principle in a wide array of disciplines, such as software development, animation, journalism, photography, engineering, and strategic planning.”
And, let me add here-it applies in brand design as well.
So, how do you keep your logo simple?
There are a few easy steps to creating a clear, simple logo that communicates your message to your audience instead of confusing it.
1. Keep the brand story that you’re telling with your logo simple and don’t try to say too much.
Your logo should tell the story of your business’s brand. Your business’s story is made up of four parts:
Your business’s personality The type of services or products you offer (either by talking about what you do, or better yet, showing your customers the need you can fill or the problem you can solve) What makes you different from your competition Who you can best help When you sit down to create your business’s story, you’ll probably find that you have a lot to say about these four story parts. And the details will probably be complex and involved.
So, the next step in creating a logo is to take your story and scale it back to one, or possibly two, main ideas that you want the viewer-your potential client-to see in your logo.
This simplified story is the key to making sure that your logo will be able to be designed in a simple way. If you’re trying to tell a complicated story, then your logo design will probably need to be complicated to communicate everything. But if your story is simple, then your logo can be simple as well.
2. Keep the design of your logo simple-don’t include too many details in the icon.
A logo that contains a lot of visual elements may turn out to be too complicated to allow viewers to assimilate all of the information at once. Keep the number of shapes, lines and other design elements at a minimum to make the logo as clear and clean as possible.
Limiting the number of elements and keeping them all at the same relative level of detail to each another makes it likely that you’ll end up with a logo that’s also scalable. If you include too many design details, it’s more likely that when you scale the logo down, some design elements will be too small to see or distinguish from one another or even to print well. Simplifying the design of your logo can help to ensure that it will be scalable.
3. Keep the icon and the name of your company separate.
If you layer your company’s name on top of the icon in your logo, then your company’s name can be harder to read. And if you have text on top of the icon, it will be harder to see the icon, much less grasp what it means. Separating these two elements from one another will make them both easier to read and understand.
Just following these three simple recommendations can help you to create a logo that keeps it simple-and helps you to communicate with your clients instead of confusing them.
Already published on www.sayeconomy.com
If you have a poor credit score and are troubled by a spiraling debt burden, you might be looking for consolidating your debts. But there are a number of financial risks involved in debt consolidation. This is the reason why people frequently opt for debt settlement to find a solution for their debt problems. In case of debt consolidation, there is a necessity of credit check before you receive a loan, whereas debt settlement permits you to register for a program barring a credit check. In a debt consolidation process, you receive a loan from a financial services provider, usually a credit union, bank or savings and loan association. When you obtain the debt consolidation loan, the funds are channelized towards repaying all your debts with high rates of interest.
Nevertheless, the debt consolidation loan provider ascertains the terms and conditions of your payment and the rate of interest on the basis of your credit history. If you are having a bad credit, there is a probability that you might be denied a loan or the loan may be provided to you at a substantially high rate of interest. This will make the loan a costly alternative to clear your debt. Rather than undergoing the sanctioning procedure for a debt consolidation loan, you may sign up for a debt settlement program for repaying your debts. The debt settlement agency lets its clients sign up exclusive of a credit check and you are able to save higher amount of money in comparison to utilizing a debt consolidation loan.
Debt settlement firms function on your behalf for getting you out of debt problems through talking terms with your creditors for bringing down the debt amount owed by you. In debt settlement, you only need to pay 40%-60% of your actual debt principal.As you are paying a lower amount for every debt, you can get free of debt within a short period. The advantages of debt settlement prevail over that of debt consolidation. You can eliminate your debt faster, save more money, and keep away from a credit check if you avail a debt settlement program.
Nevertheless, the debt consolidation loan provider ascertains the terms and conditions of your payment and the rate of interest on the basis of your credit history. If you are having a bad credit, there is a probability that you might be denied a loan or the loan may be provided to you at a substantially high rate of interest. This will make the loan a costly alternative to clear your debt. Rather than undergoing the sanctioning procedure for a debt consolidation loan, you may sign up for a debt settlement program for repaying your debts. The debt settlement agency lets its clients sign up exclusive of a credit check and you are able to save higher amount of money in comparison to utilizing a debt consolidation loan.
Debt settlement firms function on your behalf for getting you out of debt problems through talking terms with your creditors for bringing down the debt amount owed by you. In debt settlement, you only need to pay 40%-60% of your actual debt principal.As you are paying a lower amount for every debt, you can get free of debt within a short period. The advantages of debt settlement prevail over that of debt consolidation. You can eliminate your debt faster, save more money, and keep away from a credit check if you avail a debt settlement program.
Recently, we often talk of recession and crisis areas, both in Europe and beyond Ocean. However, the market of industrial cleaning and hygiene continues its steady growth, marking a development in recent decades.
Who has based his production and distribution of cleaning machines on the quality of the finished product and pre-and post-sale service, is not affected by this global economic slowdown. That's because making any kind of work in sanitation and clean environment has become indispensable to achieve high production and ensure the highest quality of the finished product. In fact, the labor force, if used to work with order, cleanliness and method, not only will work better but will do it with more will and pleasure. This has an incredible impact both qualitative and quantitative on production of any company and/or industry.
The market for industrial cleaning products is an excellent investment for any manufacturing company. The "made in Italy", proposes innovative products, of high quality and manufacturing at competitive prices that can counter the effrontery of Asian business policies, especially Chinese. In addition, thanks to the excellent promotion and marketing investment implemented more and more by Italian companies operating in this field of industrial cleaning, results are really succesful.
Montanari Engineering, a company specialised in the field of industrial laundry equipment, is a good example in this sector. Over 30 years of work during which it has extended its range of products, including also goods conveyors systems.
Who has based his production and distribution of cleaning machines on the quality of the finished product and pre-and post-sale service, is not affected by this global economic slowdown. That's because making any kind of work in sanitation and clean environment has become indispensable to achieve high production and ensure the highest quality of the finished product. In fact, the labor force, if used to work with order, cleanliness and method, not only will work better but will do it with more will and pleasure. This has an incredible impact both qualitative and quantitative on production of any company and/or industry.
The market for industrial cleaning products is an excellent investment for any manufacturing company. The "made in Italy", proposes innovative products, of high quality and manufacturing at competitive prices that can counter the effrontery of Asian business policies, especially Chinese. In addition, thanks to the excellent promotion and marketing investment implemented more and more by Italian companies operating in this field of industrial cleaning, results are really succesful.
Montanari Engineering, a company specialised in the field of industrial laundry equipment, is a good example in this sector. Over 30 years of work during which it has extended its range of products, including also goods conveyors systems.
Global marketplace has been continually changing and engineering and construction firms in Europe as in the U.S. have to deal with many new competitors. It's necessary to understand global dynamics and competition, developing new and innovative competitive strategies, and taking actions to maintain world-class leadership.
A constant research on the factors that affect the competitiveness of engineering and construction firms has to be guaranteed. A comparaison between historical and new trends could help to identify the driving forces that may shape the future of the engineering and construction industries. A detailed study about financing options, organization, management, structure, work force characteristics and technological issues is necessary to encourage firms in each fields above all if they are more competitive as engineering and construction equipment industries.
A constant research on the factors that affect the competitiveness of engineering and construction firms has to be guaranteed. A comparaison between historical and new trends could help to identify the driving forces that may shape the future of the engineering and construction industries. A detailed study about financing options, organization, management, structure, work force characteristics and technological issues is necessary to encourage firms in each fields above all if they are more competitive as engineering and construction equipment industries.
The strong financial crisis invests even commodities.
Copper, silver and corn are declining, what has led commodities to the worst week for more than 50 years. The index Reuters / Jefferies Crb that follows the trend of 19 raw materials has fallen in recent days of 9.9%, the largest decline since 1956.
In one week gold and other commodities have accumulated losses ranging from 4.1% of the yellow metal in London and 18.7 % of corn traded at Chicago Board of Trade.
Copper, silver and corn are declining, what has led commodities to the worst week for more than 50 years. The index Reuters / Jefferies Crb that follows the trend of 19 raw materials has fallen in recent days of 9.9%, the largest decline since 1956.
In one week gold and other commodities have accumulated losses ranging from 4.1% of the yellow metal in London and 18.7 % of corn traded at Chicago Board of Trade.
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