(21 November 2016) Umbria Nautical Cluster has been this year’s star of the Marine Equipment Trade Show), the most important international event reserved to professionals in the marine leisure industry, whose 28th edition closed in recent days in Amsterdam, Holland. The Umbria Nautical Cluster was hosted in the stand promoted by the Umbria Region realised with the support of Sviluppumbria within the most prestigious pavilion at the “Mets, Super Yacht Pavilion, dedicated to equipping and parts production for luxury boats. Special attention was given to the Cluster by the new Italian Ambassador to Holland, Andrea Perugini who stopped by the Umbrian stand on his visit to the Marine Equipment Trade Show where he connected with various companies and appreciating their collective participation and the level of quality and technological precision. At the end of his visit, the Ambassador personally invited President Giovanni Canalicchio and the whole Umbra Nautical Cluster to organise a business mission in Holland as soon as possible in order to present Umbrian excellence to the most important naval shipyards in Holland. The Vice President of the Regional Council and Councillor for Economic Development and Internationalisation, Fabio Paparelli underlines; “The stand has allowed the Cluster to present itself to potential clients as sole ‘contractors’ for the realisation and management of complex commissions as well as planning and executing new network products borne from the integration of competences among partners”. (Red)