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The DPCM of 19 May 2025 refinances Italy's "Fondo di contrasto alla deindustrializzazione," a domestic regional-development subsidy scheme run through the Department for Cohesion Policies and implemented operationally by Invitalia. It channels EUR 120 million into six industrial areas split across two territorial consortia: five zones of the Consorzio Industriale del Lazio (EUR 100 million, EUR 20 million per area) and the Consorzio per lo Sviluppo Industriale Piceno Consind covering Ascoli Piceno province in the Marche region (EUR 20 million). Both areas have a history of manufacturing-base erosion — Piceno Consind's territory has carried an "area di crisi industriale complessa" designation since 2016 under Legge 181/89.
Eligible firms are manufacturing enterprises (ATECO section C) of any size, either already located in or committing to establish in the qualifying municipalities. Grants are non-repayable ("a fondo perduto"), can cover up to 100% of eligible capital expenditure under EU de minimis state-aid ceilings, and are capped at EUR 300,000 per beneficiary. Eligible expenditure runs from 8 May 2024 through 31 December 2028, and covers building restructuring/new construction and modernization/expansion investments tied to product or process innovation.
The first-edition application window (opened after the September 2025 gazettal) drew 1,451 applications; 872 companies were financed for a combined EUR 131.1 million in awarded grants (exceeding the nominal EUR 120 million envelope, implying subsequent top-up or over-subscription handling), with EUR 94.4 million disbursed as of 15 June 2026. A second-edition avviso pubblico (DPCoe n. 262, 18 June 2026) reopened applications for 31 August–30 October 2026.
vehicles (rather than national industrial-policy statutes) to backstop manufacturing employment in structurally declining industrial districts.
tranche layers on top of pre-existing Legge 181/89 reindustrialization incentives — cumulative regional aid intensity in that district is materially higher than the headline EUR 20 million allocation implies.
at SME/mid-size manufacturers retaining or expanding existing lines, not at attracting large new anchor investments.
in the first edition — top-up funding, accounting overlap with prior tranches, or a reporting artifact — is not resolved by the sources reviewed.