The top management of Italferr, together with RFI, visited the construction site of the Ogliastrillo–Castelbuono section, a strategic objective of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR). The visit began at the Ogliastrillo site warehouse, which houses the concrete segments that are moved and loaded for transport into the tunnel, where the TBM “Margherita” is currently in operation. With...
On 23 July, at Rome’s Hotel Parco dei Principi, the Italy - Algeria Entrepreneurial Forum was held, promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Istituto del Commercio Estero (ICE) [Foreign Trade Institute], in collaboration with Italy’s Embassy in Algiers. The Forum opened with institutional talks by the two Country’s Foreign Ministers, Antonio Tajani and Ahm...
From 8 to 11 July the 12th edition of the UIC World Congress on High-Speed Rail was held in Beijing. The 2025 event was organised jointly by the China State Railway Group Corporation Limited and the International Union of Railways (UIC), bringing together 180 speakers and more than 2,000 representatives of international railway organisations, scholars and experts in the sector from more than 60 c...
With the start of track laying operations and the civil engineering works nearing completion, Italferr CEO Dario Lo Bosco, with the top management of FS, RFI and Trenitalia, visited the construction sites of the Brescia Est - Verona high-speed/high-capacity line, a project that is now 83% complete. Also present at the site was the Italferr team, with the Engineering & Operations Manager, and the ...
On 26 June, Irene Gionfriddo, Director of Foreign Business Development, Business Affairs and Sustainability at Italferr, represented the FS Group in Taormina at Thinkingreen, a “salon” where professionals, public administration managers and politicians discuss issues related to sustainability. This was an important opportunity to illustrate the FS Group's commitment to sustainable development obj...
The Trade Association, involved in Confindustria, that represents Italy’s engineering, architectural, and technical / financial consulting organisations, celebrates 60 years. On the occasion of OICE’s sixtieth anniversary Italferr confirmed its role as a point of reference on the national and international infrastructural engineering scene. The event, held on 24 June at Rome’s Parco della Musica ...
Infrastructure priorities, progress on worksites currently underway, and new designs for railways, roads and port systems, and plans for constructing the Messina Bridge are just some of the topics that were dealt with on Monday 23 June at the “Infrastructural conditions for development of rail, road and maritime transport in Sicily” Convention organised by Unioncamere Sicilia with Uniontrasporti ...
Italferr played a leading role in the third edition of the OICE 2025 Awards, with the Jury picking them as the winner in the “A2” ESG/Sustainability” category. This award was received by Attorney Irene Gionfriddo, Foreign Commercial Development, Business Affairs and Sustainability Director and Eng. Serena Martini, Sustainability Manager. This recognition confirms the importance of the path Italf...
On Thursday 19 June 2025, in the beautiful setting of the Fonderia Napoleonica Eugenia di Milano, a public meeting was held entitled “Urban strategy, energy and infrastructures for climate”, promoted by GBC Italia – Green Building Council Italia, an organisation that has promoted a culture of environmental sustainability and the wellbeing of people in the building and construction sector for year...
The necropolis of Himera, a strategic city founded in ancient Sicily by Greek colonists, in 648 BCE, has been brought to light between Fiumetorto and Ogliastrillo, during construction work doubling and upgrading the Palermo-Messina rail line. This amazing discovery was made thanks to Italferr, which, in partnership with Rete Ferroviaria Italiana, carried out the Site Management and Supervision of...