On Friday, September 19, 2025, the new Small Industry Committee of Confindustria Macerata was presented in the beautiful municipal theater of Treia.

It was an opportunity for entrepreneurs, the local community, and institutions to discuss a highly topical issue that is increasingly becoming part of everyday life for people, and even more so for businesses. The debate began with the topic on artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential developments and uses in the workplace. Past President Paolo Ceci and newly elected Federico Maccari opened the proceedings by outlining the Committee’s goals for the next four years and introducing its members: Simona Reschini, Francesca Ippoliti, Paolo Ceci, and Michele Montanari, CEO of Gima S.p.A.

 

 

“Gima S.p.A. has been operating in the metalworking industry for 40 years, specifically in automatic turning, mold construction, and stamping for all sheet metal work and industrial automation. We create custom machines, built on our customer needs; in essence, we work on solving customers problems. We have been a member of Confindustria Macerata for 21 years, and although this is my first active experience with the association, I hope to be able to give as much support as possible to President Maccari and his team, because only by helping each other can we face the difficult challenges this modern world presents us,” said CEO Michele Montanari on the theater stage.

 

This was followed by greetings from the Mayor of Treia and a brief speech by Attorney Francesca Ippoliti, president of the Macerata Bar Association’s AI Commission, on the opportunities this new technology can already offer local industries. The event concluded with a theatrical performance of “Mi AI rubato il lavoro” (AI stoles my job), written and performed by Walter Riviera, an engineer specializing in machine learning with a background in Intel Corporation.

 

There was certainly no shortage of thoughts on a tool that, if used wisely, can bring significant added value to businesses, but if used carelessly and inexperienced, it can harbor pitfalls. This is a market that Italy, the first member state in the European Union, only recently began regulating. This is therefore a constantly evolving topic that Confindustria Macerata, thanks in part to its Digital Innovation Hub, intends to follow closely.

We therefore extend our best wishes to President Federico Maccari and his entire team!