Italy 'on radar of investors' - Guidi

(ANSA) - Bologna, November 30 - Italy has "fully come onto the radar of international investors" said Industry Minister Federica Guidi on Monday, speaking to a group of entrepreneurs at a conference on Italian business innovation.
    "We're no longer perceived as a country of little proprietors. We're seen as a country of small, dynamic, innovative businesses that know how to take every opportunity for creating new value. I'm not referring only to the economic value of shares," Guidi said.
    "Despite the economic crisis, we've managed to keep and often develop a high manufacturing capacity that sometimes escapes statistical indices, but one that Italy counts on," Guidi said.
    "You've known how to put that innovative process into action, often coming about in an informal way, essential for making our products unique".