Italy’s government is preparing two policy steps that could influence capital spending across manufacturing: the business decree expected by late October and the next budget law. At the Teha Forum in Cernobbio, Minister for Enterprises and Made in Italy Adolfo Urso said the focus will be on administrative simplification and on measures intended to support innovation and competitiveness.
One of the main elements expected in the business decree is the Business Wallet, described as a digital wallet for companies. The stated aim is to reduce the time and paperwork involved in public tenders and other administrative procedures, as part of a broader simplification drive that the minister linked to a “zero-cost bureaucracy” objective.
On the budget side, Urso said the government plans to extend hyper-depreciation beyond its current 2028 horizon, with the intention of making the measure more structural. The same bill is also expected to include incentives for advanced robotics and humanoids, targeting both manufacturers and industrial users. According to the minister, work on the package has been underway for months in discussion with major companies and trade associations, with unions expected to be involved as well.
Humanoids remain the most debated part of the package. Support for the production chain appears less controversial, while incentives for factory adoption raise wider questions about employment effects and about how mature these applications are in practice. In his remarks, Urso also referred to data security in industrial robots and humanoids, placing the issue within a broader international debate over foreign-made systems.
To frame the market, the minister said that out of roughly 450 companies worldwide producing humanoids, 15 are European and 5 are Italian, which in his view puts Italy in first place in Europe in this niche. The source material also reports more cautious assessments from robotics experts, who argue that eye-catching demonstrations should be distinguished from commercially useful industrial applications.
Urso also updated figures related to schemes managed by his ministry. According to his statements, the new hyper-depreciation measure for 2026-2028 has already drawn more than 16,500 companies with investment projects worth EUR 5.4 billion. He also said Transition 5.0 delivered EUR 10.5 billion in incentives in 2024-2025 against more than EUR 30 billion in investments. For now, these remain policy announcements, and the final scope will depend on the legal texts due in the coming weeks.
