MILAN, November 10, 2025 – “The steel industry and large-scale infrastructure are key assets for the sovereignty and competitiveness of our national system. This mutual relationship is not only economic, but structural when it comes to people’s everyday lives,” Webuild Chief Executive Pietro Salini told the Public Assembly of Federacciai – the Federation of Italian Steel Companies – held in Bergamo. “We often forget how much steel and infrastructure have transformed Italy, contributing to its passage from an agricultural country to an industrial power. The achievements made during the last century are not to be discounted – they are the result of a vision and investments that changed our history.” 

In this synergy, Webuild confirms its role as one of the largest steel purchasers in Italy, directly supporting the sector’s production and employment. Between 2023 and 2025, the Group made purchases in Italy exceeding €800 million.

 “Infrastructure is a growth engine for GDP and employment across all related sectors. But in order to make the most of this potential, there needs to be a solid and competitive Italian industry at the global level,” Salini added. “We need simpler rules and realistic targets to be set unde an industrial vision that supports our production system in the face of overcapacity from abroad, especially Chinese. We also need to have large Italian companies along with their respective supply chains collaborating in a synergetic way to really make a national system.” 

 “Infrastructure today is a fundamental tool of economic policy and industrial geopolitics. We cannot overlook the fact that the steel industry is a strategic sector. Supporting the supply chain – second in Europe by volume and first in electric furnace production – is essential in ensuring skilled jobs and preserving for future generations the welfare policies that we ourselves enjoy today.” 

“Italian steel, renowned for its quality and durability, is an indispensable resource for the current infrastructure plan – the largest since World War II – and for future projects. Steel is the backbone that guarantees the safety and reliability of crucial public works that are reshaping the country’s mobility even today,” Salini continued, citing examples such as the new high-speed rail lines of the Terzo Valico dei Giovi–Nodo di Genova Combined Project, Verona–Padua, Naples–Bari, Salerno–Reggio Calabria, and the Palermo–Catania–Messina high-capacity railway corridor.