Salini Impregilo (MTA: SAL), Italy’s leading infrastructure group, announces that FITCH Ratings has confirmed its Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at “BB” and upgraded the outlook from stable to positive.

Fitch stated: “The Positive Outlook reflects an improved business profile, the increased scale, diversification and better access to the US, a favourable market with a ramp-up pipeline of transport infrastructure investments”.