Gianpietro Benedetti, farewell to the president of the steel giant Danieli Group –

Mourning in the Italian industry. The entrepreneur Gianpietro Benedetti, who as president of the Danieli Group of Buttrio (Udine), a global giant in the design and construction of steel plants and one of the top three European steel producers, has passed away at the age of 81.

Born in 1942, Benedetti, who joined Danieli in the 1960s, went from technical designer to managing director and president of one of the industrial groups with roots in Friuli Venezia Giulia, leader in the design and construction of steel plants, with over 8,600 employees worldwide, of which around 6,000 in the region. Knight of Labor since 2006, two degrees and an honorary MBA diploma, he was also president of Confindustria Udine.

The Friuli Venezia Giulia Region expresses its condolences and “joins the family and employees of the group for the loss of Gianpietro Benedetti, a highly valued company leader and visionary entrepreneur – declares the governor of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Massimiliano Fedriga, in a note – In addition to leading the industrial group among the top three European steel producers for years, he has proudly shown commitment to his land by becoming its patron, engaging in the world of communication and also launching numerous projects for the training of young people under his presidency ITS Malignani has grown to train the super-technicians that the local economy needs: many projects that Benedetti has always shared with the regional administration with foresight”.