{"id":59329,"date":"2018-08-13T12:00:27","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T12:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/08\/13\/fincantieri-bulks-up-with-acquisition-ahead-of-naval-group-partnership\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T16:12:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:12:20","slug":"fincantieri-bulks-up-with-acquisition-ahead-of-naval-group-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/top-100\/2018\/08\/13\/fincantieri-bulks-up-with-acquisition-ahead-of-naval-group-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"Fincantieri bulks up with acquisition ahead of Naval Group partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ROME and PARIS \u2014 Italian shipyard Fincantieri has bought a key Italian technologyfirm to gain extra clout ahead of a planned team-up with France\u2019s Naval Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">State-controlled Fincantieri said Aug. 7 it was jointly taking control of Vitrociset, which employs 800 people and posted 2017 sales of \u20ac187 million (U.S. $211 million) from its training and support work in the defense, security, transport and space sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The shipyard will take over Vitrociset\u2019s defense work, while its partner in the purchase, Italian firm Mer Mec, will assume control of its civil work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/people.defensenews.com\/top-100\/\" target=_blank><b>See this year\u2019s Top 100 list!<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That leaves Fincantieri, which builds warships, submarines and cruise ships, in charge of Vitrociset\u2019s aerospace work, including ground support work on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move triggered speculation in Italy that Fincantieri was bulking up to gain a stronger hand as it proceeds with cooperation talks with French shipyard Naval Group, given that Vitrociset is involved in automation, command and control, simulation, and testing work.\u2028<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A company source played down the timing of the deal, saying: \u201cVitrociset simply makes us more complete.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement followed a visit to Rome on Aug. 1 by French Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire to discuss the Fincantieri-Naval Group talks, which started last year but slowed during the creation of a new, populist government in Italy in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/2017\/10\/24\/naval-airbus-in-europe-could-lead-to-industry-shake-up\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8_specialreport_naval.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">\u2018Naval Airbus\u2019 in Europe could lead to industry shake-up<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">As French and Italian officials begin a series of meetings to decide how to integrate the two nations\u2019 naval industries, officials in Italy need to figure out what to do with Leonardo.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new government in Rome has had a series of spats with Paris, starting with France\u2019s reluctance to take in migrants who sail from Libya to Italy. The Italian government is also reluctant to move ahead on a new rail link between Italy and France, even though millions of euros have been spent on the program. And France and Italy are at loggerheads over lawless Libya, where the European nations back opposing sides in the slow-burning conflict.\u2028<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tensions reached a peak last month when Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini openly said he did not want France to win the soccer World Cup, which it did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In June, Naval Group and Fincantieri handed their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2018\/07\/12\/governments-receive-plans-for-industrial-tie-up-between-fincantieri-naval-group\/\" target=\"_blank\">respective governments plans<\/a> for possible industrial cooperation, a move seen by Fincantieri Chairman Giuseppe Bono as leading to an\u201cAirbus of the sea,\u201d seen as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/interviews\/2018\/03\/06\/interview-fincantieri-ceo-on-unifying-europes-splintered-naval-industry\/\" target=\"_blank\">kick-starting a wider integration<\/a> of the fractured European naval industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Addressing Italy\u2019s Parliament this month, Bono said he was also backing moves by the European Union to encourage joint spending among partners, effectively leading to pooled EU defense procurement from transnational European defense giants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEurope spends little and spends badly,\u201d he said. \u201cEveryone acts in the interest of their own nation; but if we concentrated, we could spend less but be more capable and more efficient.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fincantieri is already set to take over French civil shipyard STX, and at the start of the year, Bono said a French-Italian merger of naval work could occur within five to 10 years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> However, Le Maire was cautious during his Rome visit, claiming \u201cit would not be wise\u201d to talk of a naval merger. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Current plans go no further than a 10 percent share cross-holding, combined with pooling research, acquisition of material and teaming on export work to reduce competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Naval Group avoids the use of the Airbus tag, which signals a high degree of industrial consolidation, and prefers to refer to closer cooperation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cooperation plan is creating uncertainty over the role to be played by Italian and French firms Leonardo and Thales, which rely on selling their systems for their nations\u2019 warships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speculation that Leonardo would be sidelined in future joint ships built by Fincantieri and Naval Group increased with news of the Italian yard\u2019s purchase of Vitrociset, although Bono promised that Leonardo\u2019s involvement in the tie-up was \u201con the cards,\u201d pointing out how it was an integral part of two offers of corvettes that Fincantieri was making to Romania and Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"790\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-696027058.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-696027058.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-696027058.jpg.jpg?resize=300,198 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-696027058.jpg.jpg?resize=768,506 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-696027058.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,674 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fincantieri CEO Giuseppe Bono attends a CCI France Italy awards ceremony in Milan on June 14, 2017. (Miguel Medina\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thales, which holds a 35 percent stake in Naval Group, also reportedly expressed caution about linking up Naval Group and Fincantieri, an Italian source told Defense News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year, a leaked 36-page report from ADIT, a partially French state-owned company working in economic intelligence, painted a \u201chighly negative\u201d picture of the compliance and ethics of Fincantieri, a depiction which was challenged by Fincantieri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is a lack of communication, a lack of figures,\u201d according to Fabrice Wolf, a defense economics analyst. \u201cThis leads many to be concerned that this project is ideologically driven and that the realities of the industrial base are not fully taken into account.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> The main interest for Naval Group is to find work for its research office, which is the real reason for the FTI intermediate frigate program, he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2028There is a \u201cconcern\u201d elsewhere in French industry, notably at Thales, which sees its sale of radars and electronic systems under risk from Italian archrival Leonardo, Wolf added.\u2028<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNaval Group is a great partner for Thales and I hope that lasts,\u201d said Thales CEO Patrice Caine, business daily Les Echos reported May 27. Thales is more than just a shareholder in Naval Group, as the former transferred its combat systems business to the latter in 2007 in exchange for a shareholding, he added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2028\u201cWhen we build the FTI frigate with Naval Group, it\u2019s like building the Rafale with Dassault \u2014 it\u2019s a link up for life,\u201d he said, pondering the intentions of an Italian government that pursues nationalism and a protectionist trade policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Naval Group and Thales were unavailable for comment.\u2028<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Italian pursuit of anti-immigration and anti-free trade seems to have struck a chord with U.S. President Donald Trump, who met Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte at the White House on July 30. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2028\u201cItaly is becoming a reference country in Europe and a privileged partner of the United States,\u201d Trump 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