2019年11月13日是苏州一个非常特别的日子。
这一天是摩登纳(中国)自动化设备有限公司（Modula（China）Automation Equipment Co.，LTD）的新工厂隆重举行开业剪彩仪式的日子，摩登纳工厂拥有大约100多名员工，占地面积约21,000平方米，在最先进的工业4.0标准下，其年产量将超过1000台自动化立体货柜设备（VLM 垂直升降仓储系统）。
Last November 13th was a really special day in Suzhou.
It was the day of Grand Opening with the new factory’s, Modula (China) Automation Equipment Co.,LTD, cutting ribbon, the plant counts about 100 employees and 21.000 square meters, in which will produced more then 1000 VLM a year in a state-of-the-art enviroments based on the principles of Industry 4.0.
当天，有超过300名嘉宾参加了典礼，并观看了舞台上的演出，在具有中国特色的舞狮表演结束之后，以下贵宾发表了演讲：
Over 300 people attended the ceremony that saw alternating on the stage, after the traditional Lion Dance, many speeches:
-Modula SPA董事长Franco Stefani先生 Franco Stefani, The Chairman of Modula SPA；
-意大利对外贸易委员会、意大利贸易投资总署驻上海代表处贸易副专员Valentina Petroli女士 Valentina Petroli, Vice director of Trade Commissioner dell'Agenzia ICE - Italian Trade & Investment Agency in Shanghai；
-意大利商会（CICC）副会长Valtero Canepa Valtero Canepa, Vice President of CICC；
-意大利驻上海总领馆领事穆岚朵（Ludovica Maria Murazzani）女士 the Consule Ludovica Maria Murazzani；
-苏州市工业园区代表the representative of Suzhou municipality (SIP)
他们对于中国和意大利之间日益活跃的合作以及两国之间在经济和政治方面的紧密联系感到非常自豪。新的摩登纳分支机构的成立成为自21世纪初期，企业家Franco Stefani先生在苏州地区投资道路上的最后一个里程碑式的焦点。In their words the pride for the ever more lively cooperation between China and Italy, countries increasingly connected in economic and political terms and obviously a focus on the new Modula branch, the last milestone of a path that saw the entrepreneur Franco Stefani investing in the Suzhou district in the early year of 2000s.
中意关系在过去的五年中呈现出非常积极的发展趋势。无论在出口还是在进口方面，中国已成为意大利的主要贸易伙伴。
Relations between China and Italy have experienced a particularly positive trend over the past five years. China is indeed a fundamental trading partner for Italy, both in terms of exports and imports.
自去年1月以来，外国直接投资（自2020年1月起开始运作）也一直深受青睐。这种举措在试图保证公平竞争的环境的前提下，使国家加大对于外国资本的开放力度，最大程度地为国际投资者提供安全保障，其中，这些国际投资者将享有与中国竞争对手同等的待遇和市场准入待遇。
And since last January foreign direct investments have also been favored - operational since January 2020 - in an attempt to guarantee a level playing field, to open the country more to foreign capital and to provide greater security elements for international investors, who will enjoy equal treatment and market access compared to their Chinese competitors.
演讲结束后，嘉宾们有幸在工作人员带领下参观了摩登纳中国工厂，工作人员对自动化立体货柜设备（VLM 垂直升降仓储系统）从原材料到成品的生产过程进行了详细讲解。摩登纳高技术含量的生产线配备了拟人机器人（自动机械手）可将平板板材自动加工成成品入库。
At the end of the speeches, guests have had the opportunity to take a tour in the Chinese factory, led by the staff who explained the VLM production process from the raw material to the finished product. Lines with very high technological content equipped with anthropomorphic robots to transform sheets of flat sheet into finished warehouses.
摩登纳的另一个重要目标是通过转让专有技术以及在中国等具有高增长潜力的国家进行投资，来证实摩登纳的业务足迹遍布全球以外，还能增强在这个领域的地位。
Another important goal for Modula, which not only confirms its international footprint, but strengthens its presence in the territory by transferring know-how and investing in countries with high growth potential like China.
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