27 Oct 2025

"Launch of ERiS Project to Strengthen Emilia-Romagna's Aerospace Sector"

"A new project called ERiS – Emilia-Romagna in Space was recently launched in Rome, led by Thales Alenia Space Italia in collaboration with seven small and medium-sized enterprises from the Emilia-Romagna region. The initiative aims to secure public funding to strengthen the regional aerospace supply chain. The participating companies will form a new company focused on designing and producing space technologies, with scientific support from the University of Bologna and the Mercury Foundation. Legal assistance is being provided by the law firm RLS for corporate structuring and agreements."

The law firm RLS, represented by lawyers Elena Santi and Diego Rufini, assisted a consortium of companies in the aerospace sector in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, in the structuring of their corporate framework, including the drafting of the company statute and shareholder and commercial agreements. Recently, in Rome, at the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy, the project ERiS – Emilia-Romagna in Space was presented. This initiative is led by Thales Alenia Space Italia in collaboration with seven small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from the Emilia-Romagna region: Bercella, Curti, Nautilus, NES, NPC-SpaceMind, Poggipolini, and Tex Tech. The project aims to secure public funding, such as development contracts, to strengthen the regional space supply chain. The companies, hailing from the provinces of Bologna, Forlì, Parma, Ravenna, and Reggio Emilia, will establish a new company dedicated to the design and production of space technologies, with scientific contributions from the University of Bologna (CIRI Aerospazio) and the Mercury Foundation. The participating lawyers from RLS are Elena Santi and Diego Rufini. Their specific seniority and practice areas were not detailed in the press release.
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