Logistic

The stone territory of the Verbano Cusio Ossola province, even though limited in size is especially rich in stone resources, with some of them being unique and centuries old in prestige. The Ossola valley range is geographically positioned at 45° 55' - 46° 28' at its north, latitude and 3° 58' - 4° 35' on its longitude west and is principally set along the catchment basin of the Toce River, and extend for about 1600 sq. Km in the Pennine Alps and the western lying Lepontine.

The entire territory borders on the following areas: to the south, the territory of Gravellona Toce, Verbano, and the Strona di Omegna (Cusio) and Sesia (VC) valleys; to the east and northeast with the Ticino Cantonm while to the weast and northwest, the Vallese Canton, both of which lie in Swiss territory.

Stone industry in the Verbano-Cusio-Ossola

At present, situation in the V.C.O. stone territory there are about 100 activities involved in quarrying and working on ornamental stone, distributed in 22 of the 38 townships of the territory and providing employment for 700 people, while allied industries are estimated to be for around 1000 in number. Annual average turnover reaches approximately 50.000 million of euro, with capital investment in machinery an equipment of over 75.000 million of euro.