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OCTAGONAYour bridge towards India

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Who We Are?

OCTAGONA is a consulting firm, with offices in Italy and India, that provides international marketing and strategic planning services to small and medium sized companies.

The entrepreneurs can assign the management of expanding their projects in India and SAARC countries to OCTAGONA which owing to their intrinsic characteristics are culturally different and difficult to approach without the collaboration and support of an organisation that is already grounded in these peculiar realities.

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Core Competencies

OCTAGONA elaborates, plans, acts and manages marketing projects with an aim to:

– Access to foreign markets;– Starting new activities; – Productive relocation;– Outsourcing of services; – Launching of new products and services; – Developing distribution channels and international sales; – Strategic activities/Developing brands.

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A strategy is necessary for accomplishing objectives

OCTAGONA works with its clients to develop and expand international marketing activities to sustain stiff competition and obtain high returns.

OCTAGONA is at your disposal to arrange a first free interview without inconveniencing you and to suggest to you the most suitable marketing solutions to your requirement.

OCTAGONA, in consideration of your investments defines if there is a possibility of elaborating an international market plan for the growth of your company in terms of RoI.

Anybody can advance you proposals and leave you with a hope; OCTAGONA, instead works along with you .

We are not consultants but business partners for our clients

Process & Methods

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Managing Team

– Enrico Perego_ managing director

– Alessandro Fichera_ senior partner

– Monica Sessi_ marketing & communications

– Savita Dhingra_ office manager

– Satinder Kapur_ legal counsellor

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Consultancy

Ours is a complete marketing offer; the competence of OCTAGONA extends from management of internationalization of projects to highly advanced marketing solutions with the view of assisting growth of business and optimization of business returns.

OCTAGONA focuses on all the main components of marketing such as integrated communication, market research, and focused surveys, database marketing and CRM (Customer Relationship Management), lead generation and direct marketing, campaigns, marketing audit, marketing plan, etc..

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ConsultancyOCTAGONA is specialized in business intelligence, business developments, and company growth. It is also specialised in planning of strategies for the companies which operate at international level and which intend to approach the Indian and SAARC nation markets.

The activities offered by OCTAGONA are articulated through the following services: Focus: marketing analysis;InSurvey: analysis of major player;Partner: identification and selection of best partner;Data: analysis, qualification and extraction of database;Product: analysis and research of products;Clust: segmentation of clientele;BpON: making business plan for starting determined activity;Support: specific counseling.

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Services

India is not just an opportunity, it is a reality to which the Italian companies have to correspond. For this purpose the Indian market and simultaneously that of the SAARC area have to be known, understood, and then explored with alacrity and armed with the best solutions. OCTAGONA has conceptualized a series of services to facilitate its clients’ needs for optimising exploration of this high potential market:

- OnSite: Construction of commercial network in outsourcing;

- ExHibit: Events and missions organization;- Buying Office: Intermediation in buying;- Funding the Companies: Internationalization support.

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Set - Up

Head Quarter: ItalyOperating Office: New Delhi

Territorial Presence: Pan – Indian

Segment wise Strategic Alliances:- Legal: Satinder Kapur & Associates- Commercial & Financial: S.C Vasudeva - Human Resource Fulfillment: Ma Foi (Vedior Group) & Adecco PeopleOne - Quality Control: Spectro Analytical Labs

Representation:- La Quinta Group (Fashion & Architecture)

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Portfolio

OCTAGONA is associated with Confindustria Modena (In Italy), FICCI (India);

OCTAGONA is the one point contact accredited by Confindustria Emilia Romagna for all projects in India;

OCTAGONA is the one point contact accredited by Unindustria Treviso for all projects in India

Concerning Indian Projects, OCTAGONA is the operative partner accredited by Unindustria Treviso.

OCTAGONA managed for Unione Industriali Modena, the project “Building With India” which was funded by Regione Emilia Romagna. It was participated in by SME’s of the Region.

OCTAGONA conceptualised & managed for the Unione Parmense degli Industriali & CCIAA Parma the project “Parma Cluster – India” for the food processing sector

OCTAGONA is conceptualising & managing for the Confindustria Emilia Romagna the project “HI MECH” for the mechanical & hydraulic sector

Octagona, under the tutelage of Mr. Perego, is a special consltant to the promotional activities of CCIAA of Udine, is in the process of organising the project “ Fruili Venezia Guilia – India” which shall be financed by the autonomous region of Fruili Venezia Guilia

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Conferences– How to invest in the Indian Market 21st September, 5th October, 19th October. IFOA Training and Consultancy Centre

of the Chambers of Commerce – The entry opportunities into the Indian Market 5th October 2006, Forli. Chamber of Commerce Forli – Cesena– Business Opportunities in India, the food processing & Hi Tech sectors 14 Settembre 2006, Firenze. Toscana Promozione. – The Agro technology of Parma for the Indian Market: the Parma Cluster

Project - India 29 June 2006, Parma. Chamber of Commerce of Parma, UPI.– How to capture the opportunity to do business with India 5 April 2006, Brescia. Associazione Industriali Brescia – “India, a big market to discover”_ 12 May 2005, Parma. Event organized by

Unione Industriale Parmense in collaboration with Parma Chamber of Commerce.– “Italia – India, new markets and new perspectives. Opportunities for the

Italian companies._ 17 March 2005, Bologna. Saie2– “India, a big market to discover”_ 10 March 2005, Parma. Event organized by

Parma Chamber of Commerce

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Events

- Excon 2007 14-18 November, Bangalore- Engineering Expo 22-25 March 2007, Pune- Italia & India Business Forum 11-14 February 2007, Kolkata & Mumbai

– Intex 28-30 September 2006, Greater Noida (Expo Center)

– Asia SPA 21-23 April 2006, New Delhi (Taj Palace)

– International Furniture Exhibition 18-23 April 2006, Milano (Rho-Pero)

– BMCT 06 18-21 March 2006, New Delhi

– Excon 2005 30 November – 4 December 2005, Bangalore

– Doing business in India – the rules of the game 7-8 July 2005, Modena;– SAIDUE/India Days 16-20 March 2005, Bologna;– BMCT 18-21 February 2005, New Delhi;

– Italy & India Business Week 14-18 February 2005, New Delhi.

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Projects

– Project of the Confindustria Modena – Hi-Mech India 14 November – 23 November 2007, Bangalore – Mumbai – Pune- Coimbatore -New

Delhi

- Project of the Confindustria Modena – Hi-Mech India 19 – 27 March 2007, Bangalore – Coimbatore – Pune – Chennai – Hyderabad – Ahmedabad – Delhi

– Project of the Unione Parmense degli Industriali e CCIAA 26 January – 5 February 2006, Delhi – Chandigarh – Mumbai – Chennai – Kolkata

– Project of the Confindustria Modena – Building with India 30 November - 8 December 2005, Bangalore – Mumbai – Ahmedabad New Delhi

– Project of the Confindustria Modena – Building with India 1-8 October 2005, Mumbai – New Delhi

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Contacts

OCTAGONA has office in Italy and in India. In India our office is in New Delhi in Connaught Place, nerve center of all the business and commercial activities of the Indian Capital.

ITALYVia A Cadamosto, 22/A 41012 -Carpi (MO) – ITALYtel. +39 059 9770184 fax +39 059 9770186

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INDIAS Block 532 GK1110048 New Delhi

phone: +91-11-41525055fax: +91-11-46536399

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