Over the weekend of March 24-26, 2023, negg® Group took part in the 5th edition of the Cassini Hackathons Italy at the Fiera del Levante in Bari. The event, final act of the CASSINI Hackathons & Mentoring, allowed us to contribute to a unique project that involved ten European nations; over 800 entrants throughout Europe took on the application of European Union space technologies for the development of innovative solutions and new business models in the area of security and defense, referring to challenges and thematic areas such as land mobility, maritime security, and critical infrastructure protection. During the three days, each dedicated to the presentation of themes, creation of teams, realization of ideas and presentation of the final project, negg® engineers had the opportunity to collaborate with various teams, each with different backgrounds but united by a lively common interest towards the cyber security sector and our company. The Italian event, organized by Planetek Italia and Sprint Lab, got us cooperating with important national and international organizations of the aerospace sector and not: the European Space Agency (ESA Φ-lab), the Italian Space Agency, the Pugliese Aerospace Technology District, Women in Aerospace Europe, the University of Bari, the Polytechnic University of Bari, and other industry companies. It has been 48 hours of technology; a unique opportunity in Italy and Europe for the growth of young people, who had the opportunity to come in contact with stimulating and engaging professionals, but also for us at negg® to get inspired from the professionals of the future. Our congratulations go to the 3 winning teams: FireWatch, with a solution for the protection of critical infrastructure; SAR4SAR, with a solution to support Search and Rescue activities at sea; FEMMAN, for best representing the values of "Diversity & Inclusion"; Alessia Marchionne, awarded as Hacking Talent. Francesco Taccone, CEO of negg®, who was not able to be present, joined the event remotely sending a video message to wish good luck to all the participants. It is always a great emotion for us at negg® Group to take on challenging, dynamic, and above all, young contexts such as the CASSINI Hackathons & Mentoring and it has been an honor to be part of this year's CASSINI Hackathons Italy; we are excited for the opportunity to live this experience, contribute to the creation of innovative solutions and get to know the such brilliant minds, main characters of the event. 

negg® has been named one of the companies recognized as "Campioni della crescita" for its success in managing difficult crisis situations and significant contribution to the Italian manufacturing system. This is the title given by the ITQF (Istituto Tedesco Qualità e Finanza) to the 800 companies that were took in consideration in the fifth edition of the research, in which negg® achieved the 125th position, placing itself well ahead compared to competitors. An investigation aimed at rewarding the excellences of the Italian economy that, throughout the three-year period from 2018 to 2021, demonstrated significant innovation and dynamicism by generating new products and job opportunities. Additionally, they have helped to rehabilitate and improve the country's quality of life, acting as the primary recovery business-drivers. The research of the ITQF, which took into account 50 thousand companies, ended with the awarding of the top 800 firms that met specific criteria, such as having achieved a primarily organic growth rate, useful to determine an eventual occupational decline, being self-sufficient businesses, and meeting the requirements of Article 89 of DLGs. 50/2016. The list of winners was created with reference to average annual growth using the calculation of the annual compound growth rate, known as CAGR (Compounded Average Growth Rate), which was developed using the following formula: CAGR = (revenue 2021 / revenue 2018)1/3 – 1. A chart shows an increase of the total revenue of 111% at the end of the 3-year period, with mainly positive results about employment with 46.000 new jobs, in which prevail small and medium companies operating at an international level and representing the industrial (13,5%), technological (12.4%), services (10,8%) and of marketing & sales (8,8%) sectors, with Milan (107), Rome (80) and Naples (42) as the most rewarded provinces. According to the study, negg® is ranked 14th out of 99 technological companies and 16th out of 80 businesses in Rome, thanks to annual growth rates of 56.29% and 1,822 and 6,957 MIO, respectively, between 2018 and 2021, as well as a shift from 22 to 36 in the number of employees over the same three-year period. This result, previously affirmed with the award received by Industria Felix Magazine in 2021 and confirmed in this occasion, is not only the proof of a great competitiveness, but also of a great work resulted from the sense of belonging and the ability of adaptation that are typical of the company, characteristics that make the difference between a small organization and a great business.