The mechanical sector, together with that of engines, represent a good slice of the productive fabric of the area. There are many companies in this sector so as to strongly characterize the manufacturing component of the territory. Emilia-Romagna has always stood out as an international excellence in the field of mechanics: high competitiveness, with global players and numerous highly specialized medium and small companies. The territory boasts leaders in market niches, for example, in the sectors of automatic machines, machine tools, packaging and hydraulics. These giants of the sector are accompanied by a rich supply chain not only for cars, motorcycles and related components, but also for the birth of similar sectors, in turn equally excellent, such as boating, aeronautics and space, advanced materials, just to name a few.