Excellence represented, for example, by the contribution to the successes obtained in the field of volleyball; it is also thanks to Italian weapons and ammunition, in fact, that talented athletes have managed to win 30 Olympic medals in history (11 golds, 11 silvers and 8 bronzes), a medal table that will certainly aspire to grow during the next Tokyo Olympics. The celebrations for the 40th anniversary of ANPAM began with the conference "Hunting weapons and sport shooting: the excellence of Made in Italy: and the challenge of sustainability ”which opened HIT Show2020, the most important Italian fair dedicated to hunting, sport shooting and outdoor passions. An appointment made possible by IEG - Italian Exhibition Group - and which represents the meeting point of the best national and international producers of arms sector.
"For me it is a source of pride to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the association founded by my father, Piero Fiocchi, and the setting of the HIT Show is undoubtedly the most prestigious to accompany the association to the celebrations of this important anniversary - he commented. Stefano Fiocchi, President of ANPAM - For us at ANPAM these first 40 years have been full of challenges and successes, challenges that we will continue to face with our heads held high, passion and seriousness, to preserve the level of excellence recognized in the sector nationally and internationally. "Paolo Audino, Group Brand Director Lifestyle & Innovation Division IEG, Mauro Silvis, General Director of ANPAM, and Prof. Luigi Mariani, professor of agrometeorology at the University of Milan, also took part in the conference, who proposed an in-depth study on the evolution of hunting activities in relation to the progressive climate change.