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PR
RESS R
RELEAS
SE
EDISON ENTERS IN TH
HE HOME SERVICE
ES MARKE
ET
Milan, 2 March 2017 – Ed
dison has strengthened
d its offer of
o innovative
e customer services by
y acquiring 51%
asa, the Italian subsiidiary of th
he international Group
p HomeSe rve, which will retain
n the
Assistenza Ca
aining 49%
%. With this transaction Edison co nfirms its capacity
c
to innovate
i
byy enhancing
g its compe
etitive
rema
elec
ctricity and gas offerss with a complete
c
ra
ange of se
ervices ded
dicated to maintenance, installa
ation,
assistance and
d smart hom
me. “The sttrategic agrreement witth HomeSe
erve allows us to offerr our custom
mers
ut 1,400 skkilled craftsmen selectted through
hout Italy to
o ensure tim
mely and toop quality solutions
s
in
n any
abou
eme
ergencies occurred at domestic devices
d
- sa
aid Alessan
ndro Zunino, CEO of Edison Energia -. Witth an
expe
ense of few
w euros per month
m
it is possible
p
to eliminate very
v
high cos
st of repairss due to dam
mages”.
“The
e home serrvices secto
or is develo
oping and tr
transforming
g steadily. Thanks to Edison, a company
c
w a
with
track
k record o
of innovatio
on and suc
ccess, Assiistenza Cas
sa will leve
erage on a multi-cha
annel markketing
apprroach to bri
ring to a big
gger numbe
er of Italian families its
s range of innovative
i
ssolutions ” – said Lion
nello
Gue
elfi, CEO off Assistenza
a Casa.
The home servvice spendin
ng in the re
esidential, fl at complex
x and small business m
market totals approximately
b
per yyear1. This is both an opportunityy and a challenge tha
at Edison iss ready to take
t
in order to
€8 billion
beco
ome a leadiing player also
a
in this business.
b
Esta
ablished in 2
2010, Assisstenza Casa
a has more than 50 em
mployees an
nd a networrk of about 1,400
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craftssmen
throu
ughout Italyy serving ab
bout 300,00
00 costume rs. Thanks to this transaction Edi son will offe
er its custom
mers
a co
omplete ran
nge of value added se
ervices, inccluding elec
ctrical, gas and plumbbing repairs
s, boiler and air
cond
ditioner insttallation and
d maintenance and Intternet of Th
hings device installatioon to improv
ve the dom
mestic
com
mfort and to reduce the electricity and
a gas bill..
Thro
ough this accquisition, Edison
E
will benefit
b
from
m an experie
ence of more than tweenty years in
n Europe and in
the world
w
in the
e field of ho
ome assista
ance and inn
novative se
ervices and devices forr home care
e, develope
ed by
the partner
p
Hom
meServe in its Researc
ch Center.
Assiistenza Cassa will be co
onsolidated on a line-byy-line basis
s in Edison’s
s financial sstatements.
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Sou
urce: EY
Ediso
on Spa
B
31
Foro Buonaparte,
20121 Milan
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ufficios
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Ediso
on
Ediso
on is a leading
g player in Ita
aly and Europ
pe in the procu
urement, prod
duction and sa
ale of electricitty, in the prov
vision of energ
gy and
envirronmental serrvices thanks also to its su
ubsidiary Fen
nice and in th
he E&P sectorr. Founded oover 130 yearrs ago, Edison
n has
contrributed to the
e electrification and develo
opment of Ita
aly. It now op
perates in Ita
aly, Europe,annd in the Me
editerranean Basin,
B
emplloying 5,000 people. In the power
p
generation sector, Ed
dison has plan
nts with total capacity
c
of 6.55 GW.
www
w.edison.it
For further
f
inforrmation on Assistenza
A
casa: http:///www.assis
stenzacasa.com/
Edis
son press o
office
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dia
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Elen
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agirone@ed
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