Italia STAR segment of the Italian stock exchange as DAL.MI. since 2001. Other ventures Volta is President of Aczon Srl, a company founded in 2001 that operates in the fields of pharmaceutical research, biotechnology, and oncology; Chairman of Hydra S.p.A, an industrial holding company owned by the Volta family; and majority shareholder of Datalogic S.p.A; with additional interests in the real estate and financial fields. From September 1998 to October 2004, he served as President of the Associazione Industriali (Industrial Association) of Bologna, and he was a member of the board of directors of Sanpaolo IMI Fondi Chiusi SGR S.p.A. Member of the Confindustria National Council Member and Deputy Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Cassa di Risparmio Foundation in Bologna Vice President of the Emilia-Romagna group of the Cavaliere del Lavoro Member of the Advisory Council of the Johns Hopkins University of Bologna Member of the board of directors of the Marconi Society Member of the board of directors of IMA S.p.A in Ozzano dell'Emilia (BO), a company operating in pharmaceutical packaging machines President of the electrotechnical and electronic production section of Unindustria (Industrialist and Enterprises Association) Bologna. From 1 June 2018, he has been President of the Confindustria Emilia "Electronics and Mechatronics" supply chain for the four-year period 2018–2022. He was president of the Fortitudo Basket team in the 1998–99 season. Awards and acknowledgements On 29 May 1997, he was awarded the title of "Cavaliere del Lavoro" by the President of the Italian Republic. According to Harvard Business Review in 2016, Volta was listed in 48th place in a list of the top-performing Italian CEOs. Personal life Romano Volta is married, with three children. He is passionate about boating and skiing. External links The heritage of Guglielmo Marconi: Romano Volta Datalogic website "I primi 40 anni del codice a barre", article from Il Sole 24 Ore «LETTURE/ Industria 4.0, prima dei robot viene la rivoluzione culturale» References 1937 births Living people 20th-century Italian engineers Businesspeople from Bologna Italian chairpersons of corporations Italian electrical engineers Engineers from Bologna Recipients of the Order of Merit for Labour