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WEBUILD: ITALIAN FOOTBALL RETURNS IN SPOTLIGHT IN AUSTRALIA AC MILAN BACK IN PERTH FOR FRIENDLY MATCH
AUSTRALIA, HOST OF 2032 OLYMPICS, IS WEBUILD'SSECOND BIGGEST MARKET WITH 16% OF CONSTRUCTION BACKLOG AS OF JUNE 30, 2025
MILAN, July 29, 2025 - Italian football is once again in the spotlight in Australia, as AC Milan prepares to face Perth Glory in an international friendly match during the Australian leg of its 2025 Pre-Season Tour. The match will take place on July 31 at HBF Park in Perth. For Webuild, AC Milan's return to Perth recalls the 2024 match between AC Milan and AS Roma at Optus Stadium with more than 56,000 fans in attendance-an event made possible thanks in part to the Group's support.
Always committed to youth and sport, the Group promotes Italian excellence around the world-not only through the construction of public works, but also by supporting cultural events that create a spirit of sharing and a collective passion. Alongside the Italian Sailing Federation (FIV) and Circolo Aniene in Rome, Webuild has supported the efforts of Olympic champion Caterina Banti, who, with determination, has repeatedly brought Italy to the top of the global podium. With its campaign "Webuild for Sport", the Group promoted the values of sport by sharing the stories of Olympic athletes Alice Bellandi in judo, Caterina Banti in sailing, Zaynab Dosso and Antonella Palmisano in athletics, and Angela Carini in boxing.
The Webuild Group builds infrastructure across the globe, from metro lines to high-speed rail, hydropower plants to water treatment plants, bridges to large, complex buildings.
With Australia responsible for 16 percent of its total construction backlog as of June 30, 2025, the country remains Webuild's second most strategic market after Italy. Together with its local subsidiary Clough, the Group is involved in delivering some of the country's most strategic, innovative, and sustainable infrastructure projects: from Snowy 2.0, Australia's largest hydroelectric project, to Melbourne's North East Link, and the new Women and Babies Hospital in Perth. In Sydney, Webuild is contributing to the development of the metro line that will connect to the Western Sydney International Airport-the largest public-private partnership in New South Wales.
Australia's strategic importance is set to grow even more in the coming years. Brisbane will host the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and a tender for the construction of an Olympic stadium is expected to be opened soon. This represents a significant opportunity for Webuild to leverage its international expertise in delivering complex, sustainable infrastructure with a high impact on local communities.
Webuild has built nine stadiums on three continents, including some of the world's most iconic sports venues. Among them is the Al Bayt Stadium in Doha-a model of sustainability and cultural respect for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. The Group also built Milan's San Siro Stadium and Rome's Olympic Stadium in Italy, as well as the National Arena in Bucharest, Romania, which hosted UEFA Euro 2020.
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Webuild is a global leader in the construction of large, complex infrastructure projects, with a focus on sustainable mobility, hydropower, water treatment, and green buildings. A recognized leader in the water sector and active in about 50 countries, the Group employs approximately 95,000 people of over 125 nationalities. It boasts nearly 120 years of experience with over 3,700 completed projects. Its track record includes 13,648 kilometres of railways, 891 kilometres of metro lines, 82,577 kilometres of roads and highways, 1,022 kilometres of bridges and viaducts, 3,462 kilometres of tunnels, and 318 dams and hydropower plants. Among its most iconic projects are the expansion of the Panama Canal, the Long Beach International Gateway bridge in California (USA), the Second Bosphorus Bridge (Turkey), the Sydney Metro Northwest skytrain viaduct and bridge (Australia), the Kingdom Centre skyscraper in Riyadh (Saudi
Arabia), and metro lines in cities such as Copenhagen, Paris, Rome, Milan, Naples, Doha, Thessaloniki, and Riyadh. Ongoing projects include the New Genoa Breakwater, the Brenner Base Tunnel, the Pedemontana Lombarda Highway, Metro di Roma's Line C, the Genoa-Milan and Naples-Bari high-speed/high-capacity railways, the Palermo-Catania-Messina high-capacity railway, the Snowy 2.0 hydropower scheme in Australian and the Trojena dams in Saudi Arabia. As of December 31, 2024, the Group registered total revenues for €12 billion. As of June 30, 2025, its total order backlog stands at approximately €59 billion, with over 90% of its construction backlog related to projects linked to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Listed on the Borsa Italiana stock exchange in Milan (WBD; WBD.MI; WBD:IM), it is member of the MIB ESG index of Italian companies with best ESG practices. Headquartered in Italy, it is subject to the management and coordination of Salini Costruttori S.p.A.
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