Of course, as we have already stated in this article, the Saipem Company is included in the calculation of the FTSE MIB stock market index. It can therefore be easily deduced that this company is one of the largest Italian companies. In fact it should be remembered that the FTSE MIB, or Milano Italia Borsa, also known as the S&P/MIB up to June 2009, is the principal stock market index of the Italian stock markets and it is comprised of the 40 largest Italian companies on the stock markets.