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Il prodotto viene assemblato nell'industria.

Il prodotto viene assemblato nell'industria.
The product is assembled in the industry.
From Lesson 208:Dynamic passive voice (venire)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Il prodotto viene assemblato nell'industria.

Why do we use viene instead of è for 'is'?
Using venire (to come) instead of essere (to be) creates a dynamic passive. It emphasizes the actual action or process taking place, rather than just describing the final state. While è assemblato could just mean 'it is in an assembled state', viene assemblato strictly means 'it is being assembled'.
Does the ending of assemblato change if the subject changes?
Yes. In passive sentences formed with venire, the past participle must agree in gender and number with the subject, exactly as it does when using essere. If the subject were feminine and plural, like le automobili (the cars), it would be vengono assemblate.
Can I use venire for the passive voice in compound past tenses?
No, and this is a very important rule! You can use venire in simple tenses like the imperfect (veniva assemblato), but you cannot use it in compound tenses like the passato prossimo. For 'the product has been assembled', you must go back to using essere: è stato assemblato.
Why does the sentence use nell' instead of just in?
Nell' is an articulated preposition. In Italian, when the preposition in is followed by a definite article, they must combine. Here, in + l' (used because industria starts with a vowel) becomes nell'.

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