For PSC it is crucial to build up relationships with the local communities where the plants are located. Several projects to strengthen this aspect are being studied and are being enhanced over the years ahead. In order to monitor requests made by the local community, specific initiatives have been carried out, including the one of the Brazilian plant in Pernambuco which has established a formal procedure. This is a way to make PSC site more open to the hosting area.

As for the social field, since 2015 PSC has collaborated with the “Comunità in Dialogo” (Dialogue Community) of Trivigliano, in the province of Frosinone, which is active in the recovery of people who had problems with addiction to drugs and alcohol. In particular, Prima Components of Anagni is involved in a project that allowed, in the previous years, six new human resources from the community to enter the staff. In the years ahead, there is the intention of gradually entering further resources in the plant, so to complete their recovery path in the community, following simultaneously an assessment of psycho-aptitude requirements. Unfortunately, recruitment was temporarily suspended in 2020 due to the pandemic emergency, but the project remains active and will restart, as planned, in 2021.

PSC commitment to the communities, which hosts new production sites, takes shape also in other fields. In particular, all plants of Sole business units aim to sponsor clubs in order to support activities in the field of education, culture and sport. An example is Sole Azzurra, which is involved in sponsoring the local football team.

PSC’s key shareholders are involved in the activities of Frosinone Calcio. Since October 2017, this football club has had a sports facility named after the founder of PSC Group Benito Stirpe, at the international forefront in terms of aesthetics and construction standards. The structure can accommodate 16,310 spectators, along with the Citadel of Sport and future expansion projects for musical events, which is totally intended for the benefit of the community.

In 2019 the Foundation of Technical Institute Superior (Fondazione Istituto Tecnico Superiore Meccatronico) in Latium region was founded in Frosinone, of which PSC is one of the founding members. Such initiative was born from the need of some enterprises in the south region of this territoty to strengthen technicalspecialist training in the mechanical and mechatronic field and to develop skills strictly related to their professional research. The wealth of skills that in this way are formed on the territory represents an opportunity to develop the competitiveness of this specific area, which in the case of the “Frusinate” (province of Frosinone) has a strong manufacturing vocation; there is, therefore, a strong need for adequately trained human capital capable of responding to rapid technological and digital changes. In particular, the automotive, aerospace and electrical, as well as the fielf of electronic components, require increasingly qualified professionals with specific and advanced skills for the management and maintenance of complex and connected mechatronic systems.
The ITS Meccatronico of Lazio Foundation aims to be close to technical-scientific school training, in order to integrate and improve technical-practical preparation of newly graduates, both through further theoretical and technical insights, either by carrying out several hours of work placements, so as to acquire and/or improve practical skills.
The primary recipients of the Foundation’s activities are, therefore, young people, in the interest of their professional and occupational growth in the area. The training course – spanning two years in which 1800 hours of courses are planned, 700 of internship, and a final state examination – is articulated on two curricula designed in collaboration with the reference companies of the territory, in order to meet the actual employment needs in the manufacturing field:

• Skilled Technician for process and mechanical product innovation
• Skilled Tecnician for automation and mechatronic systems

In September 2020, the second year of the first profile began; the one for Advanced Automation Technician inaugurated the first year. Among the teachers and corporate tutors of ITS, there are different professional PSC profiles; in 2020, the first year internship was carried out for ten students of the Advanced Technician course for the innovation of processes and mechanical products at PC Anagni plant, also by involving other business areas, including production, logistics, maintenance and quality.