For PSC, building positive relationships with the communities of the territories where its factories are located is of fundamental importance. In order to promptly intercept the requests of the local community, specific initiatives are active, including that of the Brazilian plants, which have established a formal procedure to improve dialogue with the territory that hosts them and the management of complaints. Furthermore the factories of the Brazilian business unit have an action plan on the subject, based on a mapping of the interested parties, which it is periodically monitored by management.

As for the social sector, since 2015 PSC has been collaborating with the Community in Dialogue of Trivigliano (Frosinone), active in the recovery of people who have had a history of drug and alcohol addiction. In particular, Prima Components Anagni plant is involved in a project that has allowed six new human resources from the community to be included in the plant’s staff in recent years. In the next few years, a gradual expansion of the project is expected with the selection of additional resources who, upon completion of the recovery path in the community and after a joint assessment of the psycho-aptitude requirements, will be able to become part of the PSC staff. Unfortunately, hiring has been temporarily suspended since 2020 due to the pandemic emergency and the economic crisis that followed, but the project remains active and will resume as soon as possible.

Prima Components Paliano plant has joined the Guaranteed Mobility project coordinated by the municipality of Paliano, with the aim of ensuring better mobility for the weakest in the community, disadvantaged people, the disabled and the elderly.

The Group’s commitment to the communities that host its production sites also takes shape in other sectors. In particular, all the factories of the Sole business unit are engaged in local sponsorships in the fields of education, culture and sport. One example is Sole Suzzara, who has committed to sponsoring the local football team.

PSC’s main shareholders are involved in “Frosinone Calcio” (Frosinone Football team)’s activities. Since October 2017, this football club has had a sports facility, named after the founder of the PSC group, Benito Stirpe, at its disposal, at the international avant-garde in terms of aesthetics and construction standards. The facility can accommodate 16,310 spectators and together with the Cittadella dello Sport, and future expansion projects for musical events, it is totally 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 technical-specialist 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.

ITS Meccatronico of Lazio Foundation aims to be close to technical-scientific school training, in order to integrate and improve technicalpractical 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 Technician for automation and mechatronic systems

In 2021, the first cycle of the Higher Technical course for the innovation of mechanical processes and products was completed with the state exam which awarded the relative diploma to 23 boys and girls. This was followed by a placement process with the companies that are part of the Foundation and other partner realities: after carrying out specific interviews, all the students were hired by the companies; in particular, PSC welcomed 9 graduates who are doing an apprenticeship in several company areas.