Sustainability Channel

THE MUSEUM OF RUBBER IS BORN IN MILAN

Rubber is a widely used material in our daily lives. Where does it come from? What is it for? How is it transformed?

To provide answers to these questions and more, the new interactivity area devoted to rubber was inaugurated this morning at the Leonardo da Vinci National Museum of Science and Technology in Milan.

In the great Italian techno-scientific museum, a space is now active that illustrates the cultivation, production and use of rubber in the past and today, with historical objects, multi-medial positions, audiovisuals and interactivity.

Today, more than half the rubber produced is used to make tyres. Among the objects on display, there had to be a contribution from Pirelli, which has donated an ultra-high performance P Zero 265/40 ZR 18 and 10 Pirelli Evo 21 scooter tyres plus a Tipo N from the 1913-15 period, one of the first tyres to use carbon black in its compound. Pirelli has also contributed to the production of a video on the cultivation of rubber, as well as having offered its scientific support for the creation of the area itself relative to tyres.

The new interactive area devoted to rubber, realised by the museum in partnership with Assocomaplast (the National Association of Constructors of Machines and Moulds for Plastic and Rubber Materials), with a contribution from the Lombardy Region and the Milan Chamber of Commerce, inaugurates a period of cooperation between these important Milanese institutions and Pirelli in a commitment to disseminate technological culture among the young generations.
Education is one of the fundamental objectives of the museum, a premise Pirelli shares with its constant attention to scholastic and university education.

To know more:
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FIRST PIRELLI EGYPT "CAREER DAY" HELD

More than 5,000 people, among them final year graduate students and graduates, gathered information on the company and decided to leave their curriculum vitae with the Pirelli personnel.

The most popular company areas were: sales, purchasing, finance and logistics. Many were young engineers, over 900 of whom left their CVs.

Guests on the stand were shown videos and films of Pirelli, which covered the principal stages in the company’s history, it’s commitment to sport and publicity. A ‘must’ was the projection of the Pirelli film ‘Mission Zero’.

The majority of the participants came from the prestigious Alexandria University, but students and graduates from the universities of Monifia, Tanta and Elmansora also attended.

It was Pirelli Egypt’s first career day and preparations are being made to repeat the event, given last week’s enormous success.

PIRELLI A "MODEL COMPANY"

Pirelli is one of the six Italian manufacturing companies that Carlo Mario Guerci* chose to present in the book ‘Why China should not create fear‘ as an example of an Italian multinational able to take up the challenges of emergent economies and transform them into advantages.

A powerful penchant for international development, continuous investment in technology, the search for people of high potential and a healthy financial position with reduced costs. These are the principal competitive elements that Pirelli has in common with Agusta, Westland, Ansaldo STS, Iveco, MAPEI and Tod’s, as well as the strength of a brand that grows with the ongoing of success of the business.

An invitation to all Italian industry to overcome the fear of Chinese competition and develop their own competitive strategy in new markets. An analysis of the complex scenario of the emerging economies, supported by an overview of successful cases – Pirelli among them – to hold high the flag of the Italian manufacturing industry.

*Carlo Mario Guerci (1938-2008) was Ordinary Professor of Political Economy at the Università degli Studi in Milan, president of Evidenze, a company of industrial analysis and strategies, and CESIT, (the Centre for Transport Systems Studies). For many years, he carried out an intense activity of consultancy for top management, operating for some of the major Italian and international companies.