Ariston Thermo rewards university students with a day's work as managers

20 students from leading Italian universities compete today in Milan in the “Ariston Thermo Graduates Challenge”

 Five groups of university students from Bocconi University, the Polytechnic University of Turin, the University of Pisa, the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, the University of Bologna, the Marche Polytechnic University and Tor Vergata University in Rome, presented their projects today based on a case study drawn up by Ariston Thermo.

 The panel of judges, comprising Paolo Merloni, President of Ariston Thermo, Leonardo Senni, Managing Director, and other managers of the Group, declared the winning team.

 As for the prize, the winning group of students will have the opportunity of working for a day as Ariston Thermo managers in the Group's branches in Italy, Germany, France and Holland.

Milan, 19 April 2016 – Ariston Thermo, a leading company in the thermal comfort sector (water and room heating) at a global level, hosted 20 students from leading Italian universities in its Milan branch yesterday for the last stage of the “Ariston Thermo Graduates Challenge”.

The initiative involved over 350 students overall – from Bocconi University, the Polytechnic University of Turin, the University of Pisa, the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, the University of Bologna, the Marche Polytechnic University and Tor Vergata University in Rome – who attended a series of two-day training sessions organised by Ariston Thermo in the various university locations.

At the end of the sessions, 20 participants grouped into 5 teams were chosen to present their projects in Milan yesterday in front of a panel of judges including the President of Ariston Thermo, Paolo Merloni, the Managing Director, Leonardo Senni, and other managers of Ariston Thermo. Roughly one-third of the twenty youths are trained in economics/management while two-thirds have a technical and engineering profile. The students average 24 years of age and all graduated with full marks, or are likely to do so.

The projects presented were based on a business case study drawn up by Ariston Thermo; the group of 4 winning students of the “Ariston Thermo Graduates Challenge” earned the possibility of working for a day as Ariston Thermo managers in the Group's branches in Italy, Germany, France and Holland.

The young winners, of team Nimbus, are: Angela Fraboni of Marche Polytechnic University, Sandro Okutuga of the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, Lorenzo Paoli of the University of Pisa and Davide Scaglia of Bocconi University.

“At Ariston Thermo we firmly believe that people are the major strength behind a successful company, so we invest considerably in our human resources” – commented Leonardo Senni, the Managing Director of Ariston Thermo – “We have always supported universities through various initiatives and staunchly believe in the bond between universities and companies. This was a highly interesting project which offered us the opportunity to get up close with the excellent level of training imparted to young students coming from all over Italy”.