At the Annual Meeting of the Turin Industrial Union, President Marco Gay clearly outlined the path for the industrial future of the city. He recalled that Turin is confirmed as one of the most important poles for Italian industry, with a contribution to the national GDP of 26%. A figure that underlines the solidity of the local production fabric, where in the last ten years companies with a turnover of more than 5 million euros have grown by 37%, accompanied by a 24% increase in employment.

Gay has indicated the sectors on which Turin will be able to focus to grow until 2030. Aerospace, robotics, chips, energy, medicine, nanomaterials and food have been identified as strategic areas to make the city a laboratory of innovation. A Turin that aspires to become a place where “man and machine coexist in an industrial product of excellence”. Among the most innovative challenges is the creation of an experimental center for drone flight and for the medicine of the future, projects that highlight the city’s ability to look ahead with ambition.

Attention to training was a central point of the speech. Gay recalled that the technological revolution needs a parallel cultural change and that for this reason it is essential to strengthen the collaboration between the education system and businesses. The President of the Industrial Union underlined that young people represent the present and that they must be dedicated, first of all, attention in the decisions and choices that are made. It also highlighted the crucial importance of human capital as a fundamental element to support and nurture the path of innovation, thus highlighting the need to invest in training and skills development to accompany the technological transformation underway

The “Destination Growth” project was also presented at the meeting. It is a plan with which the aim is to encourage the dimensional growth of Turin companies and consolidate their competitiveness through shared investments, infrastructure and innovation. Gay reiterated thatgrowth is not an individual path, but a collective exercise that requires courage and will to make Turin a model of a new industry.

Overall, the proposed vision combines optimism and responsibility, tracing a precise course for a city ready to be a protagonist in the Italian technological transformation. Turin, therefore, is a candidate to maintain and expand its role as an industrial engine, capable of innovating and training the skills necessary to govern the challenges of the future.