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Only a few days remain before the webinar promoted by Fondazione Promozione Acciaio, dedicated to vertical extensions, structural insertions and new steel volumes applied to existing buildings.

Representing CAIREPRO, Engineers Alberto Calza and Salvatore Sestito will present a case study on Capannone 15B and 15C of the former Officine Reggiane in Reggio Emilia.

The presentation will show how the integration of new steel structures can enable new functions while preserving the identity of historic industrial buildings.

A concrete opportunity to explore design solutions and real applications, with 2 professional development credits awarded to architects.

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If you were to start a company today, would you do it alone, as a partnership, or as a cooperative? 

CAIREPRO President Nello Tafuro opened his lecture at the University of Parma with this question, exploring the cooperative model and its organisational dynamics with students from the Business Administration course.

Founded in Reggio Emilia in 1947 as Europe’s first cooperative of intellectual professionals, CAIREPRO was presented as a case study to illustrate the evolution of a historic “startup”: a firm able to overcome the isolation of the individual professional through a multidisciplinary approach.

Cooperation was analysed as a business system: a balance in which the sharing of risks and expertise turns the collective into a solid and sustainable organisation.

“It was stimulating to discuss with the students how doing business today can — and should — be based on the awareness that a group can generate a strength that the individual alone cannot achieve.” — Architect Nello Tafuro.

Special thanks to Professor Luca Fornaciari for hosting CAIREPRO within his course, and to Legacoop for the invitation to take part in this opportunity for discussion and reflection.

The 2026 edition of the Holocaust Remembrance Journey, known in Italy as the Viaggio della Memoria, has come to a close. Promoted by Istoreco Reggio Emilia for more than 25 years, the educational project accompanies around 1400 students and teachers each year on a journey of knowledge and reflection on twentieth-century history.

This year’s edition included visits to Prague and Terezín, key places within the system of Nazi domination in Europe.

“I took part in one of the trips organised by Istoreco: these experiences help keep dialogue between generations alive and strengthen historical awareness among younger people,” says Architect Mauro Nasi. “This is why CAIREPRO has chosen to support the initiative for the third consecutive year, recognising the importance of keeping memory alive.”