We are open to communities, dialogue and experimentation

Dialogue with local communities is a pillar of our social sustainability. Our sites are open places for connection, where we work with schools, associations, institutions and customers to promote culture and participation. Through these projects we enhance the art, beauty and identity of the ceramic district, contributing in concrete ways to the social and cultural growth of the territory.

As part of our commitment to enhancing urban spaces, Marazzi Linear Park is an initiative capable of renewing the relationship between one of the company’s historic plants and the surrounding neighborhood, opening up new opportunities for dialogue among nature, the city and industry.
Part of the Cuore Verde masterplan, the project redesigns the edge of the Group’s plant on Via Ancora in Sassuolo, transforming the old boundary wall into a broad green buffer. The new landscape, made up of different layers of vegetation, unfolds along the road, creating an evolving environment that accompanies the urban route and opens up new views toward the neighborhood.
Punctuating this natural sequence are installations made with large ceramic slabs, designed to engage with the community and showcase the language of the material. Among them, a space dedicated to Luigi Ghirri pays tribute to his famous shots created for the Group, weaving together art, memory and local identity. The result is a new public space that brings together nature, ceramics and industrial history, transforming a boundary into a place of meeting, connection and shared quality.

Continuing our care for places that are symbolic of the area, the restoration of the Clock Tower confirms our commitment to safeguarding Sassuolo’s architectural and identity heritage.
The restoration, carried out by the Municipality of Sassuolo with the Group’s contribution, concerns an architectural element that has become a symbol of the city: “Il Campanone”, built between 1676 and 1680 to a design by the ducal architect Antonio Loraghi. The tower defines the very central Piazza Garibaldi, a venue for markets, conferences, shows and events open to citizens.
Over the years, the tower underwent various interventions up to the restoration in the 1980s, when the Group donated the ceramic clock face. The company’s bond with Piazza Garibaldi runs deep: the historic Marazzi family grocery store was also located here, a memory that is still vivid for the community.

With the renovation of the tasting room of the historic Drogheria Roteglia in Piazza Garibaldi in Sassuolo, the Group strengthens a bond that dates back to the late nineteenth century, when Filippo – the company’s founder – and his brother Umberto Marazzi ran the family grocery store and distillery right here. The intervention enhances this shared history and returns to the city a renewed symbolic space, in continuity with the company’s commitment in recent years to restoring the square and the civic tower.

For the renovation, the Crogiolo Terramater collection was chosen, made with Italian red clay and recycled material, combining ceramic tradition, contemporary design and attention to sustainability. The renewed spaces tell the memory of the place through photographs, historical documents and ceramic elements that evoke the Marazzi family’s earliest activities.

Among the spaces that connect business and city, Crogiolo continues to be a vibrant place—a social laboratory where participation and dialogue intertwine in tangible ways. A historic reference to the Group’s first industrial settlement in the 1930s, it became, in the 1980s, a true brand as well as the headquarters of the “Sperimentazioni”, where designers, artists and ceramists were invited to experiment with ceramics. Today, Crogiolo is a multifunctional venue that, since 2017, has hosted the Municipality of Sassuolo’s cultural season, welcoming free events open to the community. Since 2017, a total of 106 initiatives have been delivered, with over 4,600 attendances in 2025, confirming Crogiolo as a shared place where businesses, institutions and citizens build relationships and common value. Alongside cultural initiatives, Crogiolo supports schools and associations with active citizenship projects.

As part of Buongiorno Ceramica! 2025, the national event promoted by AiCC – Associazione italiana Città della Ceramica – which each year celebrates the artistic and craftsmanship value of ceramics, Marazzi Group opened the Sassuolo showroom to the public for a day dedicated to the community and to discovering the know-how of the district.
The special opening, part of the program of events organized by the Municipality of Sassuolo, made it possible to visit the showroom and to take part in the “Welcome to Marazzi for Kids” workshop, which involved children and families in an interactive experience designed to bring even the youngest closer to the world of ceramics.

The “80 events for 80 years” program of the Centro Sportivo Italiano – Modena Committee celebrates the organization’s anniversary with a rich calendar of sports, educational and cultural activities aimed at young people, families and local associations. Among the most significant events is Run4Care, dedicated to healthcare staff and linked to the regional campaign “Più cura per chi cura”, created to highlight the daily commitment of health professionals and promote a culture of care and respect. The program also includes initiatives dedicated to gender equality in sport and a hackathon on innovation and the future. Marazzi Group’s contribution confirms the company’s focus on the community and on the values of participation and active citizenship promoted by CSI Modena.

Marazzi Group supported the programming of the 2024/2025 theatre season of the Nuovo Cinema Corso in Finale Emilia, an important cultural landmark for the local community.

Inaugurated in 2021 after a complete renovation, Nuovo Cinema Corso reopened its doors 17 years after closing, becoming an example of urban regeneration in the heart of Finale Emilia. Today, the cinema is much more than a place of entertainment: it is a space dedicated to culture and community gathering, hosting not only film screenings but also conferences, exhibitions and public meetings aimed at enhancing the territory.

Our relationship with schools and young people is one of the pillars of our commitment to the territory. With programs such as Marazzi Academy Duale, we offer students of the “Alessandro Volta” Upper Secondary School in Sassuolo the opportunity to complement their school education with hands-on experience in the company. Between 2023 and 2025, 104 students took part in the program, coming into direct contact with the skills and professions of the ceramic district. In 2025, moreover, 50 upper secondary school students completed work-based learning pathways, contributing to real projects in the IT, Customer Service, Marketing and Logistics areas. Alongside these activities are the “Welcome to Marazzi for Kids & Schools” programs, which between 2023 and 2025 involved over 1,700 primary and lower secondary school students through workshops and in-depth sessions on the ceramic production process and sustainability.

Our commitment to the community and schools also took shape through support for the renovation of the theatre at the F. Ruini lower secondary school in Sassuolo, an area where the company has operated since 1935. The intervention saw the Group provide materials for the new flooring, enabling the school and the community to once again have a welcoming, functional space for educational activities, cultural initiatives and moments of gathering among students, teachers and families.

In the garden of the Walt Disney nursery school we created a new green area designed to improve the quality and usability of outdoor spaces. The intervention includes a vegetated fence of over 180 meters and the planting of 200 new plants and rows of trees, with the aim of creating a more natural and protected perimeter, suitable for children’s outdoor activities. Through this redevelopment we contributed to enhancing educational spaces and strengthening the neighborhood’s urban greenery, reinforcing the bond between the school and the community.

Marazzi Group contributed to the redevelopment of the Hostel for Autonomy, a facility created in Modena through a public-private partnership and dedicated to supporting workers facing housing vulnerability.
Managed by Porta Aperta – a leading organization providing assistance to people in difficulty through meal services, hospitality, social support and employment inclusion – the hostel offers temporary accommodation aimed at fostering paths toward autonomy. The renovation of the building made it possible to provide 20 beds, a kitchen, services and common areas, supporting guests on their way to stable housing.