Buzzi Unicem has welcomed the invitation by the organizing committee to become a sponsor of the Italian National and Paralympic Fencing Championships, which will be held at the Palaruffini in Turin from 12 to 15 June 2015. 
The competition is reserved to the top 40 male and female fencers from each discipline (foil, epee and sabre), among whom the famous Italian medal winners both at the Olympic and Paralymnpic Games. It is worth mentioning that five athletes born and raised in Casale Monferrato, where Buzzi Unicem is headquartered, were able to qualify for the epee title: Andrea Baroglio, Lorenzo Buzzi and Luca Ferraris (men's), Sofia Auxilia and Sara Carpegna (women’s); this is indeed quite a unique case.
The event will serve as a vehicle to promote and attract new participants to this fascinating sport, in which Italy has won 121 Olympic medals (much more than in any other sport) and continues to reign supreme in the international arena.

But the story does not end here. Buzzi Unicem also took up the challenge of placing its own product at the service of sport: cement, a well known material for its ductility and strength, will be used to take palm prints of the winners. The autographed tiles will constitute a wall of fame to be auctioned off, with the proceeds donated to charity. For the prize giving ceremony, Buzzi Unicem decided to involve Momaboma, a partner with whom we have been sharing our sustainability efforts since many years. On such an occasion Momaboma has fabricated for the athletes some pieces of its romantic accessories collection, made from recycled cement bags that otherwise would have been disposed of as paper waste.