The building materials says the donations to the Papa Giovanni XXIII hospital are being made to help alleviate the extremely tense situation of the local community and to support the fight against the coronavirus.
Bergamo, where Italcementi is headquartered, is located in Lombardy in Northern Italy and is particularly hard hit by the current COVID-19 epidemic. Since February, more than 400 people have died from the virus.
Last week, Italcementi's MD Roberto Callieri arranged for Italcementi to donate €100,000 to the Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII, and also invited the employees to support the hospital and other institutions. HeidelbergCement has now doubled this contribution with a second donation.
"We are in very close contact with our colleagues from Italcementi, and feel particularly connected to them and to the people of Bergamo in this difficult situation," said Dr. Dominik von Achten, chairman of the managing board of HeidelbergCement. "We have therefore decided to support the Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII, whose employees are undertaking unimaginable efforts in handling the COVID-19 epidemic."
