The company from Kurzetnik records dynamic development. A portfolio of customers interested in the marine, energy or structure industry is expanding. Therefore, it is even more pleasing to see that the company, apart from taking care of its financial situation, intensively supports local community.

- We support children and young people and give them the opportunity for a better future. We would like to develop and make use of the potential of those young, ambitious, and open-minded people. We believe that it is employees who make the company and its success depends on them. Since there are very few people flowing into Kurzetnik, there is a great chance that some of these young people will someday be employed by Expom. This serves as an additional motivation and a guarantee of the company’s further development – says the President of the Management Board, Rafał Domżalski.

That is why Expom has invested in certain areas for many years. In 2002 the company started its cooperation with John Paul II Primary School No. 1 in Nowe Miasto Lubawskie. Since then the institution has received constant support for its daily needs. The company’s funds were used to renovate the facade, replace windows, and launch a newsletter on the occasion of the school’s 50th anniversary. Funds are also provided for pupils in the form of scientific resources such as interactive boards, tablets, and stage design elements for the needs of a theatrical circle. Moreover, Expom carries out numerous educational campaigns on the school’s premises, especially those related to road and occupational safety.

The company has provided workplace occupational trainings for the young people of Kurzetnik and its surroundings for several decades. Training participants receive an opportunity to learn about particular occupations in the company that exports its products to different countries throughout the world. This serves as a great value in times of overall demand for technical specialists. Within the framework of these trainings pupils receive daily access to state-of-art technologies and complex machinery, which provides them with a better start in professional life.

The company also undertakes ad-hoc initiatives supporting other educational institutions and children’s homes. These campaigns address the current needs of children and allow for their active development. It is best exemplified by the company’s support of the construction works for the lapidarium located at Władysław Jagiełło School Complex in Kurzetnik – it is one of the largest stone museums in Poland, exhibiting natural stones and stone fragments of architectural elements. The company appreciates various, even the smallest, initiatives that improve the standard of living of the youngest residents of Kurzetnik and its surroundings. That is why it is engaged in aid for the most interesting local projects such as chess and checkers clubs as well as fishing and scrabble circles. It supports the learning and personal development of young talents and covers a share of the cost of Polish-German youth exchange. Expom has been co-financing activities of the Local Cultural Centre for many years and has engaged in supporting the cultural sphere of life. The best example of such support is the organization of this year’s Kurzetnik Days and Expom Days, at which the main attractions were a Sylwia Grzeszczak concert and Open-air Science Picnic. The event was attended by almost 8000 people.

- We willingly engage in those kinds of activities because often without our support they would not be organised. They provide the local community with interesting pastimes and an opportunity to develop themselves in different fields. The participants also broaden their horizons and learn how to function in a group – adds President Domżalski.

In order to support all life spheres of a local community, the company promotes healthy lifestyle and physical activity. That is why for almost 10 years it has cooperated with sports club Zamek-Expom Kurzetnik, and for the past year has been its title sponsor. Owing to the support the club has better training conditions, sports equipment, and aid in organization of the athletes’ participation in competitions and other sporting events. Another motivation for the company is the fact that Expom employees and their children are members of this sports club, which is particularly successful in martial arts and strength sports.

The Management Board of the company does not hide the fact that this help is also beneficial for Expom because well-conducted and consistent activities in the area of corporate responsibility should be beneficial for a local community as well as the company. Expom S.A. as one of the largest employers of the region, and has been a pioneer of numerous industry and social initiatives for many years.

- The overall objective of these initiatives is raising an open-minded and willing to learn generation whose representatives will choose to stay in their hometown and join the professional staff of Expom S.A. – adds President Domżalski.