The political industry must decide what it wants for Tuscany: becoming a territory of manufacturing or sliding into deindustrialization.[P1] The Sun 24 Hours - Economy Title: Baroncelli: 'Reviving Tuscany's Manufacturing Industry by Focusing on Aerospace and Renewable Energy' Date: October 15, 2026, 9:02 AM Website: [P1] 'The political industry must decide what it wants for Tuscany: becoming a territory of manufacturing or sliding into deindustrialization.' Lapo Baroncelli, 43 years old, Fiorentino, has been elected president of Confindustria Toscana Centro e Costa (Florence, Livorno, and Massa-Carrara) since March. He has hit the button for industrial reindustrialization. President, Tuscany is growing slightly (+0.5%), but where can we start the revival?

From the political industry, which must put manufacturing at the center of development, innovation, and high-value-added skills. We have the opportunity to bring back some functions that we lost over the years, let's do it. First, in aerospace: we can exploit the consolidated presence of the group Leonardo to develop the industry and attract qualified employment.

This would be a reshoring of skills, a way to counteract the 'poor' work that exists. There is a need for a district of aerospace. This is a matter of public competence.

We must be an accelerator, but the political industry must decide what Tuscany wants, whether manufacturing or deindustrialized. To revive manufacturing, we need factories for workers. We have realized with the Municipality of Florence a signed apartment standard for addressing the emergency housing issue that impedes job placements.

We have also identified the sites where it can be built. Workers could pay lower rents and buy apartments over time. [P2] The Sun 24 Hours - Economy Title: Baroncelli: 'Reviving Tuscany's Manufacturing Industry by Focusing on Aerospace and Renewable Energy' Date: October 15, 2026, 9:02 AM Website: [P1] 'The fashion industry has continued to suffer, with the emergency that began three years ago still standing. With the School of Sant'Anna, we have made a project to try to convert metal accessory companies, such as fibbers and chains, applying mechanical and metallurgical skills to other sectors like robotics, nautical, component manufacturing.

With PwC, we worked on leather: we cannot lose these skills, consumption of fashion has decreased, but we must re-engineer the district. Tuscany is behind in the installation of renewable energy sources set to be implemented by the national plan by 2030. How can this be accelerated?

The energy topic is decisive if we want an industrial territory. One must have the courage of choices. I say to the political industry: you cannot chase after the landscape.

One must work on areas suitable for renewables, where procedures will be simplified. Then we will have to start talking about nuclear power also on our territory. Look at the Tuscan coast.

In Piombino, the new steel plant worth 3.2 billion euros that should be built by Ukrainians of … [P3] The Sun 24 Hours - Economy Title: Baroncelli: 'Reviving Tuscany's Manufacturing Industry by Focusing on Aerospace and Renewable Energy' Date: October 15, 2026, 9:02 AM Website: [P1] 'Tuscany is a territory different, where one must find new manufacturing and innovations.'