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ABB’s ‘factory on the lake’: a story of innovation, sustainability, and inclusion
Meet Mariafrancesca Madrigrano who has managed the ABB Measurement & Analytics factory on Lake Como, Italy since 2019.
The first thing you notice about Mariafrancesca Madrigrano, an engineer who joined ABB 21 years ago and has managed ABB’s factory in Ossuccio for the past four years, is her immense pride in the past and present of the factory.
In addition to technological advancement, Mariafrancesca Madrigrano is committed to ambitious sustainability goals that are part of ABB’s sustainability strategy. In July, the installation of photovoltaic panels starts on the factory roof. This will significantly reduce the energy footprint of the factory. The plant's water consumption for cooling has already been reduced a hundredfold in ten years. Recently, new packaging was introduced to replace polyurethane with paper, a solution that proved to be effective also in terms of economic savings and efficiency.
