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An expert Q&A with Giovanni Cattani, General Manager of Siemens Energy Transformers s.r.l. Trento, Italy
Giovanni Cattani, General Manager of Siemens Energy Transformers s.r.l. Trento, Italy
Giovanni, thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge and insights about Siemens Energy Transformers factory in Trento and your very successful career in the industry.
First of all, congratulations to Siemens Energy Transformers in Trento on 100 years of history. You became General Manager in 2014. Tell us a little bit about the Trento factory, which is one of the oldest factories, isn’t it?
Giovanni Cattani: That’s right, I became General Manager in 2014 and together with my team I manage the business, driving the factory towards the future. We’re a long-established factory with a 100-year tradition of delivering high-quality transformers across the world.
The factory was founded in Trento (Northern Italy) on the 3rd February 1921, and it kept its name of S.T.E.M (Società Trentina Elettro Meccanica) until 1986. In 2005 it became part of Siemens AG and starting from 2020, after the spin-off of Siemens AG, we’ve been part of Siemens Energy.
We are an international company with a strong local connection with the Trentino territory, but at the same time, we are highly oriented to foreign markets with more than 85% of our orders coming from the export market – mainly Europe, USA and Middle East.
Our highly motivated workers, employees, technicians and engineers are our real asset that helped us achieve this level and thanks to them we will successfully overcome the challenges of the new century.
I’m proud to work for a company that is innovating, looking for new technologies and helping customers in the energy transition in a more sustainable way. It’s a factory with strong competences, local roots and international vision and breadth that is contributing to a better energy distribution, making a real difference in the world.
Giovanni, what is the specialty focus of the Trento plant? What range of transformers are manufactured there?
Our main business is the development and production of innovative power transformer solutions for special customer demands. Nearly every transformer delivered out of Trento is unique and tailor made according to the customer specifications.
The products that we manufacture are:
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Single/three-phase transformers (generator step-up transformers, unit auxiliary transformers, grid network transformers, mobile substation transformers)
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Single/three-phase autotransformers
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Railway feeder transformers