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July 22, 2024 (Piumazzo, Modena, Italy)

Proxaut has named Mr. Michele Riva General Manager of Proxaut overseeing brand operations which include engineering, manufacturing, sales and marketing. 

Riva brings extensive strategic expertise with a career spanning over 15 years in the protein processing technology field. Holding senior management roles in both Italy and the United States, Riva has been a key member of the global Middleby team for more than two years, contributing to the company's success in automation solutions.

You have been an important part of the company. For more than 25 years you have been in charge of "making ends meet". All these years of work, your experience and the knowledge acquired, combined with the competences of your working team,  gave a great contribution to bring PROXAUT exactly where it is today.

Thank you for all your work and our best wishes for a happy retirement. A new chapter of life has just begun.

Your colleagues at Proxaut

Ivan Baschieri was hired as Head of the Project Management Department in May 2022 to better guide the Project Management Office. Today, this Department consists of 12 people, counting PMs, Site Managers and Technicians.

For over seven years in Proxaut, Vanna Sola has always dedicated herself to the Purchasing Department within Proxaut and in October 2022, her role as Manager was officially reconfirmed.

The commitment shown in recent years in the management of suppliers and production within the company has made the difference. Many times her contribution has allowed us to carry out unique and highly important projects. Mother and wife, Vanna has always had to juggle work and family, but thanks to Proxaut's "Worklife balance" project, she has always managed to bring the professional and private spheres together. In fact, even before these policies became an object of interest from companies, Proxaut has always been at the side of its employees and collaborators to combine career and private life.

Since the beginning of June 2021, Proxaut's Sales Department has been reinforced with the arrival of Vitucci Francesco, Management Engineer with ten years' experience in international sales and marketing strategies.

The new Chief Technology Officer Gabriele Macchi, a figure already working in Proxaut's R&D Department, was presented on 2021, 3 May.

Stefano Ballotti, the founder of PROXAUT, begins to work as a technician in his family’s industry and starts building the first automatic-guided AGV vehicles in the late 80s.