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| Metropolitana Milanese Chairman Lanfranco Senn |
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Whenever Metropolitana Milanese Chairman Lanfranco Senn speaks about his company, he brims with enthusiasm. It is easy to see why once he reveals its long list of accomplishments.
A joint-stock engineering company entirely controlled by the Municipality of Milan, MM was founded in 1955 to design and build the Milan Metro. It has since become the leading Italian company in civil and plant engineering for urban and suburban rail transit networks.
MM has helped design and build transit systems in many major cities all over Italy (such as Florence, Bologna, Naples and Verona) and across the world (including Copenhagen, Alexandria, Oporto and Manila).
“In order to be successful in this industry, you must have the right people with the right expertise, along with an efficient supply system. We have all of these and more. The talent that we have along with the area where we are located make us a special company,” says Senn.
MM also runs water supply and wastewater removal services for the city of Milan. It recently implemented an ambitious program to improve the quality of supplied water and keep up with the new European standards on water quality.
With a firm commitment to Milan, MM’s plans for the future are for expansion and growth.
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| The underground railway connection of Porta Venezia Station in Milan |
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“Now we are refocusing on Milan to broaden the transit system here. Milan is a city with small boundaries but a large suburban area. We are interested in expanding our services to increase the number of lines as well as increase the length of the existing lines,” he says.
Senn hopes to expand the Milan Metro from three to at least eight lines.
MM is also looking to provide expertise in a number of international cities to boost its global reputation. It is competing for projects in Vietnam, Argentina, Serbia, Syria and Libya, among others.
With solid expansion plans locally and internationally, the future of MM looks to be on track.
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