The APIAS development project, which began just over a year ago with the launch of the ShowWay exhibition and the introduction of associate membership, has been completed with the relocation of the association's offices to a new furnished building just outside Milan, at 128 Viale Fulvio Testi, Cinisello Balsamo. The site is already home to the offices of UCIMU (Association of Italian Manufacturers of Machine Tools, Robots, Automation Systems and Ancillary Products) and other associations.
APIAS says the new location fully meets the association's requirements, providing conference rooms, meeting rooms, a parking area, a restaurant, a bar, an on-site canteen, a concierge and reception area, and general services.
The new offices may be easily reached from the Milanese suburban motorway system and from Milan itself both by car and public transport. These services will also be available to APIAS members who need to arrange meetings in Milan.
"It is my hope," said Augusto Andraghetti, chairman of APIAS, "that with the new offices and the programmes we are pursuing in the training and trade fair sectors, a period of greater intercommunication with members will commence and all members will have more frequent relations with the association".
Augusto Andraghetti will be supported in his work by the new board of directors, elected at the members' meeting on 26 June last consisting of: Lanfranco Meoni (Bestlight), Pasquale Quadri (Clay Paky), Renato Molinari (Coemar), Giorgio Biffi (Outline), Roberto Meggiolaro (Proel) and Franco Bertini (Studio Due).
The first meeting of the newly elected board took place in the new offices at the end of August and led to the launch of new member services, which will be announced in the near future.
(Lee Baldock)
