Shaping the color community from Filago

The Italian headquarters and production site is based near Bergamo in the north of Italy. Covestro is focused on polycarbonate compounding and the development of new colors for the EMLA Region. At the CDC, the company develops and provides solutions that best meet its customers’ needs.

The site’s highly diverse set-up and equipment support customers in everything from the development of their ideas to the complex chain of production scale-ups ranging from small samples of 25kg to big batch sizes of 20 metric tons.

Covestro operates through a skilled salesforce in the local market, with the team trading products for all seven Covestro business units: Performance Materials, Tailored Urethane Components, Engineering Plastics, Coatings & Adhesives, Specialty Films, Elastomers, and Thermoplastic Polyurethanes.

Among the many excellent activities linked to the Filago site, the Color and Design Center stands out. Established in 2002 it is part of a global network with other Covestro Color Centers around the world. The CDC at Filago is a place for important developments and an incubator of new design trends involving colored polymers.

In 2022, the Filago site was certified to the ISCC PLUS standard, an internationally recognized system for biomass and bioenergy sustainability certification. The company can now supply its customers with high-performance plastic polycarbonates from renewably attributed raw materials. They are characterized by quality and properties that are as good as their fossil-based counterparts.

Gianmaria Malvestiti was appointed Managing Director of Covestro Srl and Site Manager of the Italian Manufacturing Site in December 2021.

Born in Capriate (BG), Italy, in 1973, he studied industrial chemistry at the University of Milan. During his career he has gained a great deal of experience in managing local and international teams in compounding operation and formulation development with increasing responsibilities throughout the organization. He is committed to a sustainable future and circular economy topics and strongly believes that trust, diversity, and teamwork are the keys to successfully facing future challenges.

Alessandro Valcarenghi was appointed Head of Sales and Marketing for the Performance Material and Tailored Urethanes business units for Italy in July 2021.

Born in 1966 in Milan, Italy, he studied at Università Commerciale L. Bocconi in Milan where he graduated in Business Administration with a specialization in Marketing. In the course of his career at Covestro, he was responsible for Sales of Polyurethane Systems for South-East Europe and then for Italy as Head of the Polyurethanes business unit.

Born in 1970 in Varese, Davide Niego joined Covestro in 2021.

He holds a degree in chemistry and an executive master’s in business administration. Niego has worked in coatings research and development (IVM) and was Technical Support Manager at Hewlett Packard. Since 2004, he has held key account manager positions in various companies (Efka, Ciba, BASF, DSM) dealing with multinational accounts.

Laura Pansera is responsible for the local functions Procurement, Planning & Product Supply, Supply Chain & Logistic and Customs & International Trade Compliance.

Born in Bergamo, Italy, in 1973, she studied chemistry at the University of Milan and joined Bayer in 2000 where she worked as a business controller and later as Supply Chain Manager for the KU division.

Massimo Fasano has been with Covestro in his role of General Counsel since 2015 and also been a member of the Board of Directors since 2018.

He joined Bayer’s legal department in the early 1990s and managed many legal issues for the Italian group companies. In particular, he dealt with market competition (anti-trust), anti-bribery (Italian decree 231/2001), data protection, merger and acquisition operations and legal support in industrial site matters (surface rights, leases, purchase and sale of land and buildings).

Born in Varese (Italy) in 1980, Marco Battaini gained a degree in Philosophy at the University of Milan and a Master’s in Organization and Personnel in 2006.

That same year, he began his professional career in Bayer’s Human Resources department. Since September 2015, he has been responsible for Human Resources at Covestro in Italy and is a member of Federchimica, the chemical industrial association.

Andrea Milone joined Covestro in 2015 as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), is currently responsible for the Accounting, Controlling, Finance & Tax functions, and is also a member of the Board of Directors.

Born in 1967, he holds a degree in Business Administration from Turin University and is enrolled with the Order of Chartered Accountants of Turin. Milone worked as a tax consultant with leading international tax firms (EY and KPMG) and then as a tax director for the Fiat Group (Fiat Powertrain) and Industrie Menarini (Italy’s largest pharma company). Before joining Covestro, he was Head of Finance & Tax of the Bayer Group in Italy.

Massimiliano Bettinelli started his career as a controller. After ten years in a pharmaceutical company, he moved to Bayer. Then, after a few years in Controlling, his SAP knowledge resulted in his managing all SAP projects at Bayer.

Bettinelli gained additional experience in Mergers & Acquisitions, ICS and Auditing. He moved into IT in 2012 as a demand manager and graduated in Economics in 2014. In September 2015 he joined Covestro as IT & BPA Head, before becoming IT Country Head in 2016.