clean and sustainable transport, growing LNG project Valtellina … – The Day

Sondrio, August 16, 2016 – After the preview in the streets of Tirano, Sondrio and Morbegno , after the inauguration, last April 14, the fleet of the 12 commercial vehicles functional gas liquefied natural and after the planting of the first 40 of the 480 maple trees planned in total, the project “LNG Valtellina” is still growing. And it does so on several fronts. The historic Maganetti Group, in fact, does not stop and continues with foresight in the ambitious challenge that, with time, has the objective of promoting a more clean transport, sustainable from an environmental point of view and at the same time reliable and evolved under logistical and technological profile. As is known, the initiative provides for the planting of 480 trees, 40 for each vehicle Lng in order to clear the environmental impact – already low – product, in the next five years, by Iveco Stralis vehicles.

after the town of Cino was the turn of one of Livigno. In September, the operation will continue in all those municipalities that have requested it. But the news at home Lng are many. To seal the profitable collaboration with the town of Gera Lario, where you are finishing work on the construction of the first LNG filling station entirely dedicated to heavy vehicles (the opening is scheduled in September), the creators and promoters of the project “Lng Valtellina, sustainable logistics”, Maganetti Group, have decided to donate to the town and then to the community of Gera Lario a school bus running on methane. The new vehicle, Iveco signed, will accommodate 28 students plus a companion. A tangible incentive because, in addition to companies, even local governments can, with time, choose vehicles that operate at Lng.

“I am very pleased – said the mayor of Gera Lario, Vincenzo Del Re – and look forward to the delivery of the new school bus that I believe should take place tentatively in January 2017. we had already replace the current coach – he adds – and this new model, in addition to being environmentally friendly, it is also bigger, we are, in fact, , which rose from 22 to 28 seats. ” Grows at the same time also the interest on the part of numerous large corporate groups that have chosen to make travel their goods on board the LNG vehicles.

“This is also why – explains the CEO of Magneti Group Matthew Lorenzo De Campo – we decided, in these days, to buy another 11 vehicles, more and Iveco Stralis, but in their latest and even more modern version. A project is not simple – adds De Campo – but in recent months, albeit very demanding, led throughout the company a substantial breath of fresh air and great incentives. We carry this choice because we believe in our territory and the objective of more and more to reconcile its tourism and industrial nature. Not only that, our challenge is aimed at protecting the nature of our valley and the health of its inhabitants. The environmental impact and acoustics of these natural gas vehicles – concludes De Campo – is already minimal compared to that of the best diesel vehicle available today. ”