NADIA PLOTEGHER, OWNER FROM 1994 OF PLOTEGHER TRASPORTI SRL, TELLS US THAT WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD SHE SPENT HER EVENINGS IN THE COMPANY AND SHE DID HER HOMEWORK INSIDE ONE OF HER FAMILY’S TRUCK! THIS BECAUSE FAMILY PLOTEGHER, ORIGINALLY FROM MEZZOLOMBARDO IN TRENTO BUT LIVING IN PADUA FROM MANY YEARS, ALWAYS WORKED IN TRASPORTATION. STAFF MEMBERS ARE GIANFRANCO AND ADA PLOTEGHER, PARENTS OF NADIA, AND HER HUSBAND MAURO MATTUZZI THAT WORKS AS A DRIVER. EVEN HER DAUGHTER FABIANA, WITH THE PASSION FOR SINGING, SEEMS TO HAVE ALREADY SOME CLEAR THOUGHTS SINCE SHE CONTROLS EVERY TRUCK TOGETHER WITH HER GRANDFATHER. FABIANA HAS EVEN TOOK PART IN THE NEGOTIATION OF A WHITE R560, THAT IN HER HONOUR WAS CALLED FABIANAONE.
“SINCE MIDDLE SCHOOL I’VE ALWAYS WENT WITH MY FATHER TO VISIT OUR CUSTOMERS AND SUPPLIERS. THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY WORLD. AS I GREW UP IN THIS TYPE OF WORLD I DIDN’T ENCOUNTER ANY KIND OF PROBLEMS, ONCE I GOT ADULT, IN THE RELATIONSHIP WITH CUSTOMERS AND SUPPLIERS.”
WHAT QUALITIES DO WE NEED TO HAVE IN ORDER TO WORK IN THIS JOB THAT ORIGINALLY IS FOR MEN?
“I THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE COMPETENT AND TO MEASURE RESOLUTENESS AND PLEASANTLESS; SOMETIMES SMILING AT THE RIGHT MOMENT CAN LOOSEN TENSON AND FIGURE OUT A PROBLEM”
WHAT IS YOUR JOB AND WHY DO YOUR COMPANY ENTRUST TO SCANIA?
“OUR COMPANIES, PLOTEGHER TRASPORTI SRL AND PLOTEGHER GIANFRANCO, WORK MAILY FOR BRT. MY FATHER IN 1985 LAUNCHED IN PADUA THI FIRST SERVICES OF BRT IN NOTHERN ITALY, TRANSPORTING MANY TYPES OF GOODS IN THE COUNTRY. WE HAVE 53 TRUCKS, ALL SCANIA’S. OUR FIRST SCANIA TRUCK IT HAS BEEN A 113 IN THE 90’S AND THEN WE BOUGHT SOME 143, R124 AND EVEN SOME 16 LITRES. WE HAVE A LONG TRADITION WITH SCANIA COMPANY! WE CHOOSE THEIR COMPANY MAILNY BECAUSE OF THEIR RELIABILITY, WE DID NOT ECOUNTER SOME SERIOUS TECNICAL PROBLEMS, THE WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH DEALER SCANIA COMMERCIALE AND FOR THEIR PROFESSIONALISM IN THE ASSISTANCES. THIS IS PROVEN MY THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A 113 WITH 2.500.000KM AND A 143 WITH MORE THAN 2.000.000KM. OUR DRIVERS, THAT ARE WITH US SINCE YEARS, LOVE THEIR COMFORT. TO HAVE OUR WORKERS SATISFIED FOR US IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE ONLY IN A PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT A GOOD JOB CAN BE GUARANTEED
WHAT ARE YOUR PROJECTS FOR THE FUTURE?
I RECENTLY GOT MY LICENCE FOR INTERNATIONAL TRASPORTS. THIS IS CERTAINLY ONE OF MY FUTURE PROJECTS TOGETHER WITH THE CONTINOUS RENEWAL OF OUR FLEET. IN 2012 WE WORED FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH A HOLDING COMPANY OF THE SCANIA GROUP, THE SCANIA FINANCE ITALY. WE ARE VERY HAPPY OF HOW ALEX GAMBIRASIO TREATED US.
WHEN SAYING GOODBYE TO PLOTEGHER FAMILY, THE FATHER GIANFRANCO TELLS US A SECRET: “AT 8/9 PM, WHEN I SEE MY DAUGHTER STILL WORKING, I ASK MY SELF IF IT IS WORTH TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY IN THIS WORK. THEN I REALISE HOW MUCH OUR COMPANY MEANS TO HER AND MAYBE IT WOULD MEAN EVEN FOR MY GRANDDAUGHTER.” WE ARE SURE THAT THE STORY OF PLOTEGHER TRANSPORTS WILL CONTINUE FOR YEARS
