The award ceremony was held in Povoletto on 30 September. Established to mark the Company’s centenary, the Scholarship supports the university education of employees’ children and renews Maddalena S.p.A.’s commitment to education and future generations.
Alan Scalisi, a student at the “Giovanni Marinelli” Scientific High School in Udine, is the winner of the 4th G.B. Maddalena Scholarship, a €10,000 award granted to children of Maddalena S.p.A. employees to support their university education.
Alan, who has just started his fourth year of high school, is already looking ahead to his future with a clear goal: to continue his studies by enrolling in the Degree Programme in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Udine.
The official award ceremony was held on Wednesday, 30 September at 3:30 p.m. at Maddalena S.p.A.’s production facility in Povoletto. Alongside the recipient and his family, the event was attended by the Company’s Board of Directors, the members of the Selection Committee, the Mayor of Povoletto, Giuliano Castenetto, and the Deputy Mayor and Councillor for Culture, Paolo Marchina.
In Memory of G.B. Maddalena
Established in 2019 to mark Maddalena’s centenary, the Scholarship is named after Giovanni Battista Maddalena, a key figure in the Company’s history who placed great value on education and professional development. During his years at the helm of the Company, he encouraged young workers to continue their education by attending evening classes, even after completing their work shifts.
A principle that, decades later, continues to find concrete expression in the Scholarship that bears his name: investing in people and knowledge as the foundation for building the future.
It is a value that spans generations and remains an integral part of Maddalena S.p.A.’s culture. A family-owned company recognised as a Historic Trademark of National Interest and now led by the fourth generation, Maddalena continues to preserve its roots while looking ahead by investing in young people and skills.
The 2026 edition received seven applications.
The Selection Committee, comprising Eng. Franzil, a long-standing Maddalena employee and Chair of the Committee since its establishment, Eng. Matteo Lorigiola, Plant Manager, and Dr Silvia Favaro, Head of Legal and Corporate Affairs, assessed the candidates based not only on their academic performance, but also on their critical thinking, motivation and ability to articulate their plans for the future.
The Scholarship was awarded to Alan Scalisi, son of Armanda Bejko, who recently joined the Company’s international sales team. This further reinforces the significance of the initiative, which also reaches the families of employees who have joined the Maddalena community more recently.
The G.B. Maddalena Scholarship is part of the Company’s broader commitment to future generations, education and supporting young people in the local community, in line with Maddalena S.p.A.’s social sustainability journey and Goal 4 of the United Nations 2030 Agenda, which focuses on quality education and learning opportunities.
This commitment is also reported in the recently published 2024/25 Sustainability Report, which presents the Company’s results, projects and objectives across environmental, social and governance areas, and identifies people and the creation of shared value as key pillars of its strategic sustainability journey.
An investment that goes beyond an individual course of study: supporting a young person’s education means contributing to the development of skills, families and, more broadly, the community in which the Company operates.
