Giovanni Magarotto, 62 years old, is the founder and one of the Managing Partners of T.T. Tomorrow Technology. He has worked for 20 years in different fields of chemical, mechanical and metal (aluminium) industries, with a degree in Marketing and Business Administration in Padova and a masters in tax advisor and organisation. In 2000, he founded T.T. Tomorrow Technology, starting his own activity in the aluminium melting and recycling business. T.T. Tomorrow Technology’s core business is the design and production of special Multifunctional Furnace Tending Vehicles, Automatic Charging Systems and Automatic Skimmers, and various other transport vehicles for solid aluminium handling. The aim is to support the melting subsidiary phases of the aluminium casthouse as charging, cleaning and skimming of aluminium melting furnaces and to enhance the productivity and efficiency of the Aluminium casthouses.

AlCircle.com: What new special vehicles or equipment are you planning to manufacture in 2023 for primary and secondary aluminium sectors?

Giovanni Margarotto: Good point. So, our task for 2023 is to follow the great demand of the aluminium industry for decarbonization and reduction of energy costs in the production of primary and secondary aluminium metal. We are now celebrating 23rd Anniversary and we try to be always a step ahead towards the integration of green technology in the aluminium sectors, in the production of primary and secondary aluminium. And for this year, we have in mind two main efforts, not only for 2023 but for the next five to ten years. There are two main tasks for the next coming years that we have concentrated our efforts on in engineering technology. The first one is to increase and improve our presence in the primary sector, supplying what we consider so far the best technology available in the world. Concerning the anodes slots cutting technology, we are the market leader, having more than 20 installations worldwide. A couple of them are now undergoing construction in our plant. This new way to make primary aluminium is a modification of the production process in the pot operation. As a first impact, it saves 170 to 200-kilowatt hours of energy per tonne of aluminium produced. This is an immediate saving that our customer can convert into better efficiency of the pot rooms, can transform into extra production, or can save this energy consumption. It is a one-way ticket. All the installations we have worldwide are running since almost more than 15 years and none of our customers have returned to the original situation. So, all those customers that are using slotted anodes are following this way for the future as well, increasing and maybe the depth of the slots, reducing the thickness of the slots, but they will never go back to the standard baked anodes. And this is one of the two types of equipment we are concentrating on. The second one is the electrification of all our current vehicle production ranges. So in the future, or from today, we can supply standard vehicles with diesel engines or provide the same equipment with an electrical battery system so that they work electrically. These are the two main focuses for 2023. We have already completed the engineering and test phases of the electric vehicles. So, we are now in the position to supply electric vehicles together with diesel engine vehicles upon the customers' request. And we know that many primary plants and recycling or secondary aluminium plants are looking forward to this specific technology.