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production capacity. This year, ICR expanded its R Last year, the company transitioned its annual
& D and Quality laboratories, doubling their area, supply of over 2.3 million litres of cosmetic-grade
and opened a new Microbiology laboratory to meet alcohol from Hungarian corn to German sugar-beet,
increasingly stringent international standards. an environmentally-conscious, higher quality, fully
By the end of this year, a new automated warehouse traceable choice. Sustainability also means social
will be fully operational, completing the ICR responsibility: with 79% of its workforce made up of
Warehouse and bringing its capacity to 60,000 pallet women, ICR obtained Gender Equality Certification in
spaces: an integrated logistics hub for managing raw 2024, adding to its existing certifications for Quality,
materials, components, finished products, order Safety, Environment and Good Manufacturing
preparation and global shipments. Practices. Continuing in the same spirit that has
Concerning sustainability, also dear to ICR’s heart, guided it from the very beginning, ICR looks forward
a second 1.6 megawatt photovoltaic system will to the future, while celebrating this year’s anniversary
complement the existing 1.9 megawatt plant, with all those - employees, clients, suppliers and
allowing a reduction of approximately two million partners - who have accompanied it so far and made
kilograms of CO per year. this anniversary possible.
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EM: Do you feel that you “have walked EM: Which direction is the company
in your family’s footsteps? taking for the years to come?
AMBRA MARTONE: In a certain sense AM: ICR is looking ahead with the same
yes, I grew up breathing in the air of the spirit with which it was founded fifty
family’s company, absorbing over time years ago: combining craftsmanship and
a culture of work done with passion, innovation. We are investing in increasingly
commitment, attention to detail and cutting-edge technology, in environmental
entrepreneurial vision. and social sustainability and in developing
ICR has always been part of my life: when human capital to the best, with this
I was a little girl, I was fascinated by the remaining at the centre for us. Our goal is
perfumed vials, the perfume bottles, the to continue being a partner of excellence for
laboratories and the machinery; as an international perfumery, with an integrated
adult I wanted to get to know every aspect and flexible production, capable of giving
to make an active contribution to its shape to the creative visions of our clients.
evolution. And naturally, as a family, we continue to
INTERVIEW WITH Being part of a family business means hand on our values and know-how, but
AMBRA MARTONE, keeping watch over history, but also being also to open up to new energies and skills,
VICE PRESIDENT OF ICR able to reinterpret it with responsibility, because growth passes through comparison
skill and an eye on the future. and change.
Claudia Stagno

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