ALMA antenna contract signing event at ESO

On December 7, 2005, ESO signed a contract with the consortium led by Alcatel Alenia Space and composed also of European Industrial Engineering (Italy) and MT Aerospace (Germany), to supply 25 antennas for the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) project, along with an option for another seven antennas. On the picture are from left to right: Mr. Thomas Zimmerer (Head Antennas & Mechatronic, MT Aerospace AG), Mr. Hans Steininger (Chief Financial Officer, MT Aerospace AG), Mr. Patrick Mauté (General Manager, BU Observatorion and Science of Alcatel Alenia Space France), Dr. Catherine Cesarsky (ESO Director General), Mr. Giampietro Marchiori (Managing Director, European Industrial Engineering s.r.l.), Mr. Vincenzo Giorgio (Director of Scientific Italian Programmes, Alcatel Alenia Space Italy), and Dr. Ian Corbett (ESO Deputy Director General).