Custom luminaire construction, repairs or new dimming profiles? A look at the varied daily routine in the "lighting workshop"

Tinkering, wrenching, repairing - that is Paolo Corazzola's passion. He has just sold his beloved motorcycle, a Triumph Bonneville. "It just got too small for me," he says. I spent hours on this machine, rebuilding the entire rear end, painting the individual parts, and changing various components to my liking. For so long, until it was flawless for me."

Paolo Corazzola displays the same ambition in his job. The head of the lighting workshop is known for his good ideas, his high quality standards and his positive manner. If an Elektron customer has a special request, he pulls out all the stops to meet it: "I adapt the luminaires to our customers' needs, implement special requests, carry out repairs and make them fit for the future." What does that mean? That every luminaire leaves the workshop technically prepared so that the customer has all options open to him afterwards: "He can, for example, change over to an intelligent control system at any time and without great effort. That's more or less a service in advance."

In addition to the manual tasks, Paolo Corazzola takes care of configuring the luminaire software, programming individual dimming profiles, for example: "It is important to me that everything is perfect when I have finished my work. Our customers should only have to set up their luminaires themselves."

Paolo Corazzola is also on hand when a customer needs help on site. For example, if a luminaire is defective due to weather conditions or mosquito infestation or has been touched by a car. The fact that the technology fails is extremely rare, he says: "Only a vanishingly small proportion of our lights fail because of this."

The assignments at the customers, the direct contact, give Corazzola pleasure: "I like constructive teamwork. Facing a tricky task together and finally solving a problem is always a good feeling."
For repairs, Paolo Corazzola sometimes goes to lofty heights: For sports field lights, he is sometimes 17 meters above ground: "I used to tolerate the height better," he admits. When the wind blows and the lifting platform sways, he sometimes feels a bit queasy in his stomach. But he doesn't let that show. After all, he often has spectators during such spectacular operations. Children in particular are always fascinated and always remain standing with their mouths open: "Of course, I can't afford to be embarrassed," he says with a laugh.