The Apuane Learning Center (ALC) is a Baker Hughes training and conference center opened in 2024, located within the Massa plant. It takes its name from the Apuan Alps, the Tuscany mountain range that serves as the inspiring backdrop for the new center. With 800 square meters of floor space, ALC houses conference rooms, a networking area, and an Agorà. It can accommodate up to 140 participants in an environment that combines high-tech functionality with comfortable design. The Apuane Learning Center hosts conferences and training courses serving both Baker Hughes employees and those of other companies and organizations. Immersed in a cutting-edge industrial setting, it gives local associations, schools, and universities the opportunity to hold their own events within its walls.
Baker Hughes is a leading energy technology company that develops and manufactures innovative solutions that are exported worldwide and has five Centers of Excellence for the production and testing of its products at its plant in Mas
The center has six conference rooms with a flexible set-up and hybrid technology for organizing hybrid events and meetings (in person and remotely), through directional video cameras with face tracking and ambient microphones. Screens (from 85” to 98”) and Wi-Fi connections are available in all rooms.Thanks to their retractable partition systems, the three largest classrooms, combined, can accommodate up to 140 seated people. Through the audio-video interconnection, the rooms can be used independently or synchronously, providing greater layout flexibility and making it possible to organize different types of event ("Auditorium" mode).
The Apuane Learning Center has a common space (“Agorà”) that can host up to 60 people in a comfortable, informal setting, equipped with HD video projector, remote connection, and clickshare technology for local and remote sharing of high-definition audio-video content.
With its innovative setting and wooden staircase, the Agorà is the perfect space for networking, informal meetings, and training sessions.