Arese

Arese is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, about 12 kilometres northwest of Milan.

Starting in 1960 Arese hosted the main seat of Alfa Romeo, partly in the territories of Lainate and Garbagnate Milanese. After three years of building work the Alfa Romeo Arese Plant began vehicle production in 1963, which would continue for decades, becoming the biggest production facility for Alfa Romeo. The factory became known simply as 'Arese' since most of the industrial area and its main entrance were in this municipality. Following a gradual decrease in production the factory ceased manufacturing in 2005. Today the factory is almost totally closed and abandoned, since the Alfa Romeo owners have almost completely moved design and production to other factories in Italy and abroad. The few remaining employees have often demonstrated against their dismissal. At the moment most of the factory buildings are abandoned and the local councils are looking for projects to use the huge area in a proper way, given its location. Arese and the factory are in fact very close to the most recent services in Milan, such as the high speed railway and the new exhibition centre FieraMilano.

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