Situated between the Ofanto and Calore Rivers, the Lombards built a castle in Nusco to defend the valley from invaders. Now, Nusco is helping defend the world from an invader of another kind. DESMON SpA is a manufacturer of professional refrigeration equipment. According to its website, DESMON was founded in 1994 as a company for the marketing of catering equipment.

Since 2015, DESMON has been a part of the Middleby Corporation, a world leader in the food service equipment sector. All 100 percent of refrigerated equipment produced by DESMON is made right at the company’s headquarters in Nusco. According to a recent article by Agenzia Italia, Pluris, DESMON’s operational arm, is producing ultra compact freezers for Pfizer, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical corporations.