MERMEC

MERMEC S.p.A.
Company typePrivate
IndustryRailway Diagnostics & Signalling
Founded1960s, incorporated 1988
FounderVito Pertosa
Headquarters
Monopoli, Metropolitan City of Bari
,
Italy
ProductsRailway Diagnostic Systems & Vehicles
Railway Signalling Systems
Rail Inspection
Asset Management Systems
Diagnostic Services
Professional Services
Number of employees
2,300 (2024)
Websitemermecgroup.com
MEERI - MERMEC [1] [2]

MERMEC S.p.A. is an Italian company focused in the development of rail transport technologies (signalling, measurement trains and systems, electric traction and telecommunications) and industrial applications.[1]
Today, MERMEC employs 2,300 people [2] (of which more than 1,400 are engineers) and it is present with its solutions in 73 countries worldwide.[3]

MERMEC subsidiaries include MERMEC Inc. (USA), MERMEC France, MERMEC Australia Pty Ltd and MER MEC JAPAN G.K.[4]

History

Prior to becoming a joint-stock company in 1988, MER MEC was known as Meridional Meccanica, which began in the 1960s. Meridional Meccanica began making railway maintenance vehicles in the early 1980s and after incorporating focused all of its attention to the railway market.

In the early 1990s MER MEC, in cooperation with the main Italian research institutes, developed an opto-electronic system for the automatic inspection of railway infrastructure conditions. The 1990s also saw the prototype of the ROGER vehicle which is an acronym for Rilievo Ottico Geometria Rotaia, Italian for optical rail geometry control. In 1997 MER MEC produced the ROGER 1000, a self-propelled vehicle for rail track and overhead line inspection.

On June 17, 2023, MERMEC, led by the President Vito Pertosa, represented Italy at the G7 Transport Ministers' Meeting in Ise-Shima, Mie.[5][6][7]

G7 Transport Ministers' Meeting in Ise-Shima, Mie [3] [4]

In 2024, MERMEC and Hitachi Rail signed a put option agreement for the sale of Hitachi Rail's main line signalling business in France and its signalling business units in Germany and the UK.[8]

Certifications

MER MEC has been awarded the following certifications: ISO 14001;[9] ISO 45001;[10] ISO 30415;[11] ISO 27001;[12] ISO 37001;[13] ISO 9001;[14] ISO 3834-2;[15] SA 8000;[16] EN 15085-2 [17]

Memberships

MER MEC is an authorized research laboratory of the Italian Ministry of university and Research[18] and a member of the following organizations: UNISIG;[19] UNIFE;[20] CEN; Consorzio Saturno;[21] ERRAC. MERMEC is also a “Founding Member” of Europe's Rail (former SHIFT2RAIL) [22]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Italy: €30 million EIB loan to MERMEC for rail system digitalisation". www.eib.org. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  2. ^ "Mermec Focuses on Aerospace". www.railtarget.eu. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  3. ^ "Mermec: Leader in railway network maintenance technology showcased at Tokyo exhibition". www.globenewswire.com. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  4. ^ "CONTACT US". www.mermecgroup.com. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
  5. ^ "Le Groupe Mermec Au G7 Transports Au Japon". GLOBE NEWSWIRE (in French). 2023-06-16.
  6. ^ "Mermec al G7 trasporti, 'presentate idee per la sostenibilità'". ANSA (in Italian). 2023-06-17.
  7. ^ "MERMEC Participates in G7 Transportation Event, Showcasing Integrated Digital Technologies". Rail Target. 2023-06-17.
  8. ^ "Le Groupe Mermec Au G7 Transports Au Japon". GLOBE NEWSWIRE (in French). 2024-01-26.
  9. ^ "ISO 14001:2015" (PDF).
  10. ^ "ISO 45001:2018" (PDF).
  11. ^ "ISO 30415:2021" (PDF).
  12. ^ "ISO/IEC 27001:2013" (PDF).
  13. ^ "ISO 37001:2016" (PDF).
  14. ^ "ISO 9001:2015" (PDF).
  15. ^ "ISO 3834-2:2021" (PDF).
  16. ^ "SA 8000:2014" (PDF).
  17. ^ "EN 15085-2" (PDF).
  18. ^ MIUR - Università, Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica, Alta Formazione Artistica e Musicale Archived 2007-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
  19. ^ "Members". www.ertms.net. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  20. ^ UNIFE Archived 2008-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
  21. ^ "Members". www.consorziosaturno.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  22. ^ "Founding members". www.rail-research.europa.eu. Retrieved 2023-11-15.

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