Ansaldo Today
Some companies controlled by Finmeccanica still bear the Ansaldo family name:
- Ansaldo Energia, involved in building electric power plants, based in Genoa.
- Ansaldo Ricerche, involved in nuclear fusion technology, founded in 1987 by merging various research and development departments of Ansaldo and Nucleare Italiana Reattori Avanzati; it takes part in the international ITER project.
- Ansaldo Fuel Cells, founded in 1993 as a spin-off of the former, devoted to fuel cells.
- Ansaldo Nucleare, founded in 1989 by merging Ansaldo Meccanico Nucleare and Nucleare Italiana Reattori Avanzati; in 1999, it was absorbed by Ansaldo Energia, but in 2005 it was re-founded as a separate company, although 100%-controlled by Ansaldo Energia.
- Ansaldobreda, S.P.A., a train-building company born from the merger of Ansaldo Trasporti and Breda Ferroviaria.
- Ansaldo STS, railway signalling systems.
Read more about this topic: Gio. Ansaldo & C.
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