needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message cesi spa type joint stock company founded 1956 founder ercole bottani headquarters milan italy key people salvatore mach chairman matteo codazzi ceo revenue 104 million 2011 number of employees 612 2011 website www.cesi.it cesi aerial view milan headquarters cesi centro elettrotecnico sperimentale italiano giacinto motta is a company that provides testing and certification services energy consultancy engineering and technology consulting for the electricity sector worldwide . cesi headquartered in milan italy was founded in 1956 . cesi employs more than 800 professionals located in over 35 countries worldwide . contents 1 history 2 organizational structure 3 accreditation 4 main shareholders 5 board of directors 6 external links 7 references history edit cesi was founded in 1956 and has more than 50 years of experience in testing and consulting services for the electrical industry . the strong necessity of doing experimental tests and network studies persuaded the big electromechanical industries pirelli sae ercole marelli ansaldo together with the majority of electrical industries edison sade montecatini falck of the need of a great power laboratory . in the early 50s the x laboratory was born . at the end of the 50s cesi is developed a leadership in the determination of short circuit powers inside the transmission lines and in load flows problems . in the 1958 its international aim is attested thanks to an important commission the study of the system el choc n dam buenos aires for the construction of two hydroelectric plants . the problems of the unification of electrical frequencies and of the interconnection networks enabling energy interchange between an island and another and consequently achieve italian electrical system unity lead to the establishment in 1962 of enel . 1 in the 1964 enel decided to use cesi s laboratories to make targeted studies for its operative activity . the company purchased the majority of the capital of cesi . cesi under the boost of the increase in electricity consumption built new laboratories also for high voltage cable tests . this gave birth to the 1000 kv s project 2 which was realized for the transport of energy and high voltage on the italian electrical networks . the 1000 kv s project was a key step in the history of electrical industry s research not only in italy but also in the world . in 1988 cesi signed a convention with imq which bring to fruition the csq certified quality systems . 3 at december 1989 enel charged cesi with a research project to be finished in three years the energy storage for a stationary and vehicular use . the topic was the application of the electrical battery not only on traditional power plants but especially on non traditional ones like photovoltaic and wind power . the project faced off the development and industrialization of pioneering batteries and at the same time wanted to realized prototypes of electric vehicles with a highest degree of innovation . in 2002 cesi acquired the piacenza s laboratory from enel produzione which has integrated and extended the offer of monitoring systems for thermoelectric plants during the operation and maintenance . in addition the company got the hydraulic and structural pole from enel ; enel hydro s.p.a. which delivers services for hydroelectric power plants . ismes was purchased in 2004 and thanks to the deal cesi increased its competences in land conservation natural hazards and qualification of civil structures and industrial plants preservation of monuments and monitoring services . 2005 saw cesi experience in laboratory tests extended because of the acquisition from vattenfall europe of iph in berlin and fgh gmbh in mannheim two companies that are working in the field of high medium and low voltage electrical components . cesi ricerca created in 2005 with enea and it has been transferred into gse electrical services manager in 2009 . with a view to cater closely to international client needs cesi established two new companies cesi middle east was set up in 2011 in dubai and cesi do brasil in march 2012 . 4 on february 2012 cesi middle east has been contracted by the kuwait based arab fund for economic and social development to come up with a plan for integrating the loosely connected electricity and natural gas networks of 20 arab countries . 5 cesi is a founding member of res4med 6 an association that aims to increase renewable energy sources penetration and to analyse the conditions for integrated electricity markets in the mediterranean area . organizational structure edit the company has three business divisions testing & certification performs laboratory testing activities on power electronics electromechanical and electronic components ; it certifies electrical components both high and low voltage ; it produces solar cells for space and terrestrial applications with concentrated photovoltaics technology and as a member of international cpv consortium aims to increase solar energy production through innovative technologies ; 7 consulting solutions & services offers engineering and technical consulting services related to major electrical infrastructures 8 drawing up energy master plans designing transmission and distribution networks interconnection studies such as litpol link automation of electricity transmission and distribution stations and consultancy and owner s engineering services related to smart grid . engineering & environment operates in the field of consultancy studies civil and environmental design of industrial plant throughout their entire life cycle . accreditation edit cesi proves its competence as an independent testing service provider also by its accreditation certificates as testing laboratories by accredia ; 9 as certification and inspection body ; 10 within the frame of iso iec 17025 cesi is also a founder member of stl short circuit testing liaison . 11 main shareholders edit shareholders as of 14 june 2012 12 terna 42.698 % enel 42.698 % prysmian 6.479 % abb 5.675 % cesi own shares 2.000 % ansaldo trasmissione & distribuzione 0.357 % seves 0.094 % board of directors edit board of directors in office at may 2015 13 chairman salvatore mach chief executive officer matteo codazzi directors evaristo di bartolomeo directors giovanni battista ferrari directors alessandro fiocco directors livio gallo directors giuseppe lasco directors fabio ignazio romeo directors francesco venturini directors enrico viale external links edit cesi website references edit enel foundation . the 1000 kv project . csq brand . cesi s history . afesd unified energy market . founding member of res4med . cpv consortium . european energy infrastructure and cesi report . testing lab . certification and inspection body . stl members . cesi s shareholder . board of director . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title centro elettrotecnico sperimentale italiano & oldid 671390074 categories companies of italycompanies established in 1956engineering consulting firmsinformation technology companies of italyinformation technology consulting firms of italyhidden categories articles needing additional references from august 2012all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages italiano edit links this page was last modified on 14 july 2015 at 11 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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