power generation electrical equipment founded 2013 headquarters viale sarca 336 i 20126 milano italy key people claudio andrea gemme former ceo giovanni barra ceo products medium voltage electric motors and generators low and medium voltage drives power electronics for power supply and power quality industrial control and automation systems number of employees 1300 2015 website official website nidec asi is an italian multinational company based in milan that designs and manufactures rotating electrical machines power electronics and industrial automation . it was founded in 2013 with the acquisition of ansaldo sistemi industriali by nidec corporation . working in electrical engineering designs and manufactures of electric motors and generators power electronics and control systems and automation for industrial applications nidec asi was founded in 2012 when nidec a japanese multinational corporation listed on the tyo 6594 and nyse nj nj and on topix 100 component and nikkei acquired ansaldo sistemi industriali asi . asi an industrial branch of the ansaldo group was privatized in 2000 . its markets include petrochemical energy steel marine and industrial automation . nidec asi spa formerly ansaldo sistemi industriali as a former finmeccanica company shares its history and its roots with the history of italian company ansaldo founded in 1853 in sampierdarena genoa district then merged in 1993 in the finmeccanica group . contents 1 history 2 markets 3 products 4 skills and significant projects 5 geographical presence 6 history of production sites 7 see also 8 references 9 external links history edit 1853 foundation of gio ansaldo & co. in genoa . over the years the company develops in three business areas transport energy industry . 1899 ansaldo inaugurates its electrical plant in genoa from which derives the ansaldo sistemi industriali . 1950 ansaldo become a partially state owned enterprise . 1989 1995 a period of great expansion for the industrial division of ansaldo the acquisition of hill graham controls uk ross hill controls us & loire automation . 2000 ansaldo sistemi industriali asi the industrial division of ansaldo is privatized and began collaborating with robicon usa under the name asirobicon . ansaldo sistemi industriali changes its name in asirobicon spa . 2005 asi ends collaboration with robicon and the company became a lynn tilton company . 2006 asirobicon spa becomes ansaldo sistemi industriali spa . 2012 ansaldo sistemi industriali spa becomes part of nidec corporation and becomes nidec asi spa 2013 nidec acquires ansaldo sistemi industriali s.p.a. and becomes nidec asi s.p.a. giovanni barra the current ceo initially assumes the position of chief operating officer of nidec asi s.p.a. and in 2014 is appointed ceo as successor of claudio andrea gemme . markets edit nidec asi operates in the following markets oil & gas steel energy marine heavy industry such as material handling rubber mining cement and cable systems . products edit nidec asi manufactures a complete electrical package including medium voltage electric motors and generators low and medium voltage drives power electronics for power supply and power quality and develops control and automation systems with proprietary platform . skills and significant projects edit energy nuclear fusion for japan atomic energy agency 1 energy smart microgrid ollegue chile 2 marine retrofitting of military ship amerigo vespucci 3 marine electrical ship liuto zeb 4 power supply ship to shore harbour of livorno 5 metals yichang cold rolling mill 6 geographical presence edit nidec asi headquartered in milan in italy is present with subsidiaries in france germany romania russia china japan and united states . history of production sites edit monfalcone production of electrical rotating machines born within the trieste shipyard as officine elettromeccaniche triestine oet the factory was moved to the present site in 1960 . the site of monfalcone can manage the production of large rotating machines . milan production of power electronics the milan site dates back to 1899 when electrotechnical group ansaldo factory was founded . the electricism it is written in the pamphlet announces the birth of the factory is the main industry of the future . the milan site is dedicated to the manufacture of medium voltage converter excitation systems and power quality systems . montebello production of low voltage drives industrial control and automation systems the site of montebello is specialized in the production of low voltage inverter and the production of electrical panels for automation and renewable energy market . the website also presents a functional prototype of a micro smart grid energy micro grid connected to a system of solar panels and energy storage . genoa production of automation systems the site of genoa is the historic core of nidec asi spa . the site is specialized in the design and commissioning of automation systems for steel plants as well as in the design of systems power quality and power supply . see also edit ansaldo finmeccanica claudio andrea gemme giovanni barra nidec list of italian companies references edit impiantistica italiana september october 2015 the guardian july 2015 ieee xplore digital library 18 20 june 2014 elettricitt ansaldo sistemi industriali 18 20 june 2014 il tirreno edizione livorno 05 january 2015 steel orbis 23 november 2010 external links edit italy portal companies portal nidec asi official web site . nidec corporation official web site . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nidec asi & oldid 743964479 categories electrical engineering companies of italypower engineeringcompanies based in genoagio . ansaldo & c.leonardo finmeccanicamultinational companies headquartered in italyitalian brands navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main 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