founded 1992 headquarters riesi italy website http www.meccanotecnicariesi.com meccanotecnica riesi s.r.l. is a family owned machine parts manufacturing company headquartered in riesi sicily . it is located along the caltanissetta gela motorway . the company operates both nationally and internationally in a variety of fields including oil gas defense aerospace offshore production and research . 1 contents 1 history 2 projects 3 management 4 university partnerships 5 nuova meccanica s.r.l. 6 references 7 external links history edit meccanotecnica riesi was first started in a garage by founder rocco lo stimolo in 1992 . in 1999 the company expanded and purchased its current headquarters on the outskirts of riesi in order to meet its growing customer demand . initially created to address the technical and machine part replacement needs of nearby petrochemical companies meccanotecnica riesi began to expand into other technological fields in 2000 . mr xpm began to diversify with substantial investment in machinery in order meet a more varied range of industry needs and expand their services . shortly after this change mr xpm began working with a number of companies abroad most notably firms in norway and the united states . between the years of 2004 and 2006 meccanotecnica riesi participated in three international trade exhibitions mec spe in parma 2004 the arab oil & gas show in dubai 2005 and the offshore technology conference in houston 2006 . a representative of mr xpm was invited to speak about fostering international partnerships between companies for the financial times manufacturing for the future conference in 2008 . a year later mr xpm became an agustawestland approved vendor . 2 projects edit after expanding their business in 2000 mr xpm first worked with the pierre auger observatory in malarg e argentina by creating paraboloids specifically for tracking high energy particles . in 2010 meccanotecnica was selected to contribute to the large hadron collider project in geneva switzerland . since then mr xpm has been involved with projects for the national institute of geophysics and volcanology among other research institutes . 3 management edit rocco lo stimolo is the founder and current general manager of meccanotecnica riesi s.r.l. his sons giovanni and angelo also hold positions at the company as a production manager and director of finance respectively . his daughter ester lo stimolo works as the manager of accounting and purchasing department . meanwhile rosy trovato rocco s daughter in law is mr xpm s manager of international business development . 4 university partnerships edit meccanotecnica riesi has also collaborated with a number of universities . in 2010 northeastern university partnered with mr xpm to include them in their international cooperative education program where students from the school have the opportunity to live abroad and work at the company for a span of six months . the following year they partnered with both massachusetts institute of technology and the embry riddle aeronautical university . mr xpm s work with mit included building a special wheel prototype while their work with embry riddle focused on creating a cryogenic liquid rocket . in addition to an already existing internship and research partnership babson college worked with meccanotecnica in 2013 for their jmcfe project . 5 6 nuova meccanica s.r.l. edit meccanotecnica has a partnership with nuova meccanica s.r.l. their sister company with which they produce woodworking implements for the swiss company oertli . 7 references edit http www.meccanotecnicariesi.com idx 102 http www.machinesitalia.org en itcnews full italian innovation in the us meccanotecnica riesi works with mit on advanci http www.machinesitalia.org company full meccanotecnica riesi s.r.l http www.meccanotecnicariesi.com idplugin 20330 & calling 13 & idx 689 http giornaleonline.lasicilia.it giornaleonline stampa articolo.php id articolo 2487352 & pagina 29 http content.yudu.com a2serm machinesitaliav9 resources index.htm http www.meccanotecnicariesi.com idx 102 external links edit http discover.mfg.com it suppliers meccanotecnica riesi 738738 delfina butera 14 september 2012 . riesi quell azienda ricca di genialit . giornale di sicilia . toninelli giuseppe june 2013 . le inferriate sono made in usa . la sicilia . montedoro giuseppe 20 june 2014 . artigianato abbinato ai software attestato per 4 studenti . la sicilia . retrieved 18 july 2014 . toninelli giuseppe 21 may 2014 . studenti universitari provenienti dagli usa studiano qui business . la sicilia . retrieved 18 july 2014 . meccanotecnica riesi partners with us universities to develop machine technology . machines italia . viii italian solutions power up north american manufacturing growth 29 35 . winter 2012 . italian expert precision machining . machines italia . ix exploring the new world of advanced machining 9 35 . june 2014 . retrieved 18 july 2014 . an edge of steel pdf . machinesitalia.com . machines italia . retrieved 18 july 2014 . http gds.it 2012 09 15 particella di dio e missione su marte protagonista unazienda siciliana 211299 186243 http ilmattinodisicilia.it 1113 la meccanotecnica di riesi compie ventanni il 22 la festa retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title meccanotecnica riesi & oldid 682361798 categories sicilyengineering companies of italymanufacturing companies of italyitalian brandsindustrial machine manufacturers 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 add links this page was last modified on 23 september 2015 at 07 06 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view