diagnostics & signalling founded 1960s incorporated 1988 headquarters monopoli bari italy products railway diagnostic systems & vehicles railway signalling systems ramsys asset management system diagnostic services professional services number of employees 252 2011 website www.mermecgroup.com mermec s.p.a is an italian company focused on rail inspection and diagnostics both systems and vehicles railway signalling asset management software diagnostic and professional services for the railway industry . today mermec is part of the mermec group an international holding company with more than 300 employees worldwide whose subsidiaries include uk based mermec uk usa based mermec inc. italy based tecnogamma s.p.a and france based mermec france . contents 1 history 2 certifications 3 memberships 4 see also 5 notes 6 references history edit prior to becoming a joint stock company in 1988 mer mec was known as meridional meccanica 1 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 . today mer mec exports its products worldwide in particular to australia brazil chile china france greece norway peru south korea spain sweden switzerland syria taiwan turkey usa . certifications edit mer mec has been awarded the following certifications uni en iso 9001 ; 2 uni en iso 14001 2004 ; iris 3 2006 international railway industry standards ; sa8000 4 2001 memberships edit mer mec is an authorized research laboratory of the italian ministry of university and research 5 and a member of the following organizations unife ; 6 cen the european committee for standardization . since 2010 mermec group is part of the unisig consortium see also edit italy portal companies portal list of italian companies notes edit mer mec s.p.a. company overview http extranet.rina.org aziendeweb sheet.asp codicecliente 464010 & regola 9001 2000 & certcode 19216 & lingua eng iris portal http extranet.rina.org aziendeweb sheet.asp codicecliente 464010 & regola sa8000 & certcode 20213 & lingua eng miur universit ricerca scientifica e tecnologica alta formazione artistica e musicale unife references edit mermec group website mer mec s.p.a. company website imagemap inc. company website inno tech company website tecnogamma s.p.a. company website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mer mec & oldid 694561440 categories rail industryengineering companies of italycompanies established in 19601960 establishments 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 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 deutsch svenska edit links this page was last modified on 10 december 2015 at 01 10 . 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