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Ansaldo Signalling and Transportation Systems (Ansaldo STS) is an Italian〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Financial Times: Ansaldo STS Profile )〕 transportation company with a global presence in the field of railway signalling and integrated transport systems for passenger traffic (Railway / Mass Transit) and freight operations. Ansaldo STS plans, designs, manufactures, installs and commissions signaling systems, integrated mobility solutions, components and high technologies for the management and control of newly built or upgraded Railway, Transit and Freight lines worldwide. Headquartered in Genoa, Italy and controlled with a 40% stake by Hitachi Rail Italy Investments, the company's shares are listed on the Borsa Italiana and is a component of the benchmark FTSE MIB Index. Providing design, manufacture, installation, integration and maintenance of a wide range of train control systems and equipment dedicated to safety, efficiency, reliability, and sustainability, Ansaldo STS employs 3,799 people worldwide. ==History== The company was founded in 2006 through the merger of several major international railway companies.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History )〕 The company’s namesake comes from the Italian company Gio. Ansaldo & C., founded in 1853 in Genoa, Italy by Giovanni Ansaldo. ''Gio. Ansaldo & C.''began as a steam locomotive producer, which diversified into shipbuilding and electrical and nuclear energy production.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Economic History of Italy 1860-199 )〕 In 1881 the US company Union Switch & Signal (US&S) was founded by George Westinghouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from the assets of the Interlocking Switch & Signal Company (interlocking controls) and the Union Electric Signal Company. The latter was founded by the American engineer and inventor William Robinson, the father of track circuit systems. In 1988 US&S merged with Ansaldo STS.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pittsburg Post-Gazette: Let's Learn From the Past: Union Switch & Signal Co. )〕 In Europe, Ansaldo STS expanded acquiring the French company Compagnie des Signaux pour Chemins de fer (CSE) in 1996. Founded in 1902 by Mr. Fernand Cumont with the support of the financial group Empain, CSE built the first lines of the Paris metro: the maintenance of these lines continues until today. In 1920 CSE (independent since 1912) was renamed into Company and Business Electrical Signals (CSEE), concentrating on rail signaling and electrical manufacturing, contributing to create SAGEM and later (1996) entering in the Ansaldo Signal group. In the 1993 parent company Ansaldo SpA was merged into the Finmeccanica holding, a state-owned entity privatized during the same year. In 2001, Ansaldo SpA’s transportation business was separated and divided into three companies: AnsaldoBreda (rolling stock manufacturer); Ansaldo Segnalamento Ferroviario (signaling and rail traffic control automation); Ansaldo Trasporti Sistemi Ferroviari (transport systems design construction and maintenance). Ansaldo Segnalamento Ferroviario became the parent company of Ansaldo Signal (railway signalling), the owner of Union Switch & Signal and CSEE. In 2006 Ansaldo Trasporti Sistemi Ferroviari and Ansaldo Signal merged.〔 It began trading on the Milan Stock exchange, with 60% of its shares publicly held and 40% owned by Finmeccanica S.p.A. Both companies had their roots in the Ansaldo engineering conglomerate which was gradually absorbed by Finmeccanica. Ansaldo Trasporti Sistemi Ferroviari was created in 2000, acquiring certain units of Ansaldo Trasporti (which had been fully integrated into Finmeccanica) the following year.〔 The creation of Ansaldo STS was followed by a partial IPO in March 2006.〔 〕 On February 24, 2015 Hitachi completed an agreement to acquire Finmeccanica’s share of Ansaldo STS, and initiate a tender offer for the remaining shares of the company. In occasion of the Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting on November 2nd, Hitachi Rail Italy Investment completed the acquisition of the 40% of the share capital of Ansaldo STS. During the first meeting of the new Board of Directors, chaired by Alistair Dormer, Stefano Siragusa has been confirmed as Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of the Company, with the powers to manage the Company and the Group. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ansaldo STS」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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