Ansaldo STS

Ansaldo Signalling and Transportation Systems

Type	Società per azioni
Traded as	BIT: STS
Industry	Engineering, transportation
Founded	2006
Headquarters	Genoa, Italy
Key people	Alistair Dormer (Chairman), Andrew Barr (CEO)
Services	Railway signalling and control systems, railway design, engineering and maintenance
Revenue	€1,383.8 million (2015)
Operating income	€135.8 million (2015)
Profit	€93.0 million (2015)
Number of employees	3,772 (2015)
Website	www.ansaldo-sts.com

Ansaldo Signalling and Transportation Systems (Ansaldo STS) is an Italian 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 51% stake by Hitachi Rail Italy Investments, the company's shares are listed on the Borsa Italiana and was a component of the benchmark FTSE Italia Mid Cap 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 3,772 people worldwide.

The company was founded in 2006 through the merger of several major international railway companies. 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.

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.

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.