MERMEC

Prior to becoming a joint-stock company in 1988, MER MEC was known as Meridional Meccanica, 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.

On June 17, 2023, MERMEC, led by the President Vito Pertosa, represented Italy at the G7 Transport Ministers' Meeting in Ise-Shima, Mie.{{Cite press release |date=2023-06-16

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|title=Mermec al G7 trasporti, 'presentate idee per la sostenibilità'|url=https://www.ansa.it/puglia/notizie/2023/06/17/mermec-al-g7-trasporti-presentate-idee-per-la-sostenibilita_59ebed21-cd3b-477f-8dc9-c617117f3e83.html |website=ANSA |language=it}}{{Cite web |date=2023-06-17

|title=MERMEC Participates in G7 Transportation Event, Showcasing Integrated Digital Technologies |url=https://www.railtarget.eu/interviews-and-events/mermec-participates-in-g7-transportation-event-showcasing-integrated-digital-technologies-6136.html |website= Rail Target |language=en}}

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In 2024, MERMEC and Hitachi Rail signed a put option agreement for the sale of Hitachi Rail's main line signalling business in France and its signalling business units in Germany and the UK.{{Cite press release |date=2024-01-26 |title=Le Groupe Mermec Au G7 Transports Au Japon |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/06/16/2689856/0/fr/Le-Groupe-Mermec-Au-G7-Transports-Au-Japon.html |website=GLOBE NEWSWIRE |language=Fr}}

MER MEC has been awarded the following certifications: ISO 14001;{{Cite web |title=ISO 14001:2015 |url=https://www.mermecgroup.com/mermec-incorso/images/File/certifications/MERMEC/ISO14001.pdf}} ISO 45001;{{Cite web |title=ISO 45001:2018 |url=https://www.mermecgroup.com/mermec-incorso/images/File/certifications/MERMEC/ISO45001.pdf}} ISO 30415;{{Cite web |title=ISO 30415:2021 |url=https://www.mermecgroup.com/mermec-incorso/images/File/certifications/MERMEC/ISO30415.pdf}} ISO 27001;{{Cite web |title=ISO/IEC 27001:2013 |url=https://www.mermecgroup.com/mermec-incorso/images/File/certifications/MERMEC/ISO%2027001.pdf}} ISO 37001;{{Cite web |title=ISO 37001:2016 |url=https://www.mermecgroup.com/mermec-incorso/images/File/certifications/MERMEC/ISO%2037001.pdf}} ISO 9001;{{Cite web |title=ISO 9001:2015 |url=https://www.mermecgroup.com/mermec-incorso/images/File/certifications/MERMEC/ISO%209001.pdf}} ISO 3834-2;{{Cite web |title=ISO 3834-2:2021 |url=https://www.mermecgroup.com/mermec-incorso/images/File/certifications/MERMEC/ISO%203834-2.pdf}} SA 8000;{{Cite web |title=SA 8000:2014 |url=https://www.mermecgroup.com/mermec-incorso/images/File/certifications/MERMEC/SA8000.pdf}} EN 15085-2 {{Cite web |title=EN 15085-2 |url=https://www.mermecgroup.com/mermec-incorso/images/File/certifications/MERMEC/EN%2015085-2.pdf}}

MER MEC is an authorized research laboratory of the Italian Ministry of university and Research[http://www.miur.it/Cerca/Laboratori.aspx?cf=3&LabCat=302 MIUR - Università, Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica, Alta Formazione Artistica e Musicale] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070815185553/http://www.miur.it/Cerca/Laboratori.aspx?cf=3&LabCat=302 |date=2007-08-15 }} and a member of the following organizations: UNISIG;{{Cite web |title=Members |url=https://www.ertms.net/about-ertms/about-unsig/ |website=www.ertms.net |access-date=2023-11-15 |language=en}} UNIFE;[http://www.unife.org/members.htm UNIFE] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080225203428/http://www.unife.org/members.htm |date=2008-02-25 }} CEN; Consorzio Saturno;{{Cite web |title=Members |url=http://www.consorziosaturno.it/1/mermecste_1223255.html |website=www.consorziosaturno.it |access-date=2023-11-15 |language=it}} ERRAC. MERMEC is also a “Founding Member” of Europe's Rail (former SHIFT2RAIL) {{Cite web |title=Founding members |url=https://rail-research.europa.eu/about-europes-rail/europes-rail-ju-members/ |website=www.rail-research.europa.eu |access-date=2023-11-15 |language=en}}

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