Meccanotecnica Riesi s.r.l. produces high precision mechanical components and spare parts for use in medium and large industries. The company was founded in 1992 and operates internationally and nationally.

The factory, built on 6,691 m2 area of which 1,000 m2 are covered, is located near the south Riesi exit on the Caltanissetta-Gela motorway. The location is among the most important industrial centres in Sicily, where such companies as Agip of Gela, Italkali, Esso, Enichem, ST Microelectronics of Catania, INFN LNS, Alelco and Polimeri of Siracusa and Ragusa are located. The factory is equipped with modern machines, workcentres having 5 axles and furnaces for heat treatments; the components are manufactured according to specifications and drawings. The production system undergoes quality controls,so the materials are certified and all tests of resilience, toughness, roughness and ultrasons control test. The 22 workshop units have a high level of specialization and years of experience in the field of mechanical engineering with professional qualifications and training abroad.

MECCANOTECNICA RIESI S.r.l has obtained the Quality System Certification UNI EN ISO 9001: 2000 from DNV. We have worked with Research Institutes since the beginning and we have been INFN (National Institute of Nuclear Phisics) partners in several important projects, such as:

AUGER PROJECT:

We have machined 22 astronomic paraboloids whose peculiarity consisted in creating 440 holes, on a surface of less than 1 m2 of 40 mm in diameter, and 1800 holes of 3.2 mm diameter with extremely requirements for the finishing of the holes, and all having an axis facing the focus point of the parabola. Those paraboloids has been installed in Auger Observatory in Argentina and they are part of a Fluorescence telescope which captures cosmic particles and studies their mysterious origin.

PARTICLES ACCELERATOR PROTOTYPE:

We have machined the main part of the mechanical components for the prototype of a particles accelerator which has been employed in medicine. The accelerator is part of a experimental project for the treatment of some kind of tumours with the employ of adrotherapy a new kind of radiotherapy.

We are also involved with the Italian Vulcanology Institute. We machined the Obs/h a prototype instrumentation to study and prevent tsunamis in the Mediterranean sea.