The history of Ansaldo STS is characterised by the professionalism and passion of the various generations of people dealing with the evolution of new signaling technologies and with the solutions to be adopted in the transportation systems.

The expertise of senior staff (men and women alike) is combined with the enthusiasm and creativity of young engineers, regardless of the economic situation, and the capital structure of the company. To innovate is a constant principle, in order to both improve what is already known and applied in real terms, and satisfy the needs of the customer and develop new solutions for the benefit of the life of the individual user.

Therefore, Ansaldo STS has always paid particular attention to the Research & Development activities, aimed at identifying and implementing innovative technical solutions and at developing products at the highest quality standards which are essential to operate at international level in markets in a rapid technological progress.

The governance model for innovation adopted by Ansaldo STS involves all of its companies and it links strategies, technologies, products, resources and markets so that the Research and Development activity may be driven by the combination of excellent and distinctive competencies within the Group and the actual needs of its customers.

The matching of internal factors with external evaluations is made systematic by the company’s organizational structure through the relationship between the Standard Platforms and Products Unit and the Signalling and Transportation Solutions Business Units.