INCICO, a Ferrara-based group operating in the engineering sectors civil and plant engineering, acquired Italiana Sistemi Srl, historic design company based in Naples and specialized in infrastructure and plant engineering in the sector rail and road. The transaction saw Translink Italy act as financial advisor.

Justifying the operation, the Ferrara-based group specified that the history, experience and specific know-how of Italiana Sistemi in the field of road and railway engineering, in particular for the skills in the design of complex works, such as railway routes, stations, tunnels, bridges and viaducts, will allow the INCICO group to have a valid partner who will support in the numerous infrastructure projects in which it is involved.

With the entry of Italiana Sistemi, INCICO also created the new Transport Technology business unit that will go to support the existing divisions Infrastructures, Plans and Energy & Efficiency. The current CEO of Italiana Sistemi, Arrigo La Tessa, will play a central role in the development of future strategies and will become part of the of INCICO's management by holding the role of chief technical Group Officer for Infrastructure Projects in the transport sector. To accompany the future development of Italiana Sistemi, new resources will be added in the coming months in the Naples team and started collaborations with some of the main academic realities in the area, with the aim of to expand the range of skills to support new projects.

Thanks to the transaction, INCICO reaches 25 million euros in turnover and can count on over 250 specialized engineers in the nine operational offices in Italy, in the United Arab Emirates United and India.