History
A success born in 1960 and grown with the passion of four generations
1960
Though the foundation dates back to 1960 by Carmelo and Luciano Tironi, ELETTROMECCANICA TIRONI’s experience in the electromechanical sector actually began in the 1930s, when the two founders, respectively grandfather and father of the current President, already held leading positions in other important companies of the same branch.
1972
Thanks to the take-over of the current President Maurizio Tironi, the Company has been renewed, bringing it to the current structure and starting a series of important real estate and technological investments. An initiative dictated by the desire to be a promoter of market developments, both in qualitative and quantitative terms.
1984
Certification of the first 132 kV class transformer for Enel. By passing the short circuit test at CESI in Milan, Elettromeccanica Tironi completes the first certification of an HV transformer for the Italian public distribution network.
1994
Certification of the first 150 kV class transformer for the foreign market. Thanks to the successful performance of the short circuit test carried out at CESI (Milan), the first 66 MVA ONAN unit for the Dutch distribution network is certified. Since then, after thirty years, the same customer has changed designation several times but continues to purchase TIRONI transformers.
2001
Upon Matteo and Marco’s joining the Company, the representatives of the fourth Tironi generation, a series of actions aimed at giving the new management the deserved relevance and at creating the best conditions for further Company development are undertaken.
2013
Installation of the first plant for the transformer treatment by means of Vapor-Phase technology. Inauguration of the new white room for very high voltage windings manufacturing and the new test room for very high voltage transformers.
2018
Complete renovation of the large-power transformer assembly department by resin coating the factory floor and installing air carts suitable to handle complete units weighing up to 350 tons and by opening the new laboratory for oil and insulating fluids analysis.
2019
In the same year, the first short circuit test on a 250 MVA and 400/135 kV green natural ester autotransformer is successfully carried out at CESI (Rondissone, Italy). The unit is one of the first 400kV natural ester units in the world to pass all the tests required for certification and consolidates ETM’s position among the most innovative manufacturers of high power and very high voltage transformers in Europe.
1972
Thanks to the take-over of the current President Maurizio Tironi, the Company has been renewed, bringing it to the current structure and starting a series of important real estate and technological investments. An initiative dictated by the desire to be a promoter of market developments, both in qualitative and quantitative terms.
1990
First significant expansion of plant in Modena, which triples the original dimensions, equipping itself with a new high voltage test room and new winding & assembly departments for power transformers.
2000
First ever short circuit test successfully performed on a 245kV class transformer. The unit, a single-phase 60MVA intended for powering French high-speed train lines, successfully passed the test at CESI (Rondissone, Italy) and initiated a long series of supplies for high-speed lines, not only in Europe.
2010
First short circuit test successfully performed on a 250 MVA and 230/135 kV autotransformer at CESI (Rondissone, Italy). The unit, being the first prototype of an important contract with the Italian transmission company, clears the way to the new market of high-power transformers.
2014
First ever short circuit test successfully performed on a 400kV transformer. The unit, a single-phase 60MVA intended for powering French high-speed lines, passes the test at Kema (Holland) and is subsequently commissioned together with 5 other twin units.
2019
First short circuit test successfully performed on the first 400kV autotransformer at Kema (Holland). The unit is only the first of a series of five different autotransformers ranging from 250MVA to 400 kV which will then all be short circuit tested and certified for installation in the Italian national transmission network.
