The National Shipbuilding Research Program. Proceedings of the REAPS Technical Symposium. Paper No. 21: Data Processing Trends at Italcantieri: Present Software Products and Future Plans
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 46
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKProceedings of the REAPS Technical Symposium. Paper No. 21: Data Processing Trends at italcantieri: Present Software Products and Future Plans. Today ninety per cent of the Italian shipbuilding industry is nationalized and is controlled by FINCANTIERI, a holding of the IRI Group. This represents the biggest shipbuilding and shiprepairing organization within the area of the Mediterranean sea. During the 1960's FINCANTIERI undertook a complete review and overhaul of Italian shipbuilding, with the objective of producing a new efficient and competitive organization. As a result of a series of studies which took place at that time, the decision was made to create a single shipbuilding company, with a size and structure capable of allowing: the development of products of a uniformily high standard, which were to be competitive within the market place; wide use of centralized research and development facilities during design phase; specialization within each shipyard in production of particular kinds of ships; use of advanced production technologies and automation of production itself. The final result of FINCANTIERI's review was the creation in 1966 of ITALCANTIERI, through the merging of three old Italian Shipyards, at Monfalcone, Genova Sestri, and Castellammare di Stabia. These tree yards remain today the primary production centres of ITALCANTIERI. A further two yards, - Muggiano at La Spezia and Orlando at Livorno - which also belong to the FINCANTIERI Group - are operationally and technically associated with ITALCANTIERI.