The Persons

Organisational structure

Franco Giuliani - Managing Director and Founder of Italsigma
Roberto Bertozzi - Director of the Laboratory and Scientific Director (CAT Italsigma)
Roberto Ravegnani - Planning and Solutions Director
Andrea Lelli - Manufacture and Implementation and Products Director
Marco Giuliani - Laboratory Technician
Michele Gavelli - Laboratory Researcher

FRANCO GIULIANI

Degree in mechanical engineering from Bologna Studies University on 23 October 1975
ACTIVITIES:
Majority Shareholder in the Federico Giuliani S.n.c. Company - No. 50, Via Masetti - Forlì - ITALY
Sole Director and Majority Shareholder of the Italsigma S.r.l. Company - No. 50, Via Masetti - Forlì - ITALY
These Companies operate in the plant engineering sector of the food industry and in the fatigue strength tests on the materials field.
Italsigma has a turnover of about 2.5 million Euros and employs about 13 employees, including 6 engineers.
ASSIGNMENTS HELD AT PRESENT:
CNA PRODUCTION President for the Emilia-Romagna Province
FORMER ASSIGNMENTS:
CNA National vice president (office held between 1991 and 1994)
CNA FORLI'-CESENA Provincial President (office held between 1994 and 2001)
ASSOMECCANICA and then CNA PRODUCTION (CNA PRODUZIONE) National President (office held between 2001 and 2009)
CERMET President (office held between 1986 and 1999)

ROBERTO BERTOZZI

Industrial Expert Diploma, chief technician of mechanical industries
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES:
In KIWA CERMET from 1986 up to 2014
Technical Director of the ISO 17025 accredited by Accredia Laboratory for testing and calibration
Technical Manager of testing activities in the MID Directive field
Manager for routine checking of the President of the Republic Degree No. 462 and industry inspections in accordance with ISO 17020 accredited by Accredia
Manager of legal metrology and laboratories BO112 and BO113 for routine checking of tools, acknowledged by Unioncamere
In ITALSIGMA since 2015
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
Since 1999: CICPND Certification: third level expert in the measurements with coordinated machines
Since 2000: CEPAS Certification: senior expert in mechanical measurements
Since 2001: CEPAS Certification: senior expert of measurements with coordinated measuring machines
Standardisation, publications and teaching
Standardisation activities in the Mixed UNIMET UNSIDER Sub-Committee "Mechanical testing methods of metallic materials", General Metrology Commission; at European level in the ECISS TC1a Commission (1990-91)
UNI working groups in the metrology field
Since 1993: training activities on topics of metrology and in management and control of production processes and quality field.
Author of some thirty publications related to the measurements and tests published in magazines
Speaker at several conferences on metrology, quality and reliability with technical reports on methods of testing, measurements and design validation
Publication of STP (Special Technical Publications) by ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) No.1072 of 1990
Publication in 2006 with the National Institute of Applied Optics on direct science
(www.info.sciencedirect.com)

ROBERTO RAVEGNANI

Honours Degree in Aerospace Engineering obtained from Bologna Studies University
In ITALSIGMA since 1995
Manager for Design of both standard products and customised solutions
Ability to manage and develop plant design for the hydraulic and mechanical-structural parts
During this time, he designed and supervised the manufacture of complex test plants for the Oil & Gas, Biomedical, Civil and Structural Engineering fields.

ANDREA LELLI

Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Bologna Studies University
In ITALSIGMA since 2012
Production manager
Suppliers’ management and planning of mechanical and hydraulic equipment assembly, both within the Company and with external partners, depending on the type of product
During this period he oversaw, at the end customers’ premises, the installation and preparation for testing of complex testing plants in all industrial sectors where the Company operates.

MARCO GIULIANI

In ITALSIGMA since 1996
Laboratory technician

MICHELE GAVELLI

Three-year Degree in Biomedical Engineering, obtained from Bologna Studies University on 20 December 2012.
In ITALSIGMA since 2013
Laboratory Researcher