About us

OUR STORY MAKES US WHO WE ARE

1912 The Termomeccanica Group was founded in La Spezia in 1912 as "Società Cerpelli & C." and later became "Termomeccanica Italiana S.p.A." The company designed and built machinery for both fluids compressing and pumping in the industrial and marine sectors. During and after World War I, machines were produced with all kinds of engines: mechanical, electric, and steam, for industry, the Merchant Navy, and the Italian Navy.
1930 In the 1930s, technological growth led to the development of refrigeration units, with fast compressors of different sizes, for both marine and land applications.
With the electronics revolution, automation applications were developed, culminating in the creation of sophisticated refrigeration plants, pumping stations, water treatment and desalination plants.
1950 Since the 1950s, the company has expanded its scope of activity to environmental plant engineering, first in civil and industrial wastewater treatment, and later in waste treatment and disposal and energy production from renewable sources.
1978 TM.E. S.p.A. - Termomeccanica Ecologia was established in 1978, and in the following years developed transforming the plant engineering division of Termomeccanica into the company we know today, assuring a wide range of technologies and a significant know-how through the merge of: De Bartolomeis, a pioneer and developer of municipal solid waste incineration technology; Ansaldo Acque, an international specialist in water treatment; Ansaldo Tecnitalia, a leader in rotary kiln technology.
1995 In January 1995, the assets of Società per Azioni Termomeccanica Italiana, which belonged to the former state-owned EFIM Group, were sold to Termomeccanica S.p.A. in order to continue, with private management, the important traditions of the Company.
2000 In the 2000s, TM.E. S.p.A. has grown and affirmed itself throughout the Italian and European market of the construction of waste to energy plants, acquiring a number of important orders first in Italy (San Vittore, Cagliari, Bologna, Gioia Tauro, Lecco, Vercelli, Pietrasanta) and then in Poland, Belgium and Portugal.
2011 In 2011 TM.E. S.p.A. acquired the company CMG, specialized in chemical engineering and supply of turn-key plants turning its name into TMIP during 2011. Ten years later it became the Industrial Process division, specialized in the realization of flue gas systems and industrial process with professionally completed plants all over the world.
2023 In 2023 TM.E. S.p.A. innovated again by integrating its technological competences, with acquisition of the Swiss company Revitec, already a strategic partner in recent years, a manufacturer of waste combustion grates with a patented Automatic Combustion Control system.

Our realizations from around the world

Where our technology works for a sustainable environment management

Combustion Grates

Frankfurt – Fechenheim

Germany

The grate is designed to work with caloric values in the range from 8.0 to 16 MJ/kg. It provides the steam production of 50 t/h (44 MW).

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Combustion Grates

Berlin - Neukölln line 1 and line 2

Germany

The grate is designed to work with caloric values in the range from 8.5 to 16 MJ/kg. It provides the steam production of 60 t/h (52 MW) for each one of the two lines.

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Combustion Grates

Andernach

Germany

The grate is designed to work with caloric values in the range from 11 to 15 MJ/kg. It provides the steam production of 60 t/h (52 MW).

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Combustion Grates

Nijmegen 2

Netherlands

The grate is designed to work with caloric values in the range from 7.5 to 16 MJ/kg. It provides the steam production of 93 t/h (79 MW).

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Flue Gas Treatment Combustion Grates Industrial process Waste to Energy

Sao Miguel

Portugal

The significant logistical difficulties due to the particular geographical and environmental circumstances led the client to seek a grate guaranteeing an extraordinary availability and reliability, with significantly low maintenance needs.

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Waste to Energy

Bologna

Italy

Thanks to this WtE plant built by TM.E. every year 140 mln KWh of electricity is produced as a result of waste-to-energy, meeting the needs of 55,000 homes. 167,360,000 MJ is transferred to the district heating network, supplying power to 3,000 homes.

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Waste to Energy

Bydgoszcz

Poland

One of the first Waste to Energy plants in Poland with the modern technology that allows achieving emission parameters significantly lower and more favorable for the environment than the acceptable standards.

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Waste to Energy

Szczecin

Poland

The Waste to Energy plant was named EcoGenerator as it is a modern industrial plant, promoting the development of the waste management system in Szczecin and the region, improving the quality of life of residents.

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Flue Gas Treatment Combustion Grates Industrial process Waste to Energy

Rzeszów

Poland

The plant ensures the energy security of Rzeszow by producing electricity and heat in the process of high-efficiency cogeneration. The produced energy and heat are used by residents and institutions in Rzeszow.

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Combustion Grates Waste to Energy

Beringen

Belgium

One of the biggest single WtE lines in Europe, generating energy by incinerating 200,000 tons of household waste, industrial waste and non-hazardous hospital waste.

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Combustion Grates Waste to Energy

Gdansk

Poland

This is a modern, environmentally responsible cogeneration plant with the biggest single WtE line in Poland designed to produce 109 GWh of electricity, with 509 TJ heat cogeneration.

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Waste to Energy

Perpignan

France

The plant treating 60.000 tones of Municipal Solid Waste per year is one of the most striking buildings in the region. TME’s scope of work was the supply of a new furnace and boiler system.

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Waste to Energy

San vittore del lazio

Italy

The plant is characterized by high efficiency and reliability, which led the client to implement a fourth line, for which work is underway and TME has the honor of being confirmed again as Leader of the contractor Joint venture.

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The fourth line of the WtE plant in San Vittore del Lazio

After building the first three lines of the WtE plant in San Vittore del Lazio, TM.E. S.p.A. - Termomeccanica Ecologia was also awarded the construction of the fourth line (as the leader of a Joint venture). The new line will treat 186,000 tons of RDF and sludge, producing over 200,000 MWh/year of electricity. We are glad to have signed this new contract with Acea Ambiente Srl, consolidating our long-term collaboration.

A new WtE facility in São Miguel

The significant logistical difficulties did not prevent us from accepting the challenge, and a new WtE facility is rising on the island of São Miguel, Azores Islands, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The Revitec combustion grate has been just installed. The particular geographical and environmental circumstances led the client to seek a grate guaranteeing an extraordinary availability and reliability, with significantly low maintenance needs, so we are satisfied they have made the choice for one of our products.

The second line of WtE plant in Rzeszow

Energy recovery from waste to replace fossil fuels – this is one of the goals in the zero-emission strategy. Using fuel produced of waste that cannot be recycled or reused allows for two significant improvements. First of all, it enables the waste cycle to be closed while complying with the limit of 10 percent of waste being sent to landfills. And second, it lowers the environmental impact of the energy production.

We are proud to take part in this process of the heating industry transformation implemented by PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna that involves the #WtE plant in Rzeszow where we build a second line together with our partner PORR Polska.