Founded in 2012 in Pellezzano, in the province of Salerno, Ines S.r.l. is a company highly specialised in Clinical Engineering, Healthcare Plant Engineering and Services for hospitals and diagnostic centres, which has established its leadership in the reference market thanks to the high quality of its solutions (Faraday Cages and Operating Blocks), all strictly tailor-made and patient-sized. Pierpaolo Venturi, Administrator and Technical Director of this all-Italian excellence with a green heart, unveils the technological innovations introduced in the radiofrequency shielding sector, with the aim of striving for ever more humanised care.
by Roberta Imbimbo
Ing. Venturi, with what mission was Ines S.r.l. born?
Ines S.r.l. was established in 2012 to meet the demands of a very dynamic and constantly evolving market, which had been affected by the bankruptcy of a large company in the sector – a colossus with over one hundred employees – for which I had worked for several years. Thanks to its highly specialised know-how, Ines immediately presented itself as a dynamic and future-oriented company, highly specialised in the manufacture and maintenance of Faraday Cages (shielding chambers for Magnetic Resonance Imaging, which are very important in order not to invalidate the validity of the diagnostic result) and Operating Theatres, capable of taking care of all phases of the production process, from design to installation to maintenance of the systems created, operating on behalf of third parties (from June we will be able to operate on our own, thus avoiding the outsourcing of production activities).
What are the peculiarities that distinguish you from your competitors?
Ines has succeeded in asserting its leadership in a niche market – in Italy there are only three other players specialising in clinical engineering and healthcare plant engineering – thanks to a strategic vision and above all thanks to its ability to create products that are highly advanced in terms of technology, plant engineering, and design. Unlike other players on the market, our solutions are in fact extremely competitive in terms of the type of materials used (we are the first in Italy to make Copper Rooms), quality and customisation (our products are tailor-made according to the needs of each individual customer), and being very comfortable and aesthetically appealing. We are also very attentive to the issue of humanising treatment, to help claustrophobic people overcome the delicate moment of the MRI scan, and throughout this time we have been committed to researching solutions that make a diagnostic test with numerous psychological implications less traumatic. Thanks to substantial investments in R&D, we have managed to introduce virtual reality, video systems and audio systems inside the equipment, avoiding any radiofrequency interference, to create an environment that is as comfortable as possible for the entire duration of the test. In collaboration with the Universities of Salerno and Naples, we have also initiated very important projects aimed at researching a fire detection and extinguishing system in the MRI environment and a system for automatically sanitising the diagnostic rooms at each shift change (we will soon file the relevant patents). Thanks to all these features, which make our solutions decidedly safe and efficient, Ines has managed to increase its customer base both nationally and internationally (mainly in Spain, Germany and Albania). Despite the extraordinary achievements to date, the company aims to grow further in hitherto unexplored markets, to become a world ambassador for specialised technology Made in Italy.
