MetalStamped lead frames
Blanked · progressive dieCu alloyStrip 0.1–2 mm
Certified
IATF 16949:2016
ISO 9001:2015
ISO 14001:2015
ISO 45001:2018
Engineering & manufacturing since 1971
From co‑designto series production.
Engineering and manufacturing of high-performance technical components — metal stamping, thermoplastic injection moulding, multi-material technologies, electromechanical assembly and validation testing. Designed in Italy, produced in two plants.
01Stalk switch assembly
02Electromechanical assembly
03Custom connectors
04Two-shot buttons
0+
Metal parts / yearStamping & welding
0+
Thermoplastic parts / yearBoth plants
0
Stamping & welding pressesBruderer · Sangiacomo · Ompsa
0
Injection presses50 – 320 t · bi-injection 75 – 110 t
0
Production sitesItaly · Tunisia
Figures as published by MISTA
One industrial partner
Multiple technologies.
One manufacturing partner.
MISTA develops, qualifies and produces small metal parts, technical and aesthetic thermoplastics, multi-material components and complete electromechanical assemblies.
All products are designed in Italy and manufactured in the plants of Cortiglione (AT) and Menzel Bouzelfa — for automotive, household appliance and low-power energy applications.
Fig. 01 Stamped lead frame · copper alloy · progressive die · strip 0.1–2 mm
Capabilities
Engineering capabilities
01Metal
Stamping
& Welding
- 42 presses
- Strip 0.1–2 mm
- Width 6–360 mm
- Wire Ø 0.8–2.3 mm
- Ag tapes riveted / electro-welded
- Bihler welding systems
02Plastics
Injection
Moulding
- 65 presses · 50–320 t
- Grey-room moulding
- PP · PA6 · PA66 · PBT · PC · ABS
- PPS · PPA · PEEK · LCP
- Mucell®
- RocTool® heat & cool
03Multi-material
Insert Moulding
Two-shot / IMD
- Plastic–metal
- Plastic–plastic
- Plastic–elastomer
- Bi-injection 75–110 t
- In-Mould Decoration
- Automated on strip
04Electromechanical
Assembly
& Testing
- Manual & automatic lines
- 20+ blower switch types
- 2,000,000 components / year
- Ultrasonic & hot-plate welding
- Test benches engineered per product
- DV / PV validation
Process
From idea to series production.
0108
01Co-design
Industries
Engineering across industries.
Automotive · household appliances · low-power energy
01
Automotive
Industrial
Home Appliances
Automotive
& Mobility
Technical components for car electronics, interiors and powertrain — for OEM and Tier 1 programmes.
- Dashboard trims & buttons
- Body computer boxes
- Stalk switch & column module supports
- Car lights & lamp holders
Industrial
& Electrical
Small metal parts and electrical contacts for low and high power industrial applications.
- Electrical contacts, low / high power
- Silver-alloy tapes & micro-profiles
- Mono & bi-metallic rivets
- Technical thermoplastic housings
Home Appliances
/ Energy
A capability built through decades of blanked and welded parts for the household appliance sector.
- Thermostats for refrigerators
- Boilers & pressure switches
- Switchboards
- Valves & pumps
Automotive application areas
Where MISTA components sit in the vehicle
Select an area · applications as published by MISTA
LGT
Lighting
Thermoplastic components with aesthetic and optical requirements, plus the electromechanical parts that carry the lamp.
- Car lights
- Lamp holders
- Light guide buttons
- Chromed parts
Products & applications
Precision objects, in series.
Metal
MetalMono & bi-metallic rivets
In-house productionAg-Cu 97/3Coined
MetalElectrical contacts
Low / high powerCu-ETPAg tapes
MetalElectro-welded contacts
Single & double weldingAgNi 90/10Bihler
MetalDeep-drawn parts
Deep-drawingAISI 304Tumbled
MetalThreaded metal parts
Threading · bendingSteelHardened
ThermoplasticsComponents for cars & trucks
High technical requirementsPA66PBT
ThermoplasticsBody computer boxes
Car electronicsTechnical polymer
ThermoplasticsMucell® moulded parts
Foam injectionMucell®
ThermoplasticsPainted & laser-marked trims
Aesthetic requirementsPaintingLaser marking
ThermoplasticsChromed parts
Galvanic finishingChrome plating
ThermoplasticsPainted & laser-marked buttons
InteriorsPaintingLaser marking
ThermoplasticsSoft-touch patch shields
TrimSoft-touch
ThermoplasticsHeat & Cool shields
Class-A surfacesRocTool®
ThermoplasticsCar light components
LightingOptical gradeAesthetic
Multi-materialInsert-moulded power contacts
Plastic – metalPowerOvermoulded
Multi-materialInsert-moulded signal parts
Plastic – metalSignal
Multi-materialAutomated on strip
Insert mouldingAutomatedOn strip
Multi-materialTwo-shot plastic–plastic
Bi-injection75–110 t
Multi-materialPlastic–elastomer parts
Soft-touchBi-material
Multi-materialIMD / IML shields
In-Mould DecorationIMDIcons
Multi-materialInsert-moulded electrodes
Plastic – metalElectrodes
Multi-materialBi-material buttons
Two-shot injectionAestheticBacklit
AssembliesBlower switches
20+ types2,000,000 / year
AssembliesCustom connectors
Moulded & assembledTested
AssembliesLamp holders
LightingAssembly
AssembliesSensors & probes
Validated on benchDV / PV
Multi-materialSensor bodies
Insert mouldedPlastic – metal
AssembliesSeat backrest release levers
InteriorsAssembly
26 components shown
Request a quotation
Quality & validation
Quality engineered
into every component.
MISTA guarantees the control of components over all development phases until customer validation — from product design and finalization through every production phase.
01
Metrology
3D optical and CNC contact measuring, hardness, coating thickness, climate chamber.
02
Testing
DV and PV validation on electromechanical components and materials.
03
Validation
Measurements according to Fiat, PSA and Renault specifications.
04
Certifications
Quality, automotive, environment, health & safety and gender equality.
IATF 16949:2016MISTA · Mista Tunisia
ISO 9001:2015Quality
ISO 14001:2015Environment
ISO 45001:2018Health & safety
UNI/PdR 125:2022Gender equality · MISTA
Manufacturing footprint
Two plants.
One manufacturing standard.
All products designed in Italy
Fig. 02 Site plot · geodesic distance computed from published coordinates
Italy · Plant 01Cortiglione (AT)
44.828921, 8.355854
Located among the hills of the Asti area. This plant hosts the stamping department, the injection moulding department and the maintenance tooling shop.
- Metal stamping & welding
- Injection moulding
- Tooling shop
- Metrology laboratory
- Qualification laboratory
Tunisia · Plant 02Menzel Bouzelfa
36.686051, 10.558664
In Northern Tunisia. This plant hosts the injection moulding and insert moulding departments, the assembly of electromechanical components and the tooling shop for tool maintenance.
- Injection moulding
- Insert moulding
- Electromechanical assembly
- Pad printing · 5 machines
- Tooling maintenance
Customers
Trusted by global industrial players.
Customer list as published by MISTA · set in type pending official monochrome artwork
Technical resources
Engineering knowledge.
Focused data sheets with additional information about products and support services, plus the certification set and company policies.
Let's engineer the next component.
Have a component
to develop?
Talk to our engineering team and tell us about your next project.
Engineering & co-designFrom sketch
Tooling in-houseCortiglione
Series productionIT · TN
Validation testingDV / PV
Response target and NDA handling confirmed at first contact
Capability 04 · Plastics
Thermoplastic
Injection Moulding
Development of processes and tools, and moulding of thermoplastic products with high aesthetic and technical requirements — including grey-room moulding — for the automotive and industrial sectors.
65Injection presses
50–320 tClamping force
100M+Parts per year
02 — Introduction
MISTA specializes in the development of processes and tools, as well as in the moulding of thermoplastic products with high aesthetic and technical requirements, designed for the automotive and industrial sectors.
More than 100 million pieces per year are produced in the moulding and overmoulding workshops of Cortiglione and Menzel Bouzelfa. MISTA pursues its growth through innovation and develops moulds to be used with technologies such as Mucell® and RocTool®.
03 — Key capabilities
What we take on
K1Technical mouldings
Parts with high technical and dimensional requirements for automotive and industrial applications.
K2Aesthetic mouldings
Visible parts with high aesthetic and dimensional performance, moulded in grey room.
K3Process & tool development
Moulds developed in-house for standard, techno and high-performance polymers.
K4Finishing integration
Painting, laser marking, chrome and metallic plating, pad printing on the same component.
04 — Technology
Technologies in use
Mucell®
Foam injection moulding — moulds developed for the technology as part of MISTA's innovation programme.
RocTool® / heat & cool
Rapid mould heating and cooling for high-quality surface finishes on visible parts.
Grey-room moulding
Controlled environment for aesthetic components where surface contamination is critical.
Fig. 03 Rheology (mould-flow) simulation · Moldex platform
05 — Materials
Materials processed
Material selection is part of the co-design service: MISTA supports the choice of metals or thermoplastic resins and validates it with rheology simulation.
| Standard & techno polymers | PP · PA6 · PA66 · PBT · PC · ABS |
|---|---|
| High-performance polymers | PPS · PPA · PEEK · LCP |
| Multi-material combinations | Plastic–metal · plastic–plastic · plastic–elastomer |
| Decoration | IMD (In-Mould Decoration) · IML shields |
06 — Process
How a part reaches series
- 01
Co-design & material selection
Support from product sketch through part and process co-design, with help in choosing the right resin.
- 02
Rheology simulation
Mould-flow simulation on the Moldex platform before the tool is cut.
- 03
Mould design & build
Injection and overmoulding moulds designed, produced and maintained in the Cortiglione tooling shop or with mostly Italian suppliers.
- 04
Prototyping & mould test
Prototyping and test, with a dedicated press for mould testing.
- 05
Series moulding
Production on vertical and horizontal presses in Cortiglione and Menzel Bouzelfa.
- 06
Finishing & assembly
Painting, laser marking, plating, pad printing; ultrasonic, hot plate and laser welding; manual and automatic assembly.
- 07
Metrology & validation
Dimensional control over all phases and DV / PV validation until customer approval.
07 — Technical data
Technical data
Every figure below is published by MISTA. Where a parameter is customer- or programme-specific it is confirmed during the quotation.
| Parameter | Specification |
|---|---|
| Injection presses | ≈ 65, vertical and horizontal (both plants) |
| Clamping force | 50 – 320 t |
| Bi-injection presses | 75 – 110 t |
| Annual output | > 100,000,000 parts / year |
| Moulding environment | Grey room available for aesthetic parts |
| Special technologies | Mucell® · RocTool® and other heat & cool systems |
| Finishing | Painting · laser marking · chrome plating · metallic plating · pad printing |
| Joining | Ultrasonic · hot plate · laser welding |
| Tooling | Internal tooling shop — design, production, maintenance |
| Plants | Cortiglione (AT) Italy · Menzel Bouzelfa Tunisia |
08 — Applications
Where these parts are used
High technical requirements
| Column module support | Interiors |
|---|---|
| Support for stalk switches | Interiors |
| Body computer boxes | Car electronics |
| Components for cars and trucks | Various |
| Mucell® moulded parts | Weight reduction |
Particular aesthetic requirements
| Painted & laser-marked buttons | Interiors |
|---|---|
| Cruise control buttons | Interiors |
| Chromed parts | Trim |
| Lamp holders | Lighting |
| Soft-touch & IML shields | Trim |
| Heat & Cool shields | Class-A surfaces |
09 — Quality & testing
Controlled to validation
Metrological inspection evaluates conformity to drawing, dimensions and tolerances from design finalization through every production phase. The qualification laboratory performs DV and PV testing according to Fiat, PSA and Renault specifications.
M1 3D optical measurement
M2 Hardness & coating
M3 Climate chamber
10 — Related products
Products from this capability
Components for cars & trucks
TechnicalPainted & laser-marked trims
AestheticBody computer boxes
ElectronicsMucell® moulded parts
Foam injection11 — Related capabilities
Works with
12 — Downloads
Technical documentation
13 — FAQ
Questions buyers ask
Around 65 vertical and horizontal injection presses are installed across the two plants, with clamping force from 50 to 320 tons. Bi-injection presses run from 75 to 110 tons.
Standard and techno polymers — PP, PA6, PA66, PBT, PC, ABS — and high-performance polymers including PPS, PPA, PEEK and LCP.
Yes. Injection and overmoulding moulds, as well as progressive dies, are designed, produced and maintained in the internal tooling shop at Cortiglione, or in cooperation with suppliers mostly based in Italy.
Yes — MISTA moulds parts with high aesthetic requirements in grey room, and integrates painting, laser marking, chrome and metallic plating, soft-touch, IML/IMD decoration and Heat & Cool surface technologies.
Through metrological inspection across all development phases and DV / PV validation testing in the qualification laboratory, which performs measurements according to Fiat, PSA and Renault specifications.
All products are designed in Italy and manufactured in Cortiglione (AT), Italy and Menzel Bouzelfa, Tunisia. Both sites are certified to IATF 16949:2016.
Let's engineer the next component.
Send us your drawing.
Share the part, the volumes and the stage you are at — the engineering team replies with feasibility and next steps.
Drawings & CAD acceptedPDF · STEP
SpecificationsDV / PV
Two plants quotedIT · TN
Quality & validation
Quality engineered
into every component.
MISTA guarantees the control of components over all development phases until customer validation. The metrological inspection evaluates conformity to drawing, dimensions and tolerances — starting from product design and finalization and continuing over all production phases.
02Laboratories
05Certified systems
DV/PVValidation testing
01 — Quality system
One system, both plants
MISTA and Mista Tunisia are certified according to ISO 9001:2015, IATF 16949:2016, ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018. The analysis of components starts at product design and continues over every production phase, up to customer validation.
01Conformity to drawing
Dimensions and tolerances evaluated as indicated on the customer drawing.
02Control across phases
From design finalization through all production phases, not only at final inspection.
03Customer validation
Components are followed until the customer validates the part.
04Dedicated test benches
Test benches engineered specifically for each product, on customer request.
02 — Metrology laboratory
Metrology laboratory
Dimensional and material verification of components across the whole development cycle.
| 3D measuring optical machine | OGP SmartScope |
|---|---|
| 3D measuring CNC contact machine | Coord Ares 772 |
| Coating thickness | Fischer Scope |
| Hardness measuring system | Micro HV |
| Optical & manual instruments | Profile projectors · height meters · digital callipers · digital dial indicators |
| Climate chamber | Angelantoni Discovery |
L1 3D optical
L2 Hardness
L3 CNC contact measurement · conformity to drawing
03 — Qualification laboratory
Qualification laboratory
The qualification laboratory offers validation testing — DV and PV — on electromechanical components and materials. It can perform a variety of measurements according to Fiat, PSA and Renault specifications.
Fig. 04 Qualification bench · electromechanical component testing
Test benches are engineered specifically for each product, according to customer requirements.
| Thermal imager | Fluke Ti25 |
|---|---|
| Climate chamber | Angelantoni Discovery |
| Vicat softening point | Material characterisation |
| Melt flow index | Material characterisation |
| TGA balance | Thermogravimetric analysis |
| Power supply & loads | Programmable |
| Comparative tracking | Insulation behaviour |
| Megaohmmeter | Insulation resistance |
| Dielectrimeter | Dielectric strength |
04 — Certifications
Certifications & policies
Certificates and policies are published as PDF documents. Certificate numbers, issuing bodies and validity dates are held on the certificate files themselves.
Stakeholder complaints. MISTA publishes a channel for stakeholders to submit improvements and claims in relation to facts and happenings, alongside its whistleblowing channel.
05 — Technical downloads
Product data sheets
MISTA publishes focused data sheets with additional information about products and support services.
Let's engineer the next component.
Need a component
validated?
Send the specification and the validation plan — we will confirm what can be tested in-house.
IATF 16949:2016Both plants
ISO 9001 · 14001 · 45001Certified
Fiat · PSA · Renault specsTesting
About MISTA
Engineering &
manufacturing
since 1971
MISTA produces electric contacts, blanked and welded parts, and aesthetic and technical thermoplastic components for many of the most important players in the automotive, household appliance and low-power energy sectors.
1971Founded
02Production sites
ITAll products designed in Italy
01 — About
MISTA develops, qualifies and produces complex electromechanical assemblies, small metal parts, technical and aesthetic thermoplastics and multi-material components.
All products are designed in Italy and made in the plants of Cortiglione (AT), Italy and Menzel Bouzelfa, Tunisia. The two sites carry the same certified quality system, so a programme can be allocated to either plant.
01 Stamping
02 Moulding
03 Assembly
04 Pad printing
02 — History
Five decades of technical manufacturing
-
1971
Injection moulding for Cavis (Fiat Group)
MISTA starts its activity with the injection moulding of thermoplastic components for Cavis, part of the Fiat Group.
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1982
Acquisition of Fire — electromechanical components
With the acquisition of Fire, MISTA develops the production of electromechanical components, starting from relays and moving up to switches and blower switches.
-
80s
90sHousehold appliance sector
Production is extended to blanked parts with welded and riveted silver tapes for the household appliance sector: thermostats for refrigerators, boilers, pressure switches, switchboards, valves and pumps.
-
2002
Acquisition of Stars — insert moulding
The acquisition of Stars, the injection moulding plant of an international Tier 1 supplier based close to Asti, allows MISTA to integrate insert-moulded technology and to strengthen its thermoplastic know-how.
-
2007
Mista Tunisia
MISTA starts Mista Tunisia to further widen the production of injection moulded and assembled components.
-
Today
Electric contacts, stamped parts, thermoplastics
MISTA produces electric contacts, blanked and welded parts and aesthetic and technical thermoplastic components for many of the most important players of the automotive, household appliance and low-power energy sectors.
03 — Production departments
Departments & installed capacity
| Presses | 42 — Ompsa · Sangiacomo · Bruderer · Yamada · Balconi |
|---|---|
| Welding | Bihler welding systems |
| Heat treatment | Tempering ovens |
| In-process control | Brankamp testing machines |
| Dedicated tooling | Automatic rivet stamping & assembly |
| Annual output | ≈ 450,000,000 pieces / year |
| Presses | ≈ 65 vertical and horizontal |
|---|---|
| Clamping force | 50 – 320 t |
| Bi-injection | 75 – 110 t |
| Annual output | > 100,000,000 pieces / year |
| Workshops | Cortiglione · Menzel Bouzelfa |
| Lines | Dedicated manual / automatic assembly lines |
|---|---|
| Products | Electromechanical components |
| Blower switches | 20+ types · 2,000,000 components / year |
| Testing | Test benches engineered per product |
| Machines | 5 pad printing machines |
|---|---|
| 2-colour printing | 3 machines |
| 4-colour printing | 1 machine |
| Large parts | 1 machine — up to 500 mm |
| Curing | Heated ovens for painted components |
Tooling shop — Cortiglione
MISTA manufactures moulds and tooling in its internal tooling shop or with the cooperation of suppliers, mostly from Italy. The Cortiglione tooling shop holds know-how in designing, producing and maintaining both progressive dies and injection / overmoulding moulds.
| Work centre with CNC cutter | × 2 |
|---|---|
| Wire EDM | × 3 |
| EDM | × 1 |
| Regrinding, planarity coordinates | × 3 |
| CNC coordinate measuring machine | × 3 |
| Press for mould test | × 1 |
T1 Mould
T2 Progressive die
T3 Tool design
T4 Tool study
04 — Italy plant
Cortiglione (AT), Italy
MISTA S.p.A. is located in Cortiglione, among the hills of the Asti area. This plant hosts the stamping department, the injection moulding department and the maintenance tooling shop.
Plant 01 Cortiglione (AT) · 44°49'44.1"N 8°21'21.1"E
| Company | MISTA S.p.A. |
|---|---|
| Address | Via Roma 79/A · 14040 Cortiglione (AT) · Italy |
| Telephone | +39 0141 766 811 |
| Coordinates | 44.828921, 8.355854 |
| Departments | Stamping · injection moulding · tooling shop · metrology & qualification laboratories |
| Certification | ISO 9001:2015 · IATF 16949:2016 · ISO 14001:2015 · ISO 45001:2018 · UNI/PdR 125:2022 |
| Plant surface | Placeholder — not published |
| Headcount | Placeholder — not published |
05 — Tunisia plant
Menzel Bouzelfa, Tunisia
Mista Tunisia Sarl is in Menzel Bouzelfa, in Northern Tunisia. This plant hosts the injection moulding and insert moulding departments, the assembly of electromechanical components and the tooling shop for tool maintenance.
Plant 02 Menzel Bouzelfa · 36°41'09.8"N 10°33'31.2"E
| Company | Mista Tunisia Sarl |
|---|---|
| Address | Route de Soliman Km 2 · 8010 Menzel Bouzelfa · Tunisia |
| Telephone | +216 72 251 206 |
| Coordinates | 36.686051, 10.558664 |
| Departments | Injection moulding · insert moulding · electromechanical assembly · pad printing · tooling maintenance |
| Certification | IATF 16949:2016 · ISO 14001:2015 · ISO 45001:2018 |
| Plant surface | Placeholder — not published |
| Headcount | Placeholder — not published |
06 — Customers
Customers
The list below is the customer list published by MISTA. Names are set in type pending official monochrome logo artwork; no case histories are shown without customer approval.
07 — Partnerships
Partnerships
Placeholder — content to be supplied
The current MISTA site publishes a Partnership page without descriptive content. This block is reserved for partner programmes, technology licences (e.g. Mucell®, RocTool®) and institutional memberships, once confirmed by MISTA.
08 — The MISTA Group
Group & legal entities
Italy
MISTA S.p.A.
Via Roma, 79/A — 14040 Cortiglione (AT), Italy
Tel. +39 0141 766 811 · Fax +39 0141 766 850
P.IVA 00146270053
Tunisia
Mista Tunisia Sarl
Route de Soliman Km 2 — 8010 Menzel Bouzelfa, Tunisia
Tel. +216 72 251 206 · Fax +216 722 51166
Matricule Fiscal 991595/D
Press coverage
About us
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Founded1971
DesignItaly
ProductionIT · TN
Start your project
Tell us about the component.
Four steps, roughly two minutes. The more you tell us about stage and volumes, the more precise the first technical answer will be.
1Contact
2Project
3Brief & files
4Review
Technical resources
Engineering knowledge.
Product and capability data sheets, the company profile, the certification set and company policies — all published as downloadable documents.
01 — Data sheets
Product & capability data sheets
02 — Certifications & policies
Certifications & policies
03 — News & insights
Press coverage
Placeholder — editorial pipeline
News & Insights is designed to carry technical articles that support search and AI visibility: process explainers, material notes, validation topics. Existing press coverage dates from 2016.
Contact
Talk to the right team.
For a new component or a quotation, the RFQ route reaches the engineering team directly with the technical context already attached.
Italy · Headquarters & plant 01
MISTA S.p.A.
Via Roma, 79/A
14040 Cortiglione (AT) — Italy
Tel. +39 0141 766 811
Fax +39 0141 766 850
P.IVA 00146270053
44.828921, 8.355854
- Stamping
- Injection moulding
- Tooling shop
- Laboratories
Tunisia · Plant 02
Mista Tunisia Sarl
Route de Soliman Km 2
8010 Menzel Bouzelfa — Tunisia
Tel. +216 72 251 206
Fax +216 722 51166
Matricule Fiscal 991595/D
36.686051, 10.558664
- Injection moulding
- Insert moulding
- Assembly
- Pad printing
Placeholder — department routing
The current site routes the contact form to a Sales & Marketing department only. The new IA adds routing to Engineering / RFQ, Quality and Purchasing once MISTA confirms the mailboxes and owners.
Reserved area
Customer & supplier access.
The reserved area carries programme documentation for customers and suppliers. Access is issued by MISTA.
Prototype notice. Authentication is not implemented in this prototype. The screen shows the entry pattern and its position in the information architecture.
Sign in
Access credentials are issued by MISTA
Design documentation
Concept, architecture,
component library.
The reasoning behind the prototype: positioning, information architecture, design tokens, components, motion rules, accessibility and search strategy — plus a ledger of exactly which figure came from where.
01 — Concept
One industrial partner. From idea to series production.
The existing site describes lavorazioni — a list of processes, organised the way the factory is organised. A technical buyer does not shop for processes; they are looking for a partner who can carry a component from drawing to validated series production without handing it to three suppliers.
So the site is restructured around one continuous process rather than a catalogue of departments. That idea is carried literally in the design: a single 1 px line runs the length of the page — scroll progress in the left rail, the progress line through the eight-stage timeline, the rule under each KPI figure. The process is the brand.
01Show capability first
Photography, figures and certifications before prose. Proof band sits directly under the hero.
02Every claim traceable
Only figures published by MISTA. Anything unavailable is a visible placeholder, never invented.
03Blue as precision
The institutional blue marks interaction and measurement, never fills large surfaces.
04One RFQ route
Every page ends in the same qualified path: stage, volumes, capability, drawing.
02 — Information architecture
Sitemap
Every capability and product family gets its own URL and its own H1 — the unit search engines and AI assistants can retrieve and cite. Blue marks the screens built in this prototype.
/ HOME — built ├── /capabilities/ │ ├── engineering-co-design Material selection · mould-flow simulation │ ├── tooling-industrialization Progressive dies · injection moulds │ ├── metal-stamping-welding 42 presses · strip 0.1–2 mm │ ├── thermoplastic-injection-moulding TEMPLATE BUILT │ ├── insert-moulding-two-shot-imd Bi-injection 75–110 t │ ├── electromechanical-assembly Manual & automatic lines │ ├── finishing-pad-printing 5 pad printing machines │ └── testing-validation DV / PV validation ├── /products/ │ ├── small-metal-parts ├── custom-connectors │ ├── technical-thermoplastics ├── switches │ ├── multi-material ├── lamp-holders │ └── electromechanical-assemblies └── sensors-probes ├── /industries/ │ ├── automotive-mobility │ ├── industrial-electrical │ └── home-energy ├── /quality/ BUILT │ ├── quality-system ├── certifications │ ├── metrology-laboratory └── technical-downloads │ └── qualification-laboratory ├── /company/ BUILT │ ├── about · history · departments ├── customers │ ├── plant-italy · plant-tunisia └── partnerships ├── /resources/ BUILT │ ├── technical-datasheets · downloads └── news-insights ├── /rfq/ BUILT ├── /contact/ BUILT ├── /reserved-area/ BUILT └── legal/ privacy · cookie · whistleblowing · code-of-ethics Utility: IT / EN / FR (hreflang) · Reserved area · Whistleblowing in footer
03 — Colour
Colour system
MISTA Blue was sampled directly from the original logo artwork — #0F4384, a single flat colour in the source PNG. The neutral ramp is deliberately cool-biased towards that hue rather than a neutral grey, so steel and graphite read as part of the same family.
Blue is an accent
Used for interaction, measurement marks, the process line and one closing band. Never as a background wash.
Three band scopes
Sections declare band-dark, band-light or band-blue; components read tokens only, so atmosphere survives theme switching.
Product ground stays white
Component macros always sit on white, like a parts catalogue plate, in both light and dark themes.
04 — Typography
Three roles, two families
Archivo at expanded widths carries display: a wide neo-grotesque with the proportions used across European automotive branding. IBM Plex Sans takes body copy and IBM Plex Mono every technical label, coordinate and figure — its provenance is engineering documentation, which is exactly the register the labels need.
From co-design
Multiple technologies. One partner.
450+
Engineering and manufacturing of high-performance technical components since 1971.
Progressive dies and injection moulds are designed, produced and maintained in the internal tooling shop.
IATF 16949:2016 · Cortiglione (AT) · 44.828921, 8.355854
05 — Component library
Components
Square geometry, 1 px rules, no decorative radius. Every interactive element has a visible hover and focus state.
Buttons
Text link
Labels & indicators
Eyebrow
Tag
Accent tag
IATF 16949:2016Both plants
01
Micro label
Form controls
Enter a valid business email address.
Media frame + caption
Fig. Crop marks · mono caption
Product plateMetal
MetalDeep-drawn parts
Deep-drawingAISI 304
Shot placeholder
Shoot briefMacro · insert-moulded contact · graphite ground
Spec table
| Parameter | Specification |
|---|---|
| Clamping force | 50 – 320 t |
| Strip thickness | 0.1 – 2 mm |
06 — Motion
Motion rules
Motion is functional: it marks progress, reveals structure and responds to intent. There are no continuous decorative loops except the single scroll cue in the hero, which stops at prefers-reduced-motion.
| Behaviour | Rule |
|---|---|
| Reveal on enter | 18 px rise + fade · 720 ms · once per element |
| Media mask reveal | clip-path inset bottom → 0 · 1000 ms |
| KPI counters | Count up on first intersection · ~1100 ms · tabular figures |
| Process line | Rail fill and timeline line track scroll position · linear |
| Capability hover | Grid-row expansion of specs + 1.045 image scale |
| Header | Transparent over hero → compact solid bar past 72 px |
| Easing | cubic-bezier(.22,.61,.36,1) everywhere |
| Reduced motion | All transforms, clip-paths, counters and animations disabled; content shown in final state |
07 — Accessibility
WCAG 2.2 AA
| Skip link | First focusable element |
|---|---|
| Focus visible | 2 px accent outline, 3 px offset, on every control |
| Keyboard nav | Mega menus, drawer, timeline, filters, hotspots, FAQ, wizard |
| ARIA | aria-expanded, aria-pressed, aria-current, role, labelled regions |
| Escape / outside click | Closes menus and returns focus to the trigger |
| Form errors | Text, not colour alone; message tied to the field |
| Alt text | Descriptive on every photograph; decorative SVG hidden |
| Reduced motion | Honoured throughout |
| Both themes | Light and dark designed as token sets, not inverted |
Contrast
Body text on off-white and on graphite both clear AA. MISTA Blue at #0F4384 reaches AA for text on white; on dark grounds the lifted #3D8AE0 is used instead of the brand value, so the accent never fails contrast to carry brand fidelity.
Content not hidden behind motion
Capability specs, timeline copy and FAQ answers exist in the DOM and are exposed to crawlers and assistive technology regardless of hover or scroll state.
Still to test with MISTA
Screen-reader pass on the RFQ wizard, real keyboard testing of the vehicle diagram with a screen reader, and translated lang attributes per locale.
08 — SEO / GEO
Built to be retrieved and cited
The current site is a 2016 XHTML build whose sitemap still points at http:// URLs and whose pages carry Italian filenames for English content. The new structure fixes the retrievable unit: one capability, one URL, one H1, answer-first copy.
| Item | Specification |
|---|---|
| URLs | Descriptive English slugs per locale — /en/capabilities/thermoplastic-injection-moulding |
| Headings | One H1 per page; H2 per numbered block; H3 per sub-topic |
| Answer-first copy | Each block opens with the answer, then the detail — the shape AI assistants quote |
| FAQ | Real buyer questions answered from published data, marked up as FAQPage |
| Structured data | Organization · ManufacturingBusiness · Product · FAQPage · BreadcrumbList — only with values MISTA publishes |
| hreflang | Reciprocal it / en / fr plus x-default |
| Breadcrumbs | Visible and marked up on every inner page |
| Internal linking | Capability ↔ product ↔ industry ↔ quality cross-links on every template |
| Technical specs as text | Real tables, not images — machine readable and quotable |
| Documents | Data sheet PDFs given landing pages so the content is indexable, not only downloadable |
| Metadata | Unique title and description per page; OpenGraph image per template |
| Sitemap & canonical | XML sitemap per locale on HTTPS; self-referencing canonicals |
Performance target
Mobile-first, AVIF/WebP with srcset, lazy loading below the fold, compressed hero video with a poster fallback, minimal JavaScript.
Prototype caveat
This single file inlines every photograph as a data URI to stay self-contained, so its own page weight is not representative. Production serves responsive image files.
Photography
All imagery here is genuine MISTA archive material at its native resolution — the layout is sized so nothing is upscaled, and is ready for a re-shoot at full resolution.
09 — Data provenance
Where every figure came from
No client, certification, technology, volume, plant or performance figure in this prototype was invented. Each one below is traceable to a page of the current MISTA site.
| Figure used | Source |
|---|---|
| ≈ 450,000,000 metal parts / year | Departments — stamping |
| > 100,000,000 thermoplastic parts / year | Departments — moulding |
| 42 stamping presses · makers named | Departments — stamping |
| ≈ 65 injection presses · 50–320 t · bi-injection 75–110 t | Departments — moulding |
| 20+ blower switch types · 2,000,000 / year | Electromechanical assemblies |
| 5 pad printing machines · colour split · 500 mm | Departments — pad printing |
| Strip 0.1–2 mm · width 6–360 mm · wire Ø 0.8–2.3 mm | Small metal parts — materials |
| Alloy, steel and silver-alloy grades; surface treatments | Small metal parts — materials |
| Polymer families; Mucell® · RocTool®; grey room | Thermoplastics |
| Moldex mould-flow simulation; co-design services | Support services |
| Tooling shop machine list | Tooling shop |
| Metrology & qualification instrument lists; Fiat / PSA / Renault specs | Metrological & Qualification laboratory |
| ISO 9001:2015 · IATF 16949:2016 · ISO 14001:2015 · ISO 45001:2018 · UNI/PdR 125:2022 | Certifications |
| Customer names (35) | Customers |
| 1971 · 1982 Fire · 2002 Stars · 2007 Mista Tunisia | History |
| Plant addresses, telephone, coordinates, departments | Plants · footer |
| Data sheet and certificate document set | Certifications — downloads |
MISTA Blue #0F4384 | Sampled from logo PNG artwork |
| 924 km between plants | Geodesic distance computed from the published coordinates |
Marked as placeholder — MISTA to supply
- —Plant surface areas and headcount
- —Revenue and export share
- —Certificate numbers, bodies and validity dates
- —Number of production lines and active moulds
- —Partnership page content
- —Official monochrome customer logo artwork
- —Contact routing per department
- —RFQ response-time commitment
- —Approved case histories
Deliberately not claimed
The site never says “leader”, “innovative solutions” or “360° innovation”. It never shows a case history, a named programme or a customer quote, because none is published or approved. The vehicle diagram maps only the application areas MISTA publishes — car electronics, interiors, powertrain — and the technical linework is graphic, never a fabricated CAD schematic.
The tagline on the current site, “a 40 years lasting passion”, is replaced by the dated fact: since 1971.
Legal & compliance
Policies & whistleblowing.
MISTA publishes a privacy policy under GDPR, a Code of Ethics, a Conflict Minerals Procurement Policy and an integrated CSR / Quality / HSE policy, alongside a whistleblowing channel and a stakeholder complaints route.
WEBPrivacy policy — GDPRPublished by MISTA
PDFCode of EthicsCompany policy
PDFConflict Minerals Procurement PolicyMISTA S.p.A.
PDFIntegrated CSR, Quality, HSE PolicyCompany policy
WEBWhistleblowingReporting channel
WEBStakeholder complaintsImprovements and claims in relation to facts and happenings
Placeholder — legal texts to be migrated
Legal copy is migrated verbatim from the documents MISTA already publishes. Nothing is drafted or paraphrased in this prototype.