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Piaggio
Founded in 1884 by Rinaldo Piaggio, the Piaggio Group, located in Pontedera (Pisa, Italia), is today one of the main constructors of two-wheeled motorized vehicles in the world, being also the leader of the European market with more than 1.5 billions Euro turnover. The Group is controlled by Immsi S.p.A., an industrial and services holding, quoted on Milan Stock Exchange, headed by Roberto Colaninno, Piaggio General Manager. Rocco Sabelli is Piaggio Managing Director. After its integration with the Aprilia Group, whose takeover was concluded on 30th December 2004, Paiggio places itself among the first four operators in the world, as far as the reference market is concerned, with:
- A stable leadership of the European market of the two-wheeled vehicles, holding the 24%, closing 2004 (35% in Italy) and with a particularly important presence in the scooters and 50cc vehicles sectors (40% of the European market and 48% of the Italian one);
- A productive capacity of about 600,000 vehicles per year as regards two-wheeled and three-wheeled and four-wheeled commercial vehicles;
- 7 industrial plants, 4 of which in Italy and 3 abroad (India, Spain, China);
- 6 research and development centres;
- 6,000 employees in the world;
- presence in more than 50 countries, with a spread network of associated companies, importers and dealers.
The product range includes scooters, motorcycles and mopeds, powered from 50 to over 1000cc and branded Piaggio, Vespa, Gilera, Derbi, Aprilia, Guzzi, Scarabeo e Laverda. Furthermore, the Group operates in the three and four-wheeled light transport with the Ape, Porter and Quargo vehicle series. The motor business is also important: production and sale of high technological, performing ad less polluting motorizations, powered from 50 to 1000cc, equipping mopeds, scooters, motorcycles, mini-bikes, karts and commercial vehicles.
In over 120 years of experience, Piaggio has practically covered every mobility sector: from naval furnishing to tractors and railway carriages construction, from aeronautical engines to seaplanes and civil and military planes.
The company recent history is anyway linked to the light mobility: with Vespa, in 1946, Piaggio, not only anticipated emerging needs for individual mobility, which keep on existing in our modern society, but also created one of the best known symbols of the Italian style in the world and an always successful product on the market, with more than 16 million vehicles produced so far.
ATA
The ATA (Automotive Technical Association) was founded in 1948 for the dissemination of the automotive knowledge, to bring out the automotive technical culture and to promote the collaboration between the academic world and the industrial sector.
It publishes the “Ingegneria dell'Autoveicolo” magazine, including articles on interviews, technical papers, theoretical investigation, etc..
A special attention is paid to University students, because they constitute the synergistic connection between the learning and the working worlds. For this reason, ATA organizes technical tours in companies and conferences at Universities and provides scholarships for worthy students.
Moreover, an annual survey is carried out to monitor the relationship between Universities and companies in Italy. It is followed by a workshop, during which results and successful collaboration cases are presented.
60 years have already passed since in 1948 and the Association goes on and renews itself in the same way as technological and market trends.
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