Italdesign Giugiaro

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Italdesign-Giugiaro S.p.A
Type Private
Industry Design
Fate Controlling interest acquired by Volkswagen AG, May 2010
Founded Turin, Italy February 13, 1968 (1968-02-13) as Studi Italiani Realizzazione Prototipi S.p.A
Founder(s) Giorgetto Giugiaro
Aldo Mantovani
Headquarters Moncalieri, Italy
Area served Worldwide
Key people Giorgetto Giugiaro Chairman of the Executive Committee
Fabrizio Giugiaro Vice President
Enzo Pacella Managing Director
Services Project Management
Styling
Packaging
Engineering
Modeling
Prototyping
Testing
Revenue ~€100 million
Owner(s) Automobili Lamborghini Holding S.p.A 90.1%
Giugiaro family 9.9%
Employees 800
Website italdesign.it
References: [1][2][3][4][5]

Italdesign-Giugiaro S.p.A is an automobile design and engineering company based in Moncalieri, Italy founded in 1968 by Giorgetto Giugiaro and Aldo Mantovani as Studi Italiani Realizzazione Prototipi S.p.A.[1][2] Best known for its automobile design work, Italdesign also offers project management, styling, packaging, engineering, modeling, prototyping and testing services to manufacturers worldwide.[3]

Italdesign employs 800 people and is headquartered in Moncalieri, 15 km south of Turin.[1][4]

In May, 2010, Volkswagen AG subsidiary Lamborghini Holding S.p.A acquired 90.1% of the shares of Italdesign-Giugiaro S.p.A, including the brand name rights and patents.[1][6][7]

Italdesign-Giugiaro display room

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[edit] History

[edit] Foundation

Giorgetto Giugiaro and Aldo Mantovani founded Studi Italiani Realizzazione Prototipi S.p.A, the company that would eventually become Italdesign, on February 13, 1968 in Moncalieri, Italy.[1][2]

[edit] Volkswagen

Volkswagen and Italdesign have a history of working together that dates back to the early 1970s.

Current Volkswagen AG Chairman Ferdinand Piëch apprenticed at Italdesign during the summer of 1972, learning about engineering and design.[8] Italdesign is responsible for the design of several notable Volkswagen vehicles including the first generation Volkswagen Golf (1974), Volkswagen Scirocco (1974) and Volkswagen Passat (1973) and the Audi 80 (1974).[9]

In May 2010, Italdesign agreed to transfer 90.1% of its shares to Volkswagen subsidiary Lamborghini Holding S.p.A. in order to keep Volkswagen's Italian holdings bundled together. The purchase price was not disclosed. The Giugiaro family retained ownership of the remaining shares. Both Giorgetto Guigiaro and his son, Fabrizio Guigiaro, continue to have active roles in the company.[1][6][7][8]

[edit] Subsidiaries

Italdesign created Diseño Industrial Italdesign Srl in Barcelona, Spain in 1992 to design and construct models, master models and prototypes for the Spanish manufacturing industry.[2]

[edit] Acquisitions

Italdesign acquired SALLIG, a company founded in 1960 that designs and builds acrylic, cast iron and zamak matrices for automotive, auronautical and household appliance prototypes.[2]

Italdesign also acquired ETM, Engineering Technologies Methods, founded in 1984, which creates silicone prototypes, allowing the transition from an acrylic prototype to a more refined prototype with characteristics similar to the finished product.[2]

[edit] Organization

Italdesign-Giugiaro S.p.A is headquartered 15 km south of Turin, Italy in Moncalieri.[4] Best known for its automobile design work, Italdesign also offers project management, styling, packaging, engineering, modeling, prototyping and testing services.[3]

Italdesign has 800 employees and generates over €100 million annually.[1]

Under Volkswagen ownership, Giorgetto Giugiaro is Chairman of the Executive Committee, Fabrizio Giugiaro is Vice President and Enzo Pacella is Managing Director.[6]

[edit] Automotive design work

Italdesign has been credited for the design of a wide variety of concept and production cars since the firm's founding in 1968.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Volkswagen 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Conceptcarz 2011.
  3. ^ a b c Italdesign 2011.
  4. ^ a b c Italdesign 2011a.
  5. ^ Schmitt 2010.
  6. ^ a b c Volkswagen 2010a.
  7. ^ a b Italdesign 2010.
  8. ^ a b Ciferri 2010.
  9. ^ Italdesign 2011b.

[edit] External links

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