Press Releases
- Pininfarina Nido wins the ADI Compasso d’Oro Award
Nido, a prototype in safety research which had its world preview at the Paris Motor Show in 2004, has won one of ADI’s most prestigious awards.
Turin, 26 June 2008. Pininfarina is proud to announce that the International Jury of the 21st ADI Compasso d’Oro Award has selected the concept car Nido for the ADI Compasso d’Oro Award in the section dedicated to projects which anticipate new trends in transportation design. …
- 26 June 2008
- Pininfarina will unveil a new Special Project carrozzeria during Pebble Beach Concours
“Pininfarina Hyperion” is based on a Rolls Royce Drophead Coupè and is an homage to the great pre war cars.
Turin, June 25, 2008. Pininfarina is proud to announce the unveiling of a new Special Project carrozzeria during Pebble Beach Concours, August 2008.
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- 25 June 2008
- Alenia Aeronautica and Pininfarina: a long-term partnership on High-Tech and Design “made in Italy”
Within a long-term partnership between Alenia Aeronautica, a Finmeccanica Company, and Pininfarina Extra (Pininfarina Group) – which will cover also testing, aerodynamics, mock-up, 3D animations – , Alenia is studying the development of a new-conception interiors signed Pininfarina, offered as an option for the Sukhoi Superjet 100. The aircraft is the most modern and ecological 95-seat regional transport jet available on the market and is made by Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Corp. (SCAC) in collaboration with Alenia Aeronautica. …
- 5 June 2008
- Quarterly Report of the Pininfarina GROUP
THE DATA, IN LINE WITH THE INDUSTRIAL PLAN, CONFIRM THE TURNAROUND IN THE GROUP’S OPERATING PERFORMANCE: EBITDA IN THE BLACK AND EBIT LOSS HALVED COMPARED WITH THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2007.
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- 12 May 2008
- Pininfarina to set up a Centre for research, design and engineering in India with support from Tata
Tata has expressed interest in participating Pininfarina’s planned capital increase
Turin April 24th, 2008 – Pininfarina intends to establish a Research, Design and Engineering Centre in Pune, India within the end of 2008. Pininfarina and Tata have signed a Letter of Intent wherein Tata will support this Centre in India with contracts and participate with a minority interest. Pininfarina will be the majority shareholder with management responsibility.
“This agreement witnesses the great attention Pininfarina is dedicating to an emerging and highly developing market such as the Indian one”- declares Andrea Pininfarina, Chairman and CEO of Pininfarina S.p.A.- “Thanks to our partner, one of the worldwide major automotive manufacturers with strong roots on the Indian market, we will reach a higher excellence level in the design and engineering sectors”.
The Centre - that will be able to provide its services also to other Indian and international automotive manufacturers - enlarges the Pininfarina offer of services to the OEMs, thus strengthening the engineering best cost services developed since 2005 with Pininfarina’s Moroccan engineering centre. This investment also highlights Pininfarina’s strong desire to work with new and significant players in the world motor vehicle industry, as well as with established players, looking to improve its competitive position.
To further reinforce the strategic tie between Tata Group and Pininfarina Group Ratan Tata, Chairman of Tata Industries Limited, has expressed interest in the Tata Companies participating Pininfarina’s planned capital increase with the subscription of a portion of the options that will be assigned to the Pininfarina family.
- 24 April 2008
- Novelties from Pininfarina for the Asian market at the Beijing Motor Show
World preview of three new models designed and developed by Pininfarina for Brilliance and JAC.
The Chery A3 Jiaoche and the A3 YunDong, which soon go into production, will also be on display.Turin, April 18, 2008. Pininfarina will be holding the world debut of three cars designed for some of its Chinese clients at the Beijing Motor Show: the Brilliance Junjie station wagon, the JAC A108 and the A107.
The A3 Jiaoche and the A3 YunDong, which were designed and developed by Pininfarina, and will soon go into production, will be on display on the Chery stand. …- 18 April 2008
- Pininfarina unveils the Sintesi, the new concept car that explores the car of the future
A number of cars have their world première on the stands of Pininfarina clients: the new Ford Focus Coupe-Cabriolet, the Alfa Spider Model Year 2008 and the Maserati Granturismo S.
Sergio Pininfarina inducted into the European Automotive Hall of Fame.…
- 29 February 2008
- The Bolloré Group and Pininfarina Join Forces to Manufacture and Market an Electric Car
Design, manufacturing and brand Pininfarina. Batteries produced by Bolloré Group
Turin, December 21, 2007 – Bolloré and Pininfarina agreed to establish a 50-50 joint venture to manufacture a car that will be 100% electric. The car will be sold under the Pininfarina brand. The total investment is estimated at about 150 million euros. The electric car, which will be manufactured by Pininfarina in Italy, will benefit from the vast expertise gained by Pininfarina in the design and production of top-of-the-range automobiles and will be equipped with a revolutionary Lithium Metal Polymer battery developed by the Bolloré Group. …
- 21 December 2007
- Sintesi, the new Pininfarina concept-car, at the Geneva Motor Show
Turin, December 14, 2007. Pininfarina is proud to announce the unveiling of a new concept at the next Geneva Motor Show in March, 2008. This exciting new car will be named “Sintesi”.
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- 14 December 2007
- Agreement reached for reduction of structural costs
Turin, December 14 2007 – The agreement establishing application for Pininfarina of the Special Unemployment Benefits Fund, under waiver, for 12 months starting from January 2 2008, and which will involve all Company units, was sealed yesterday with the Trade Unions at the Region of Piedmont.
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- 14 December 2007
