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At 10am this
morning, at the Quirinale Palace in Rome, President of the
Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi will light the Torino 2006
Torch and will deliver it to the first Italian torchbearer,
Stefano Baldini. Senator Sergio Pininfarina, Chairman
Pininfarina Group, will attend the ceremony which is the
starting point of the Torch relay across the peninsula.
Just a few days ago, the Torch designed, engineered and
manufactured by Pininfarina received the “Lorenzo il
Magnifico” award , the highest recognition of the Biennale
of the Contemporary Art in Florence with the following
motivation: ”Lorenzo de Medici ‘Il Magnifico’ bows before
the beauty of pure synthesis of the Olympic Torch born from
the multiform Turin-type genius and from the sublime Master
of design, Pininfarina”. The Olympic Torch is still on show
at the Fortezza da Basso in Florence throughout the
manifestation. “This award testifies that we are able
to make objects that are both good-looking and with high
performance” stated Andrea Pininfarina, CEO Pininfarina
Group. “The Torch has a close relationship with the car
because for us the design is aesthetics applied to the
function and to the use”.
The Torch is a Pininfarina’s competence-concentrated
product. Pininfarina is Official Supplier of Torino 2006
with a significant economic investment. According to the
agreement signed with Toroc, in fact, Pininfarina is
responsible for the design, the engineering and the
manufacturing of 12.000 numbered Torches of the Olympics and
125 for the Paralympic Games, free of charge. Compared to
the Torch of Athens 2004, the flame designed by Pininfarina
had to respect requirement far stricter. The performances
required by Toroc, suggested also by the problems come up
with the Athens’ Torch, had leaded to prefer a fine-looking
flame with great visibility and resistance to a more fragile
and light one. |
