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Sergio
Pininfarina was celebrated at the European Brussels Motor
Show during a ceremony held last week in the presence of Prince
Philip of Belgium. Senator Pininfarina received the “Prix européen de design automobile”, recognition “to the whole of
his career in the prestigious company that brings his name”.
Members of Designers (Europe), an independent organisation
that promotes car design in Europe, presented the award.
They said the motivation of the prize was, “the talent that Pininfarina
has been expressing for decades. The Maison Pininfarina is
linked to the most beautiful hours of automotive industry.
Strong in his 75 years, celebrated in 2005, it proposes his
know-how to numerous car brands in the world. Globalisation
is a reality for Pininfarina. A reality that does not mean
uniformity”.
On its stand at the Brussels Motor Show, Designers (Europe)
are also exhibiting a Pininfarina concept-car, the Start, realised
to celebrate the successful co-operation between the Italian
company and Ford.
SERGIO PININFARINA
Sergio Pininfarina was born in Turin on September 8, 1926.
Married in 1951 with Giorgia Gianolio, he has three
children: Lorenza, Andrea, Paolo. Graduated in mechanical
engineering from the Polytechnic of Torino in 1950, he began
his career in the family firm, “Carrozzeria Pinin Farina”;
in 1960, he undertook the responsibility of General Manager
of the firm; in 1961 he became also Managing Director and in
1966, at his father’s death, he took over the Chairmanship
of the Company. In 1961, the President of the Italian
Republic, Giovanni Gronchi, changed by decree the name
Farina in Pininfarina.
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On its stand at the 84th Brussels Motor Show,
Designers (Europe) are exhibiting a Pininfarina
concept-car, the Start, realised to celebrate the
successful co-operation between the Italian designer
and Ford |
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Sergio
Pininfarina was awarded the “Prix européen de design
automobile”, in recognition of "the whole of his career in
the prestigious company that brings his name” during the
84th European Motor Show, in Brussels, last week |
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During his more than fifty years of work, the Pininfarina
Group has enjoyed a constant increase in technical and
production development: the turnover in fact now augmented
by 73 times,
from 8.2 million of euros (650 million of Lire of that time)
to 602 million of euros; the number of employees has more
than quadruplicated (from 560 to 2600 today). Pininfarina now has
several plants, in Italy and abroad (France, Germany,
Sweden, Morocco and China), and its production value should
rise past the one-billion-euro mark, starting in 2006, while
the number of employees will be over 3,300.
Sergio Pininfarina was President of the Industrial Association of Torino
(July 1978 - June 1984), Member of the European Parliament
(July 1979 - June 1988); President of Confindustria
(Confederation of Italian Industries) (May 1988 - May 1992),
Chief of the Italian delegation in the Intergovernmental
Italian- French Commission for the new high-speed railway
link between Lyon and Turin (May 2001 – January 2005).
Sergio Pininfarina is
now the Chairman of Editrice La Stampa S.p.A. and of FIDIA S.p.A.
- which is the manager of a closed-end investment securities
financial fund;
Co-President Italy-Japan Business Group, and also a Member of the Board
of Directors of Ferrari S.p.A.. Within Pininfarina Group he
is Chairman of Pininfarina S.p.A. and Honorary Chairman of
Pininfarina Extra S.r.l.. On September 23rd, last year he was
appointed to the position of Life Senator by the President of the Republic
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi for “honouring the Country by high
merits in the social field”.
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