The seventh edition of Podio Ferrari, the annual awards event for Ferrari suppliers and partners that have demonstrated particularly high standards of excellence, technology, innovation and product development in partnership with the Prancing Horse, took place this week. The event was attended by Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo, Vice-President Piero Ferrari, CEO Jean Todt and General Manager Amedeo Felisa. The "Italian Excellence" Award was won by Re Fraschini for "the consistent excellence of the products supplied to Ferrari's GES Racing Division despite the exceptionally tight deadlines involved in the building and development of our F1 cars." The Award was presented by Vice-President Piero Ferrari to Massimo and Piero Re Fraschini, co-owners of Eligio Re Fraschini.

Eldor - The "Ferrari Technology Award" was presented by Ferrari General Manager Amedeo Felisa to Pasquale Forte, President of the Eldor Corporation, for "its innovative ionising current project which contributed to improving the performance of Ferrari cars."

Shell - The "Ferrari Innovation Award" was presented by CEO Jean Todt to Bruno Motta, Chairman of Shell Brands AG, for his company's "ongoing innovation in its own products which contributed to improving the performance of our F1 and GT cars."

Magna International - The "President's Award" was presented by Luca di Montezemolo to Siegfried Wolf, co-CEO of Magna International, for all-round collaboration in the development of new Ferrari cars both through development processes and innovative components."

The event also provided an opportunity for a look-back at Ferrari's 60 years of technological innovation, during which particularly significant technological advances developed and applied by the Prancing Horse in the course of its history were highlighted, demonstrating the fundamental role R&D has played at the Company since its earliest days.

Eligio Re Fraschini S.p.A.

Founded by Eligio ReFraschini in Legnano in 1946 and now co-headed by his sons Piero and Massimo, Eligio Re Fraschini manufactures and exports composite racing components, aeronautical equipment and accessories across the globe. Its products are all manufactured using high tech processes and plant. The company has been supplying equipment to Team Ferrari for over 20 years now and since 2001 has been providing it with carbon-fibre components for its F1 cars. Eligio Re Fraschini employs a workforce of 75 employees at its 5,000 square metre factory in Legnano.
 

Magna International

Magna is the most diversified automotive supplier in the world. Magna designs, develops and manufactures automotive systems, assemblies, modules and components, and engineers and assembles complete vehicles, primarily for sale to original equipment manufacturers of cars and light trucks in North America, Europe, Asia, South America and Africa. Magna's capabilities include the design, engineering, testing and manufacture of automotive interior systems; seating systems; closure systems; metal body and structural systems; vision systems; electronic systems; exterior systems; powertrain systems; roof systems; as well as complete vehicle engineering and assembly. Magna has approximately 83,000 employees in 235 manufacturing operations and 62 product development and engineering centres in 23 countries.

Shell

Shell began a technical collaboration with Enzo Ferrari in the 1930s which developed into a longstanding working relationship that continues to this day. In fact, Shell is currently celebrating sharing its passion for performance with Ferrari for over 60 years now. The Shell Group has a worldwide presence with companies operating in over 140 countries. Its activities range from natural gas and oil location and production to chemical derivatives, renewable energies, industrial trading and many other areas. Shell also manages over 45,000 service stations across the globe, serving more than 25 million customers each day.

Eldor Corporation

The Eldor Corporation was founded in 1972 to manufacture electromagnetic coil components. With two production facilities in Italy and Turkey and a third under development in China, plus three R&D centres, it is one of the world leaders in the research, development and production of ignition systems components, braking systems components, and engine control and combustion control units based on ionising current analysis. Thanks to its cutting-edge know-how, innovation capabilities and time-to-market sense, Eldor supplies absolutely top quality cutting-edge products to meet the burgeoning technological demands of the world's major car and motorcycle manufacturing groups.