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Twelve higher
educational institutions were the winners of the third edition of
the contest Fiat Proyecto
Motor, an initiative that Fiat Auto Argentina
organises
through Fiat's FPT (Fiat Powertrain Technologies)
division and which is developed
together with AutoTécnica TV, a regional
television broadcasting program.
The educational
institutions chosen to take part in the third edition,
which ably built on the success of the first two programmes, such
as technical schools, research institutes and universities,
were each rewarded with
an engine produced in Fiat Argentina’s manufacturing plant located in Córdoba.
The Córdoba plant builds cars, engines and transmissions.
Vehicle production stopped at the huge facility several
years ago due to economic concerns, but will resume this
winter when the Fiat Siena will be turned out, followed next
year by a joint Fiat-Tata pick-up. Córdoba also builds
gearboxes for PSA Peugeot-Citroen and petrol engines for
Fiat.
The contest Fiat Proyecto Motor was
first launched almost three years ago in
September 2004 in order to encourage wider support for
Fiat Auto engineering skills and to
test the capacity, talent and ability of the students of
the selected Argentinean educational facilities which were
chosen to take part, to
work as a team.
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The
contest Fiat Proyecto Motor was first launched in
September 2004, in order to encourage wider support and to
test the capacity, talent and ability of the students of
the educational facilities chosen to take part to
work as a team. |
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Twelve
higher educational institutions were the winners of
the third edition of the contest Fiat Proyecto
Motor, an initiative that Fiat Auto Argentina
organises
through FPT and AutoTécnica TV. |
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The technical schools of
Argentina soon embraced the concept. The jury composed of the host of
AutoTécnica TV, Alberto Garibaldi, his on-screen
technical team and the
responsible for the professional training of industrial
employees of Fiat Auto Argentina, Félix Piozzi. They
examined the entries and then selected the twelve best works that were presented in the contest.
Each work
project was produced by groups made up of up to six members
in the case of students led by a teacher from each institution
and in the case of researchers, of the departmental
authority, they all focused on the development of a
mechanical, electronic or electromechanical concept of direct
application in either industrial or car engines. The
finale of Fiat Proyecto Motor saw a ceremony conducted at the headquarters of the Universidad Tecnológica Nacional (UTN)
by its academic members, the host of
AutoTécnica TV, Alberto Garibaldi, and the Director of External Relations
of Fiat Auto Argentina, Javier Vernengo.
by Claudio
Perlini
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