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Company type | Subsidiary (S.p.A.) |
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Industry | Design |
Founded | Turin, Italy February 13, 1968 as Studi Italiani Realizzazione Prototipi S.p.A.[1] |
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Fate | Controlling interest acquired by Lamborghini Holding S.p.A. (August 09, 2010)[2][3] |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide[5] |
Key people | Dirk Große-Loheide[6] Chairman Antonio Casu CEO |
Services | Styling, Engineering, Pre-Series, Testing & Validation, Industrial Design |
Revenue | €193 million (2015) |
Owners | Volkswagen Group Audi |
Number of employees | 917 (2019)[7] |
Parent | Lamborghini |
Website | italdesign |
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Italdesign Giugiaro S.p.A. (Italian pronunciation: [italdiˈzain dʒuˈdʒaːro]) is a design and engineering company and brand based in Moncalieri, Italy, that traces its roots to the 1968 foundation of Studi Italiani Realizzazione Prototipi S.p.A. by Giorgetto Giugiaro and Aldo Mantovani.[1][8] Best known for its automobile design work, Italdesign also offers product design, project management, styling, packaging, engineering, modeling, prototyping and testing services to manufacturers worldwide.[5] As of 2019, Italdesign employs 917 people.[3][1][4]
On August 9, 2010, Volkswagen Group subsidiary Audi's subsidiary Lamborghini acquired 90.1% of the shares of Italdesign Giugiaro S.p.A., including the brand name rights and patents.[2][3] The remaining shares were sold to Audi on 28 June 2015, with Giorgetto Giugiaro resigning from the firm at the same time.[9]