Industry Automotive Revenue € 7.3 billion (2015) Headquarters Corbetta, Lombardy, Italy Founded 1919 | Products Automotive components Number of employees 40,500 (2015) Founder Ercole Marelli | |
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Type A subsidiary of FCA Italy Key people Sergio Marchionne (chairman)
Pietro Gorlier (CEO) CEO Pietro Gorlier (30 Jun 2015–) Parent organizations Fiat S.p.A., Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Profiles | ||
Magneti marelli inaugurates a new u s automotive lighting plant in pulaski tennessee
Magneti Marelli S.p.A. [maɲˈɲɛti maˈrɛlli] develops and manufactures high-tech components for the automotive industry.
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- Magneti marelli inaugurates a new u s automotive lighting plant in pulaski tennessee
- Wztv 2013 06 16 930pm magneti marelli
- Current work
- References
A subsidiary of Fiat (now FCA Italy) since 1967, Magnetti Marelli is headquartered in Corbetta, Italy and includes 85 manufacturing plants, 12 R&D centres and 26 application centers in 19 countries — with 38,000 employees and a turnover of 23 billion euro in 2013.
Subsidiaries and brands of the company include AL-Automotive Lighting, Carello, Cromodora, Cofap, Ergom Automotive, Jaeger, Mako Elektrik, Paraflu, Securvia, Seima, Siem SpA, Solex, Veglia Borletti, Vitaloni, Weber.
Founded in 1919 — as Fabbrica Italiana Magneti Marelli (FIMM), a joint-venture between Fiat and Ercole Marelli (1891-1993), an Italian electrical manufacturing company — Magneti Marelli initially manufactured magnetos for the automotive and aviation industries, with its first plant in Sesto San Giovanni near Milan.
Wztv 2013 06 16 930pm magneti marelli
Current work
Magneti Marelli currently deals with intelligent systems for active and passive vehicle safety as well as powertrain systems. Business lines include automotive lighting systems, body control systems, powertrain control systems, electronic instrument clusters, telematics systems, and computers, suspension systems and components, exhaust systems, and motorsport, wherein Magneti Marelli develops specific electronic systems for Formula One, Motorcycle Grand Prix and the World Rally Championship.
Magneti Marelli worked with Ford Motor Company and Microsoft Auto to develop an in-dash computer (carputer) for Ford's work truck division introduced in 2008 — with a built-in 6.5-inch, high-resolution touch screen and Bluetooth, USB connectivity, GPS Navigation, voice recognition, as well as general office applications, e.g., word processing, contact, and calendar.