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Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi (Arabic: أبو ظبي‎ Abu Dhabi, Father of Deer) is the capital and the second largest city of the United Arab Emirates in terms of population and the largest of the seven member emirates of the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi lies on a T-shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western coast. The city proper had an estimated population of 896,800 in 2009.
Abu Dhabi houses important offices of the federal government, and is the seat for the United Arab Emirates Government and the home for the Abu Dhabi Emiri Family and the President of the UAE from this family. Abu Dhabi has grown to be a cosmopolitan metropolis. Its rapid development and urbanisation, coupled with the relatively high average income of its population, has transformed Abu Dhabi to a larger and advanced metropolis. Today the city is the country's center of political, industrial activities, and a major cultural, and commercial centre due to its position as the capital. Abu Dhabi alone generated 56.7% of the GDP of the United Arab Emirates in 2008.

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Borsa Italiana
The Borsa Italiana S.p.A., based in Milan, is Italy's main stock exchange. It was privatised in 1997 and is a part of the London Stock Exchange Group plc since 2007. In 2005, the companies listed on the Borsa were worth US$890 billion. It is also informally known as Piazza Affari ("Business Square"), after the city square of Milan where its headquarters (the Palazzo Mezzanotte building) is located.
The Borsa di commercio di Milano (Milan Stock Exchange) was established by Eugène de Beauharnais, viceroy of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy, through decrees dated 16 January and 6 February 1808. It operated under public ownership until 1998.
It was sold to a consortium of banks, and operated under a joint-stock holding company between 2 January 1998 and on 1 October 2007, when it was merged with the London Stock Exchange in an all-share takeover.
Borsa Italiana has managing responsibility for Italy's derivatives markets (IDEM and MIF) and its fixed income market (MOT). On the MOT (Electronic Government Bond and Securities Market), buy and sell contracts are traded on government securities and nonconvertible bonds; the EuroMOT is the Euro-Bond Electronic Market that trades Eurobonds, bonds from foreign issuers and asset-backed securities.

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China
China (ⁱ/ˈtʃaɪnə/; Chinese: 中国; pinyin: Zhōngguó; see also Names of China), officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is the world's most-populous country, with a population of over 1.3 billion. Covering approximately 9.6 million square kilometres, the East Asian state is the world's second-largest country by land area, and the third- or fourth-largest in total area, depending on the definition of total area.
The People's Republic of China is a single-party state governed by the Communist Party of China. It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four directly controlled municipalities (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing), and two mostly self-governing special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau). Its capital city is Beijing. The PRC also claims Taiwan—which is controlled by the Republic of China (ROC), a separate political entity—as its 23rd province, a claim controversial due to the complex political status of Taiwan and the unresolved Chinese Civil War. The PRC government denies the legitimacy of the ROC.

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Ferrari
Coordinates: 44°31′57″N 10°51′51″E / 44.532447°N 10.864137°E / 44.532447; 10.864137
Ferrari S.p.A. is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929, as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles as Ferrari S.p.A. in 1947. Throughout its history, the company has been noted for its continued participation in racing, especially in Formula One, where it has had great success. Ferrari road cars are generally seen as a symbol of luxury and wealth.
Enzo Ferrari wasn't initially interested in the idea of producing road cars when he formed Scuderia Ferrari (literally "Ferrari Stable", and usually used to mean "Team Ferrari", it is correctly pronounced [skudeˈriːa]) in 1928 as a sponsor for amateur drivers headquartered in Modena. Ferrari prepared, and successfully raced, various drivers in Alfa Romeo cars until 1938, when he was hired by Alfa Romeo to head their motor racing department.

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Fiat
Fiat S.p.A., (Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino) (Italian Automobile Factory of Turin), is an Italian automobile manufacturer based in Turin. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli. During its more than a century long history, Fiat has also manufactured railway engines and carriages, military vehicles, and aircraft. As of 2009, the Fiat group (not inclusive of its subsidiary Chrysler) was the world's ninth largest carmaker and the largest in Italy.
Fiat-based cars are built around the world. Outside Italy, the largest country of production is Brazil, where the Fiat brand is the market leader. The group also has factories in Argentina and Poland and a long history of licensing production of its products in other countries. It also has numerous alliances and joint ventures around the world, the main ones being located in Italy, France, Turkey, Serbia, India and China.
Agnelli's grandson Gianni Agnelli was Fiat's chairman from 1966 until 1996; he then served as honorary chairman from 1996 until his death on 24 January 2003, during which time Cesare Romiti served as chairman. After their^{[clarification needed]} removal, Paolo Fresco served as chairman and Paolo Cantarella as CEO. Umberto Agnelli then took over as chairman from 2003 to 2004. After Umberto Agnelli's death on 28 May 2004, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo was named chairman, with Agnelli heir John Elkann becoming vice chairman (at the age of 28), and other family members also serving on the board. At this point, CEO Giuseppe Morchio resigned, and Sergio Marchionne was named to replace him on 1 June 2004.

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Italy
Italy ⁱ/ˈɪtəli/ (Italian: Italia [iˈtaːlja]), officially the Italian Republic or the Republic of Italy (Italian: Repubblica italiana), is a unitary parliamentary republic in south-central Europe. To the north, it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia along the Alps. To the south, it consists of the entirety of the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Sardinia–the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea–and many other smaller islands. The independent states of San Marino and the Vatican City are enclaves within Italy, while Campione d'Italia is an Italian exclave in Switzerland. The territory of Italy covers some 301,338 km² (116,347 sq mi) and is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. With 60.6 million inhabitants, it is the fifth most populous country in Europe, and the 23rd most populous in the world.
Rome, the capital of Italy, was for centuries a political and religious centre of Western civilisation as the capital of the Roman Empire and site of the Holy See. After the decline of the Roman Empire, Italy endured numerous invasions by foreign peoples, from Germanic tribes such as the Lombards and Ostrogoths, to the Byzantines and later, the Normans, among others. Centuries later, Italy became the birthplace of Maritime republics and the Renaissance, an immensely fruitful intellectual movement that would prove to be integral in shaping the subsequent course of European thought.

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Pontedera
Pontedera is an Italian industrial town in Tuscany, Italy, in the administrative province of Pisa. It is the headquarters of the Piaggio company, which in the 1930s was a major aircraft manufacturer and which now manufactures motor vehicles such as the Vespa and the Ape. It has also been the headquarters of the wine company Castellani Spa since it was founded in 1903 and the chocolate factory Amedei.
Pontedera is in the Arno valley at the confluence of the Era River and the Arno River. It is across by Scolmatore channel and by Roglio, Era's tributary. It has a small lake in Pietroconti called Braccini lake.
On 11 June 1554, Pontedera was the scene of a pyrrhic victory in the last effort by the Republic of Siena to retain its independence. Piero Strozzi, commanding the Siense forces, won at Pontedera but this only led to his decisive defeat two months later at the Battle of Marciano and the end of the Senese independence.

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Sestri Ponente
Sestri Ponente is an industrial suburb of Genoa in northwest Italy. It is part of the Medio Ponente municipio of Genoa.
It is situated on the Ligurian Sea to the west of the city, between Cornigliano and Pegli. Its population is currently about 50,000, but in the 1970s it was as high as 80,000.
The name is derived from the Latin Sextum, a small village that was likely founded in the second century A.D., where stones were assembled for the Roman road that left from Genoa. No physical records exist about the population of Sestri before the fifteenth century.
The links to the transport sector continue to this day; Sestri Ponente is home to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport. Another major source of employment are the shipyards, part of the Merchant Ships Business Unit of Fincantieri. They are currently enjoying the benefits of the current ship construction boom after the blows felt from the 1970s to the 1990s.
Coordinates: 44°25′26″N 8°51′00″E / 44.4240°N 8.8500°E / 44.4240; 8.8500

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Enrico Piaggio
Enrico Piaggio (22 February 1905 - 16 October 1965) was an Italian industrialist.
Piaggio was born in Pegli, which at that the time was an independent municipality. He graduated with a degree in Economics from University of Genoa in 1927. and would later receive an honorary degree in engineering from the University of Pisa, in 1951.
Piaggio and his brother Armando inherited the family engineering business on their father's death in 1938. This had initially manufactured rolling-stock but had moved into aircraft production by the outbreak of World War II. Their factory was seriously damaged by Allied bombing and was unable to continue aircraft production when the war ended.
Enrico Piaggio took the decision to diversify into manufacturing Vespa scooters. This proved to be a far-sighted move, as Piaggio would eventually become one of the biggest manufacturers of two-wheel vehicles in the world.
In October 1965, Piaggio was taken ill at work during an industrial disupte. The ambulance taking him to hospital had to make its way through crowds of strikers. Piaggio was released from hospital and died at home ten days later. Thousands of mourners lined the streets as his funeral passed by, including many of the erstwhile strikers.

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World War I
World War I (WWI), which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939 (World War II), and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. It involved all the world's great powers, which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (based on the Triple Entente of the United Kingdom, France and Russia) and the Central Powers (originally centred around the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy; but, as Austria–Hungary had taken the offensive against the agreement, Italy did not enter into the war). These alliances both reorganised (Italy fought for the Allies), and expanded as more nations entered the war. Ultimately more than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilised in one of the largest wars in history. More than 9 million combatants were killed, largely because of enormous increases in lethality of weapons, thanks to new technology, without corresponding improvements in protection or mobility. It was the sixth-deadliest conflict in world history, subsequently paving the way for various political changes such as revolutions in the nations involved.

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Piaggio Avanti -- Updated With A Landing

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Throttle Jockey: 2007 Piaggio MP3

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Piaggio MP3 Hybrid - Official Launch Video

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Israeli jets targeted military research center: Syria

Zeenews

31 Jan 2013

Zeenews Bureau. Damascus. The Syrian Army has confirmed that Israeli Air Force fighter planes carried out strikes in its territory, but denied reports of a convoy carrying weapons to Lebanon was bombed. The Syrian Army statement says that the IAF jet fighters’ target was a military research centre near the border with Lebanon. Two people have been reported to be dead and five others injured in the attack ... First Published ... ....(size: 2.6Kb)

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This citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Revolution Against Assad's Regime which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows dead bodies on a street in Aleppo, Syria Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013.

Syria Massacre: Group Says At Least 65 Found Shot In Head, With Hands Bound In Aleppo

Huffington Post

29 Jan 2013

By Alexander Dziadosz and Oliver Holmes. BEIRUT, Jan 29 (Reuters) - At least 65 people were found shot dead with their hands bound in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Tuesday in a "new massacre" in the near two-year revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, activists said. Opposition campaigners blamed the government but it was impossible to confirm who was responsible ... The U.N ... State media did not mention the incident ... STALEMATE ... ....(size: 9.0Kb)

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Caleb Moore dies after X-Games snowmobile crash

BBC News

31 Jan 2013

A freestyle snowmobile rider hurt in a crash at last week's Winter X Games in Colorado has died at the age of 25. Caleb Moore was attempting a backflip when his snowmobile caught the edge of a landing area, sending him over the handlebars. The 450-lb (204-kg) snowmobile rolled over him ... 'Deeply saddened' ... ....(size: 1.7Kb)

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In this photo released by Korea Aerospace Research Institute, South Korea's rocket lifts off from its launch pad at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013.

South Korea launches rocket carrying satellite in battle for space supremacy

The Guardian

30 Jan 2013

Launch of 140-tonne rocket likely to anger North Korea, which incurred tougher UN sanctions after December launch. The rocket takes off from its launchpad at Naro, south of Seoul. South Korea has twice before failed to put a satellite into space. Photograph. Kari/AFP/Getty Images ... Relief greeted the Naro rocket's flawless liftoff from a space centre on the south coast at 4pm local time ... ....(size: 3.1Kb)

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Obama calls for swift overhaul on immigration

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

30 Jan 2013

LAS VEGAS -- Seizing an opening to rewrite the nation's immigration laws, President Barack Obama challenged Congress on Tuesday to act swiftly to put 11 million illegal immigrants living in the United States on a clear path to citizenship ... The response suggests that reaching consensus on immigration law changes remained difficult despite a new bipartisan push since the November elections ... Mr ... Sen ... He continued ... Although Mr ... Mr ... Mr ... ....(size: 5.5Kb)

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Ride Review: Aprilia SR 50 (Photos)

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31 Jan 2013

Rating for 2007 Aprilia SR 50. 5 ... As you may recall, I picked up the scooter second-hand from Dave Bowman earlier in the summer. It's been all I've hoped for (and more). The Piaggio Group, Italian built Aprilia SR 50 is a blast to ride ... The Morini engine hung on later here in the U.S., but now all current SR 50s are equipped with a 49cc Piaggio engine - still two-stroke, and still apparently with performance to spare, even in stock form ... ....(size: 9.5Kb)

Cookbooks: the word on the street

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31 Jan 2013

Street food traders are queueing up to write down their recipes and publish cookbooks. Will the results live up to expectations and inject some life into the genre?. The Pitt Cue van underneath Hungerford Bridge ... Photograph ... After giving up "proper" jobs, the brothers embarked on a 4,000km road trip around Italy to uncover the best kept secrets of pizza-making in a tiny 3-wheeler Piaggio Ape van – with a maximum speed of 40mph ... ....(size: 5.2Kb)

Invoke Launches Invoke Labs as Product Incubator Arm

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29 Jan 2013

The award-winning digital innovation company that created HootSuite diversifies its offering by establishing distinct service and product divisions ... Invoke is a Facebook Preferred Marketing Developer with deep industry expertise and a successful track record of leading multichannel digital strategies for global brands such as AOL, NBC, The Walt Disney Company, Dove, EA, GAP, Wells Fargo, ViaCom, Jim Beam and Piaggio North America ... ....(size: 3.6Kb)

Peripheral bets power small cap specialist's returns

Citywire

28 Jan 2013

Metzler Asset Management’s Lorenzo Carcano is adding to his southern European exposure following strong performance by his Italian and Portuguese positions, the small cap specialist has revealed ... Shares in the Italian company YOOX (internet retailer for high-quality clothing, +20%) and Piaggio (producer of motor scooters, +15%) also posted sizeable gains.’ ... ‘We used the low valuation as an occasion to buy,’ he said ... ....(size: 1.9Kb)

Avantair Names New Chief Operating Officer

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25 Jan 2013

Avantair, Inc. (OTCBB. AAIR) announced it has named David Haslett, a veteran finance and customer service executive, as its new Chief Operating Officer. Mr ... Avantair,® the sole North American provider of fractional shares, aircraft leasing and time card programs for the Piaggio Avanti aircraft, and the only publicly traded stand-alone private aircraft operator, is headquartered in Clearwater, FL, with more than 500 employees ... ....(size: 2.8Kb)

2013 - Corporate calendar (Piaggio & C SpA)

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24 Jan 2013

(Source. Piaggio & C SpA) Jan 24, 2013 16.01. Pontedera, January 24th 2013 - Piaggio & C. S.p.A ... Date Event Friday March 1st, 2013 Board of Directors ... Shareholders' Meeting ... distributed by. This noodl was issued by Piaggio & C ... and was initially posted at www.piaggio.com ... (noodl....(size: 2.5Kb)

Alpha-Status in Davos for Billionaire Means AA Car Access

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24 Jan 2013

Billionaire Rahul Bajaj is obsessed with his Davos car pass. The 74-year-old chairman of Pune, India-based Bajaj Auto Ltd ... “The first are prime ministers and political leaders ... I’m a double-A.” ... A year later, it agreed with Italy’s Piaggio to manufacture and sell Vespa Scooters ... In the 1970s, when Piaggio didn’t renew its license, Rahul began manufacturing his own brand of scooters with names like Chetak and Super ... At the Harvard party ... ....(size: 11.0Kb)

Bajaj working on new 3-wheeler platforms

DNA India

20 Jan 2013

Bajaj Auto plans to revamp its complete range of three-wheelers in order to boost sales. The company, one of the largest three-wheeler manufacturers in the country, is working on new platforms that will be launched next fiscal ... “Generally, the replacement cycle of a three-wheeler passenger vehicle is 15-20 years ... Piaggio is the close competitor with a market share of 34.48% ... Tweet . ....(size: 2.1Kb)

CAG finds many lapses in Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation's projects

The Times of India

16 Jan 2013

PUNE. Several works undertaken by the PimpriChinchwad Municipal Corporation under JNNURM were poorly planned and executed that led to wastage of revenue, according to the latest report of Comptroller and Auditor General of India ... Eight offers were received and after opening (in August 2007) technical bids, two firms - M/s Piaggio Automobile and James Automobile were found technically suitable. The lowest offer was by Piaggio Automobile....(size: 6.4Kb)

Motorcycles - Global Group of Eight (G8) Industry Guide

PR Newswire

10 Jan 2013

  Google. , Jan. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue.. Motorcycles - Global Group of Eight (G8) Industry Guide ... The report includes easily comparable data on market value, volume, segmentation and market share, plus full five year market forecasts ... ... Highlights ... Piaggio & C ... Piaggio & C ... Piaggio & C ... Piaggio & C ... Piaggio & C ... Piaggio & C....(size: 34.9Kb)

MOTORCYCLE SALES FINISH 2012 ON A HIGH (FCAI - Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries)

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09 Jan 2013

(Source. FCAI - Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries). 8th January, 2013 ... This is an increase of 5.4 per cent (5,930 units) over the 2011 number ... While scooter sales softened overall, Piaggio sales increased significantly, moving the brand to the top of the scooter volume table with 1,640 units which is an increase of 28% versus their 2011 number ... Ends. Download the summary report. Download the Top 10 report. Contact . ... T ... M ... E ... (noodl....(size: 3.4Kb)

Research and Markets: Motorcycles, Scooters and Mopeds - Global Strategic Business Report - 2012-2018

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08 Jan 2013

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http.//www.researchandmarkets.com/research/zq6hmc/motorcycles) has announced the addition of the "Motorcycles, Scooters and Mopeds - Global Strategic Business Report" report to their offering. “Motorcycles, Scooters and Mopeds - Global Strategic Business Report” ... Motorcycles, Scooters, and Mopeds ... A six-year historic analysis is also provided for these markets ... ... Ltd ... - Piaggio ... ... ....(size: 5.5Kb)

Piaggio Group closes 2012 with growth in leadership of Italian two-wheeler market (Piaggio & C SpA)

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07 Jan 2013

Piaggio & C SpA) ... Pontedera, 7 January 2013 - In 2012 the Piaggio Group strengthened its leadership of the Italian two-wheeler market, with its overall share rising to 30.3%, an improvement of 2.3 percentage points from 2011 ... This noodl was issued by Piaggio & C ... and was initially posted at www.piaggio.com....(size: 2.5Kb)

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For the aircraft manufacturer, see Piaggio Aero.

Piaggio & C. SpA
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Type	Public (Borsa Italiana:PIA)
Industry	Automotive
Founded	Sestri Ponente, Italy (January 24, 1884 (1884-01-24))
Founder(s)	Rinaldo Piaggio
Headquarters	Pontedera, Italy
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Roberto Colaninno, Chairman and CEO Michele Pallottini, General Manager Finance
Products	Aprilia Derbi Gilera Ligier Moto Guzzi Piaggio Vespa
Revenue	€1,485.4 million (2010) ^[1]
Operating income	€111.1 million (2010)^[1]
Net income	€42.8 million (2010)^[1]
Employees	7,529 (2010)^[2]
Website	Piaggio.com

Piaggio [ˈpjaddʒo] based in Pontedera, Italy encompasses seven brands of scooters, motorcycles and compact commercial vehicles. As the fourth largest producer of scooters and motorcycles in the world, Piaggio produces more than 600,000 vehicles annually, with five research and development centers, more than 6,700 employees and operations in over 50 countries.

1 History
- 1.1 Development
- 1.2 Under new ownership
2 Brands and models
3 References
4 External links

History [link]

File:Piaggiobrandlogo2.png

Logo for the Piaggio brand

Development [link]

With strong cash flow emanating from the success of the Vespa, Piaggio developed other products, including the 1957 Vespa 400, a tiny passenger car.

In 1959, Piaggio came under the control of the Agnelli family, the owners of car maker Fiat SpA. In 1964 the two divisions (aeronautical and motorcycle) split to become two independent companies as a result of the wide ownership by Fiat in Italian industry. The aeronautical division was named IAM Rinaldo Piaggio. The aircraft company Piaggio Aero is controlled by the family of Piero Ferrari, who still hold 10% of the famous car maker Ferrari.

In 1969 the motorcycle company purchased Gilera.

Under new ownership [link]

In 1959, Piaggio came under the control of the Agnelli family, the owners of car maker Fiat SpA. Vespa thrived, until 1992, when Giovanni Alberto Agnelli became CEO, but Agnelli was already suffering from cancer and died in 1997. In 1999 Morgan Grenfell Private Equity acquired Piaggio, but a quickly hoped-for sale was dashed by a failed joint venture in China. In Italy, Piaggio invested 15 million euros ($19.4 million) in a new motorcycle but dropped it after building a prototype. By the end of 2002, the company had run up 577 million euros in debt on revenues of 945 million euros, and booked a loss of 129 million euros.

Then came Roberto Colaninno: A lot of people told me I was crazy. Piaggio wasn't dying. It just needed to be treated better. Piaggio's financial position was in a bad shape, but its brand was still well known and its products were featured in many Hollywood films thanks to the Vespa ET4. In 1995, Colaninno had pulled off Europe's then largest-ever hostile takeover when he took control of Telecom Italia SpA. In October 2003, Colaninno made an initial investment of 100 million euros through his holding company Immsi SpA in exchange for just under a third of Piaggio and the mandate to run it. Chief executive Rocco Sabelli redesigned the factory on Japanese principles, and changed it so that every Piaggio scooter could be made on any assembly line.

Unlike the turnaround recipe applied at U.S. auto makers, Mr. Colaninno did not fire a single worker – a move which helped seduce the company's sceptical unions. "Everyone in a company is part of the value chain," said Colaninno. All bonuses for blue-collar workers and management were based on the same criteria: profit margins and customer satisfaction. Air conditioning was installed in the factory for the first time, increasing productivity. He also gave the company's engineers, who had been idled by the company's financial crisis, deadlines for projects. They rolled out two world firsts in 2004: a gas-electric hybrid scooter and a sophisticated tilting scooter with two wheels in front and one in back to grip the road better.

One of Piaggio's problems Mr. Colaninno couldn't fix from the inside was its scale. Even though Piaggio was the European market leader, it was dwarfed by rivals Honda and Yamaha. A year after restoring Piaggio's health, Colaninno directed Piaggio's takeover of the Italian scooter and motorcycle manufacturer Aprilia, and with it the Aprilia-owned Moto Guzzi, storied Italian manufacturer of motorcycles.

In 2006, Piaggio floated on the Milan Stock Exchange, becoming a Public Company.

In April 2006, the Abu Dhabi-based Mubadala Development, a principal investment company owned by the Government of Abu Dhabi, has acquired a 35 per cent of the equity of Piaggio Aero in order to fund new jet development.^[3]

Brands and models [link]

1962 Vespa 150 GL

Piaggio MP3 three-wheel scooter

P180 Avanti business aircraft

Group brands [link]

Aprilia - motorcycles, scooter and mopeds
Derbi - motorcycles, scooters, mopeds and recreational ATVs (quads)
Gilera - motorcycles, scooters, mopeds and recreational ATVs (quads)
Laverda - super sports motorcycles (dormant)
Ligier - 4-wheel micro automobiles
Moto Guzzi - motorcycles
Piaggio - scooters, mopeds, microcars, small commercial vehicles, business aircrafts
Vespa - scooters and mopeds

Models [link]

Vespa 400
Vespa ET2 (50 cc) & ET4 (125 cc & 150 cc) 1996-2005
Vespa LX50 (50 cc) LX125 (125 cc) LX150 (150 cc) 2006 - Replacement for the ET series
Vespa GT125/GT200/GTS250ie/GTS300ie Super (also known as the Grand Turismo and Grand Turismo Sport)
Vespa LXV125/LXV150/GTV/GT60 (special edition and limited-run Collector's Editions of the LX125/LX150 an GTS250 models)
Vespa PX125/150/200
Vespa Cosa
Vespa PK 50/80/100/125
Vespa ET3
Vespa Primavera
Vespa V90 & V50
Vespa GS150/160
Vespa SS180
Vespa Rally 180/200
Vespa Sprint
Vespa Super 125/150
Piaggio Ape 3-wheel submicro pickups.
Piaggio Porter 4-wheel microvans and micro-pickups, same as a Daihatsu Hijet.
Piaggio P180 Avanti business aircraft
Piaggio MP3 tilting 3-wheel scooter
FLY50/100/125/150
Free50
Typhoon 50 cc, 80cc, 125 cc (1995–2000;2012)
Sfera NSL (50 cc & 80 cc) 1991-1995
Sfera RST (RST standing for Restyle) (50 cc 2-Stroke & 125 cc 4-Stroke) 1995 - ??
NRG mc1-3 (50 cc) (mc standing for mark.)
NRG Power PureJet (50 cc fuel injection, water cooling)
NRG Power DT (air-cooled) and DD (liquid-cooled), both introduced in 2005
Zip (50 cc 2-stroke cat, 4-stroke & 125 cc 4-stroke)
Zip SP (50 cc 2-stroke cat, liquid-cooled)
Liberty (50 cc 2-stroke, 125 cc & 150 cc Quattrotempi)
Liberty S (50 cc 125 cc 200 cc)
Skipper ST (125 cc)
Piaggio Ciao (50 cc)
Si (50 cc)
Superbravo (50 cc)
Avanti (50 cc)
Grillo (50 cc)
Bravo (50 cc)
Grande (50 cc)
Boxer (50 cc)
Boxer 2 (50 cc)
X7 125 (European market), 250
X7 Evo (125, 300 cc) - announced 2009
X8 125 (European market), 250, 400
XEvo 125, 250, 400
X9 125/250 cc Evolution - the Evolution models superseded the previous X9 models in 2004, which were fitted with Honda engines
X9 500 cc Evolution with features not fitted on 125/250 cc models: hydraulic centre stand, integrated rider-to-pillion communication system, mobile phone charger in front dash cubbyhole
BV200/250
BV500 - neo-classic style, automatic transmission, top-speed 100 mph
Beverly (125 cc; 250 cc; 400 cc; 500 cc: Beverly is the Italian name for the BV models)
Carnaby (125 cc & 200 cc)
Free 50 (50 cc)
Hexagon (125 cc; 150 cc; 180 cc; 250 cc)
T (125 cc; 150 cc)
Zip 2000 (50 cc 4-stroke Aircooled)
Zip 2000 (50 cc 2-stroke Aircooled)
Zip sp '98 (50 cc 2-stroke, liquid-cooled)
Zip sp h2o (50 cc 2-stroke, liquid-cooled)
Zip 2000(125, 4-stoke, liquid-cooled)
Quartz (50 cc 2-stroke, liquid-cooled)
Quartz (125 cc, 2-stoke, Aircooled)
Storm (125 cc, 4 stroke, Aircooled)

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Electric scooters [link]

The new plug-in hybrid version of the Piaggio MP3 will be equipped with a 125 cc petrol engine and electric motor, which offers about 141 mpg_-US (1.67 L/100 km; 169 mpg_-imp) and travels 13 miles (21 km) using battery power alone. This machine could be out in 2009.^[4]

Piaggio/Vespa is also developing hybrid electric scooters. There are two models in the works, based on the popular Vespa LX 50 and the beefier Piaggio X8 125.^[5]

References [link]

^ ^a ^b ^c Piaggio Group: board approves 2010 draft financial statements, 2010-03-07
^ Statistics, piaggiogroup.com, 2011-06-29
^ UAEinteract.com. "Mubadala acquires 35 per cent in Italian business jet maker UAE - The Official Web Site - News". The-emirates.com. http://www.the-emirates.com/docs/Mubadala_acquires_35_per_cent_in_Italian_business_jet_maker/20506.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
^ "Piaggio Scooters Gone Green: 141 MPG Hybrid". TreeHugger. http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/piaggio-scooter.php. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
^ "Vespa Unveils Hybrid Scooters". TreeHugger. http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/04/vespa_unveils_h.php#ch01. Retrieved 2009-08-10.

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