ROME — Italian President Sergio Mattarella received a delegation of Pirelli & C. S.p.A executives, led by Executive Vice Chairman and CEO Marco Tronchetti Provera, Dec. 15 to honor the company's 150th anniversary.
Pirelli was founded Jan. 28, 1872.
"It was a great honor for me and for us all to have been received by President Mattarella on the eve of the 150th anniversary which Pirelli is celebrating in January 2022," Mr. Tronchetti Provera said.
Mr. Mattarella did not issue any comments on the company's milestone.
Pirelli has created a digital graphic novel about its history, split into five chapters.
"Since 1872, in fact, our company, thanks to the passion and desire to innovate of its people, has brought Italian excellence to the world, a testament to the values of entrepreneurship that have characterized the company since its birth," Mr. Tronchetti Provera said.
"The attention to product quality and production processes, to cutting-edge research, to the market's international culture as well as to the wellbeing of people in the workplace worldwide, demonstrated by the founder Giovanni Battista Pirelli and subsequently by his sons Alberto and Piero and grandson Leopoldo still characterize Pirelli today," he continued.
The executive called Pirelli a "company I am proud to lead and which focuses on the future every day, laying the foundations for the celebration of still many years of growth."
The members of the Pirelli delegation were:
- Marco Tronchetti Provera – Executive Vice Chairman and CEO
- Giorgio Bruno – Deputy Chief Executive Officer
- Andrea Casaluci – General Manager Operations
- Maurizio Boiocchi – EVP & Strategic Advisor Innovation, Technology & F1
- Valeria Leone – EVP Investor Relations, Competitive, Business and Value Insight and Micromobility Solutions
- Maurizio Abet – SVP Communication & Brand Image
- Antonio Calabró – SVP Institutional Affairs & Culture
- Giovanni Tronchetti Provera – SVP Prestige and Motorsport & SVP Sustainability and Future Mobility
- Alberto Pirelli – Business Advisor
- Nicolò Pirelli – General Manager Retail Svizzera
- Simona Scotti – Head of Testing, Validation and NPI, Cyber
- Francesca Baione – Head of Car Compunding, Sviluppo Materiali.
