Piaggio Group brands
Italian maker of scooters and motorcycles and light commercial vehicles.
Piaggio Group owns 6 brands today: Piaggio, Vespa, Aprilia, Gilera, Moto Guzzi and Derbi.
- Founded
- 1884
- Country
- Italy
- Headquarters
- Pontedera
Brands Piaggio Group owns today
Most registered first, each with its most registered models.
Piaggio Group timeline
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Rinaldo Piaggio founded Societa Rinaldo Piaggio in Sestri Ponente, Genoa, making naval furnishings.
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Piaggio patented the Vespa scooter on 23 April 1946; first prototypes were started in 1945.
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Aeronautical and railway business split from Piaggio & C., which kept scooters.
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Piaggio & C. became a holding company; Piaggio V.E. S.p.A. was created.
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Piaggio acquired Derbi-Nacional Motor S.A., Spanish maker of small motorcycles.
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Agreement with Chinese group Zongshen to produce and sell engines and vehicles with Italian technology for Asia.
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Piaggio bought Aprilia, which already owned Moto Guzzi, entering the motorcycle business.
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Moto Guzzi passed to Piaggio in the same deal as Aprilia.
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Was listed on the Italian Stock Exchange.
Who owns Piaggio Group
- Most of Piaggio Group is owned by Immsi, since 2003.
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