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The Piaggio Group, based in Pontedera (Pisa, Italy) is Europe's largest manufacturer of two-wheeler motor vehicles and an international leader in its field. Today it has three distinct areas of activity:

  • 2-wheelers, scooters and motorbikes from 50cc to 1,400cc;
  • light commercial vehicles, 3- and 4-wheelers;
  • the robotics division with Piaggio Fast Forward, the Group's research centre on the mobility of the future based in Boston.

Generation of sustainable value

The Piaggio Group pursues the creation of value and growth over the long term through a responsible management of all available resources.

To this end, the Group uses the following capital:

Generation of sustainable value


Our resources

FINANCIAL CAPITAL

Shareholders, bondholders and banks ensure that Piaggio has the financial resources it needs, on condition that their expected return on invested capital is met.

PRODUCTION CAPITAL

The Piaggio Group operates on a global scale, with production sites in: 

  • Pontedera, the main technical headquarters of the Group, which manufactures Piaggio, Vespa and Gilera brand two-wheeler vehicles, light transport vehicles for the European market and engines for scooters, motorcycles and Ape vehicles; 
  • Noale (Venice), the technical centre for the development of motorcycles for the entire Group, and the headquarters of Aprilia Racing; 
  • Scorzè (Venice), a factory for the production of two-wheeler vehicles for the brands Aprilia, Scarabeo and Derbi;
  • Mandello del Lario (Lecco), a factory which produces Moto Guzzi vehicles and engines; 
  • Baramati (India, in the state of Maharashtra), with plants dedicated to the manufacture of three- and four-wheeler commercial vehicles, Vespa and Aprilia brand scooters and engines; 
  • Vinh Phuc (Vietnam) where Vespa and Piaggio scooters and engines are produced.

The Piaggio Group also operates via a joint venture company in China (Zongshen Piaggio Foshan Motorcycles, in Foshan, in the province of Guangdong), which is 45% owned by Piaggio (and therefore not consolidated in the Group’s results).

INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL

The Piaggio Group is aware of the great value of innovation and research and believes in the importance of sharing knowledge and ideas and in the stimulus that it can give to improving technologies, processes and products. For this reason the Piaggio Group has always been engaged on many fronts to consolidate the synergy between its research and development centres, the world of research and its industrial sector.

Moreover, from on early on as 2015, with the establishment of the Piaggio Fast Forward company, the Piaggio Group has developed a new way of doing research, to interpret the signs of change and find intelligent solutions to problems and new needs that will arise.

Piaggio Fast Forward aims to help the Piaggio Group, in cooperation with its Research and Development Centres around the world, to develop increasingly technological and innovative products that meet the changing needs of consumers. 

Every year, the Group’s intensive research and development activities lead to patents being filed in the countries where it works.

HUMAN CAPITAL

Human resources, and the skills, abilities and dedication offered by individuals, represent a key factor in Piaggio's competitiveness and growth at a global level. Everything we do as individuals or as a team is shaped by our strategic vision, result-driven approach, constant commitment to customer satisfaction, desire for innovation and awareness of the future needs of the market, to generate value for each and every stakeholder. People are the key element that enables us to meet challenges in an increasingly dynamic and competitive international scenario. It is for these reasons that Piaggio places such central importance on people in the organisation, assuring them our respect and protection in all Group companies.

RELATIONAL CAPITAL

The Piaggio Group has a direct sales presence in main countries in Europe, the USA, Canada, India, Vietnam, Indonesia, China and Japan, while it operates through importers in other markets of the Middle East, Africa, Central and Latin America and Asia Pacific.

How we build our strategic advantage

ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE

The Piaggio Group is structured into and operates within geographic segments (EMEA and Americas, India and Asia Pacific), for the development, manufacture and distribution of two-wheeler and commercial vehicles, as well as new mobility solutions.

Each geographic segment is equipped with production facilities and a sales network specifically dedicated to customers in this region.

The Group boasts an agile and flexible production capacity, enabling it to adapt quickly to the needs of the market.

A UNIQUE BRAND PORTFOLIO

The Piaggio Group sells two-wheeler vehicles under the brands Piaggio, Vespa, Aprilia, Moto Guzzi, Gilera, Derbi and Scarabeo and commercial vehicles under the brands Ape and Porter. Some of the Piaggio Group brands are the most prestigious and historic in the world of motorcycle racing: from Gilera (established in 1909), to Moto Guzzi (established in 1921),  Derbi (1922) and  Aprilia (1945), which has made a name for itself as one of the most successful manufacturers taking part in the world speed and superbike championships. In the scooter sector, the legendary Vespa brand has been synonymous with two-wheel mobility since 1946, and with over 18 million units produced to date, it represents a commercial success story of incredible longevity, as well as being one of the most recognisable icons of Italian style and technology in the world.

DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE NETWORK

Piaggio, which distributes its products in more than 100 countries, has an extensive distribution and sales network made up of qualified, reliable partners. 

Since the right location is essential in order to enable each brand to express its values, for a number of years, Piaggio has been using a new distribution format called “Motoplex”, joined by more than 700 sales points around the world. The Motoplex concept is based on the idea of showcasing "brand islands", giving the customer the real experience of the brand represented.

PRODUCT RANGE

The main objective of the Piaggio Group is to meet the most progressive needs for mobility, through a deep understanding of people and their habits, reducing the environmental impact and fuel consumption of its vehicles, ensuring customers excellent levels of performance. In its effort to ensure the sustainability of its products, the Piaggio Group takes into account the entire life cycle, which comprises the design, procurement of raw materials, production proper, use of the product by customers and, finally, decommissioning, which consists in disassembly at the end of service life and in the disposal and/or recycling of the components and raw materials.

The Piaggio Group's product range includes scooters, motorbikes and mopeds from 50cc to 1,400cc, three- and four-wheeler light commercial vehicles and, from the end of December 2020, an electric scooter distributed under the Aprilia brand. Moreover, the American affiliate Piaggio Fast Forward has been selling the GITA since November 2019, only in the USA.This smart robot is powered by electric motors and equipped with sensors and cameras, to follow people and avoid obstacles, and can transport up to 40 pounds.

In a society which is increasingly aware of the issue of sustainability, creating products with low environmental impact, in factories that are safe, non-polluting and do not waste resources, is becoming vital for survival.   

Constant focus is placed on research into vehicles that are at the cutting edge in terms of:

  • Ecology: products that can cut the emissions of pollutant gases and CO2 in urban and extra-urban areas; this is achieved by introducing electric engines and further developing traditional engine technologies (increasingly sophisticated internal combustion engines), as well as making more use of renewable, sustainable energy sources;
  • Reliability and safety: vehicles that allow a growing number of people to get about town easily, while contributing to ease traffic congestion and ensuring high levels of active, passive and preventive safety;
  • Recyclability: products that reduce the environmental impact at the end of their life cycle to a minimum;
  • Cost-effectiveness: vehicles with lower running and maintenance costs.

QUALITY CONTROL

Piaggio has a comprehensive quality management system to monitor product quality levels in the various stages of the production process and prior to dispatch to the customer. The standard procedures adopted at all Piaggio Group sites enable the constant monitoring of the quality of all vehicles produced, ensuring product standards that fully meet both regulatory and type approval specifications and the expectations of the end customer.

SUPPLY CHAIN

Some components are purchased externally in line with a global sourcing model that guarantees the quality and economy of the products supplied.

Piaggio ensures its suppliers sign its Code of Ethics; a procedure is currently being tested which will cover requirements to register with the Supplier List for Italy and a “Sustainability Statement”, to ensure compliance with Piaggio's ethical values throughout the production cycle and sales of its products. Sustainability for Piaggio does not begin and end at the gates of its factories. 

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY     

Piaggio aims to adopt a model of sustainable development that not only meets the expectations of stakeholders (investors, shareholders, staff, suppliers, community, public administration) by guaranteeing economic and social sustainability, but also roots its actions in environmental sustainability, meaning the ability to safeguard natural resources and the ability for the ecosystem to absorb direct and indirect impacts generated by production activities. Specifically, Piaggio seeks to minimise the environmental impact of its industrial activities by carefully defining the manufacturing technological cycle and by using the best technology and the most modern production methods. The pursuit of these environmental sustainability goals is blazing a trail of ongoing improvement in environmental performance.

 

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