Ferrari 15,000 Red Miles
Published: 17th July 2005
Ferrari 612 Scaglietti
The sponsors
Shell is a major international group with companies in over 140 countries worldwide. Its activities span everything from natural gas and oil exploration and production to chemical derivatives, renewable energies, industrial trading and much more. Shell manages around 56,000 service stations worldwide, serving over 25 million customers daily. It is Ferrari’s partner both for its production cars and in Formula 1.
Pirelli is a group with a long history stretching back over a century. The work done by Pirelli Lab in the phototonic, broadband and new materials fields as well as its MIRS (Modular Integrated Robotized System) for tyre manufacture are just two examples of the Group's technological excellence in action. Pirelli has 22 tyre factories in 10 countries and is one of the world's foremost high performance car tyre companies. It will be opening a factory in China shortly also.
Alcoa is the world’s leading producer of primary aluminium, fabricated aluminium and aluminium products. It is present in all of the main sectors of the aluminium industry. Alcoa supplies its products to the aerospace, automobile, packaging, building and commercial transportation industries. It offers an all-round design, planning, engineering and production service to it clients in the industrial markets. Alcoa is present in 43 countries worldwide and employs a workforce of 131,000 people. It builds the 612 Scaglietti and F430 aluminium chassis for Ferrari in Modena.
Puma is the global athletic brand that successfully fuses influences from sport, lifestyle and fashion. Puma’s unique industry perspective delivers the unexpected in sport lifestyle footwear, apparel and accessories, through technical innovation and revolutionary design. Established in Herzogenaurach, Germany in 1948, Puma distributes athletic footwear, apparel and accessories in over 80 countries worldwide. It is also Ferrari’s partner for its Formula 1 team.
Saima Avandero is the leading Italian group in the international transportation and courier sector. It has turned logistics, transportation and assistance network organisation into an art form. The company manages all aspects of product logistics for its clients (strategic management of collection, warehousing and distribution) and also offers the back-up of an avant-garde computerised and robotic industrial set-up.
Xin Yu Watch & Clock The Shanghai XinYu Watch and Clock Group Ltd is a market leader in the wholesale and retail distribution in the PRC of watches from internationally renowned brands. The Group distributes watches from over 30 prestigious brands through wholesale and an extensive retail network of over 100 luxury retail outlets in the PRC, covering most cities and tourism locations.
Fiat Auto was one of the great pioneers of the automotive industry, building its first car in 1899. Since then it has turned out over 85 million automobiles and light commercial vehicles divided into over 400 models. Fiat Auto maintains its presence on the international markets through three marques renowned for their innovative content, styling and industrial solutions: Fiat, Lancia and Alfa Romeo.
The Fiat Group also owns three representative offices and 17 companies in China. Its interests there constitute an investment of more than $1 billion and provide employment for almost 11,000 local people. Fiat is not only the leading Italian investor in China it is also one of the leading international automotive manufacturers present in the country.
Iveco is an international firm offering a complete range of transport vehicles and engines. It manufactures and sells over 160,000 commercial vehicles and 430,000 engines worldwide each year. In income terms this translates into around €9 billion. Iveco has 49 factories in 19 countries as well as 15 R&D centres, 31,000 employees and 844 dealerships. In 1996 it launched a major initiative to manufacture and sell its light commercial vehicles on the Chinese market. Today Iveco is one of the market leaders thanks to its Daily range of light vehicles which are built in Nanjing. It is currently involved in three joint ventures: this constitutes an investment of over $400 million and employs around 5,700 people.
