Marelli Europe S.p.A. (formerly Magneti Marelli S.p.A.) is a European subsidiary of

Marelli Holdings , formerly Calsonic Kansei Corporation, is a Japan-based multinational automotive parts manufacturer with 58 manufacturing centres spread throughout the United States, European Union, South Korea, Mexico, Thailand, South Africa, India, China, a ...

which develops and manufactures components for the

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. The firm is headquartered in Corbetta, Italy, and includes 86 manufacturing plants, 12 R&D centres, and 26 application centers in 19 countries, with 43,000 employees and a turnover of 7.9 billion euro in 2016. Subsidiaries and brands of the company include

AL-Automotive Lighting Marelli Automotive Lighting is an automotive lighting company that is based in Germany. It was founded in 1999 as a 50-50 joint venture between the Italian firm Magneti Marelli Marelli Europe S.p.A. (formerly Magneti Marelli S.p.A.) is a Eur ...

, Carello, Cromodora, Cofap, Ergom Automotive, Jaeger, Mako Elektrik, Paraflu, Securvia, Seima, Siem SpA, Solex, Veglia Borletti, Vitaloni, and Weber.

History

Founded in 1919 as ''Fabbrica Italiana Magneti Marelli'' (FIMM), a joint-venture between

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and Ercole Marelli (1891–1993), an Italian electrical manufacturing company, the firm initially made

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s for the automotive and aviation industries, with its first plant in

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near Milan. It was a subsidiary of FIAT (now

Stellantis Stellantis N.V. is a multinational automaker formed in 2021 through the Mergers and acquisitions, merger of the Italian–American conglomerate Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and the French PSA Group, PSA (Peugeot S.A.) Group. The company's hea ...

) from 1967 onwards. On 22 October 2018, FCA announced that Magneti Marelli was being bought by

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, to be merged with the Japanese automotive company

Calsonic Kansei , formerly Calsonic Kansei Corporation, is a Japan-based multinational automotive parts manufacturer with 58 manufacturing centres spread throughout the United States, European Union, South Korea, Mexico, Thailand, South Africa, India, China, a ...

for $7.2 billion, a deal that would create one of the world's largest auto parts suppliers. In May 2019, Magneti Marelli and

merged to form Marelli.

Current work

, Magneti Marelli deals with intelligent systems for active and passive vehicle safety, and with

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systems. Business lines include

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systems, body control systems, powertrain control systems,

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instrument clusters, telematics systems, and computers,

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systems and components,

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s, and

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, wherein Magneti Marelli develops specific electronic systems for

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and the

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. Magneti Marelli worked with

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and Microsoft (

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, formerly Microsoft Auto), to develop an in-dash computer (

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) for Ford's work truck division introduced in 2008, with a built-in 6.5-inch, high-resolution touch screen and

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USB Universal Serial Bus (USB) is an industry standard, developed by USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), for digital data transmission and power delivery between many types of electronics. It specifies the architecture, in particular the physical ...

connectivity,

GPS navigation A satellite navigation (satnav) device or GPS device is a device that uses satellites of the Global Positioning System (GPS) or similar global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). A satnav device can determine the user's geographic coordinat ...

, voice recognition, and general office applications, e.g., word processing, contact, and calendar. In 2023, Magneti Marelli fired 140 workers at its Niehl plant near Cologne, Germany.

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Current work

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