pinchas ( " pini " ) ben-porat ( hebrew : פנחס בן פורת ; october 10 , 1914 - july 27 , 1955 ) was one of israel 's first aviators .

he was involved in the palavir , sherut avir , the iaf 's 101 squadron , and el al .

pinchas ben - porat

1 . pinchas goldschmidt ( b . 1963 ) swiss - born russian rabbi 2 . pinchas cohen gan ( b . 1942 ) , israeli artist 3 . pinchas ben - porat ( 1914 - 55 ) , israeli aviator middle names for pinchas : pinchas aharon pinchas efraim pinchas simeon pinchas yaakov
ben porat yosef ben porat aley - ayin banot tsa ' adah aley - shur .
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after effectively stopping the attack on nevatim , ben porat landed his plane near the settlement ' s perimeter fence , got off the plane without turning off the engine , and inquired as to the condition of the wounded . he was told that one of the fighters was badly wounded . ben porat decided to leave the gunner behind and take the injured man with him . the gunner helped ben porat lift the wounded man up onto the plane , and ben porat took him to beit eshel , where he received initial medical care . in the early afternoon ben porat evacuated him to tel aviv , and then came back for another wounded man .
sherut ha ' avir carries out its first raid : pinhas ben porat , in an rwd - 13 , attacks arab marauders who had been besieging nevatim .
in 1955 deputy state attorney ben - porat – “the first woman in this position” - became a mother — to daughter ronit , now a mother of three .
a year later she met and married a fellow eatern european immigrant , a polish - born manufacturer , yosef rubinstein . they later changed their name to ben - porat .
miriam ben - porat : a woman of ‘firsts’ | the jewish press - urltoken | prof . livia bitton - jackson | 6 tishri 5773 – september 21 , 2012 | urltoken
on july 27 , 2012 , miriam scheinsohn ben - porat , a woman who paved the way , a woman of milestones – of firsts — died at the age of 94 .
when the officer had left , ben porat decided to fly to nevatim immediately . he asked the people of beit eshel for a machine gun and hand grenades , and one of the men volunteered to come along as gunner . ben porat removed the two side doors , placed the gun in a way that would prevent its bullets from hitting the propeller or wheels , and took off for nevatim .
zevulun ben yaakov avinu ( 2312 - 1450 b . c . e . ) .
pinchas ben - porat learned to fly at aviron , the jewish agency ' s pre - world war ii flight school . with only 150 hours flight time , he became commander of the palmach ' s flying platoon in january 1944 . the palmach sent him to england for a year of advanced training and he returned in 1947 with a commercial flying licence , whereupon he immediately joined the sherut avir .
ben porat ' s self - assigned mission had been sherut ha ' avir ' s first attack sortie , and it received much attention . the british authorities were furious and announced that from that time onwards , any jewish plane which used weapons would be shot down .
harav pinchas chaim taub of rozla , zy”a , ( 5696 / 1935 ) . harav pinchas chaim taub was the son of rav yehudah tzvi of rozla . he was born on shemini atzeret in 5627 / 1866 . in his youth , reb pinchas chaim knew his maternal great - grandfather , rav yitzchak eizik of kaliv , but was closer to his other grandfather , rav eliezer tzvi of komarna . reb pinchas chaim married the daughter of harav avraham chaim horowitz of linsk , a descendant of harav naftali tzvi of ropshitz . following his marriage , reb pinchas chaim settled in linsk . after the huge fire that broke out in linsk in 5646 / 1886 , reb pinchas chaim returned to his father’s home in rozla . that year , reb yehudah tzvi was niftar , and reb pinchas chaim was appointed rav of the city in his place . he was only 19 years old at the time . as rav , reb pinchas chaim continued to travel to the court of his grandfather and , after the latter’s petirah , to rav yechezkel shraga of shinev . with the outbreak of world war i in 5674 / 1914 , reb pinchas chaim fled to margareten , where he lived for the next eight years . in 5683 / 1923 , he returned to rozla . tragedy struck again in 5686 / 1926 , when a fire broke out and his house was destroyed along with many valuable possessions . the chassidim built him a new , larger house . he was niftar on 11 tishrei , motzoei yom kippur 5696 / 1935 . in accordance with his tzavaah , his son rav yehudah yechiel was appointed his successor . his other sons were rav naftali betzalel , rav dovid shlomo of stry , and rav moshe ezra of samvishuer . his son - in - law was harav yechiel michel zukerberg of stry .
modi alon , ezer weizman , and ben - porat numbered among the tel aviv squdron ' s original pilots . on dec . 17 , 1947 - in the squadron ' s first week of existence - ben - porat was tasked with supporting the negev settlement of nevatim , which was under attack by arab irregulars . he took probably a rwd 13 or an auster and made it to nevatim without incident . once there , he removed his right - hand door and took on a gunner with a bren gun as well as several hand grenades . ben - porat and his gunner spent a half - hour performing close air support , after which he returned the bren and its gunner to nevatim and flew home . his actions would be emulated as a matter of practice by many jewish pilots and crew in the coming months .
naftali , zt
l , ben yaakov avinu , ( 2327 / 1435 b . c . e . : see above .
the tanna r ' elazar ben rab ' shimon , zt
l , ( 3884 / 123 c . e . ) .
when he arrived at nevatim , ben porat saw that there was a large scale attack under way , although the terrain - which afforded the arabs camouflage - prevented him from assessing the number of attackers involved . since it was not possible to shoot in the direction of flight - only diagonally and downwards - ben porat tilted the aircraft towards the target he chose each time , and told the gunner when to fire . the two fired and threw grenades on any spot where they saw people , or thought people might be hiding . it was not long before the attackers began fleeing for their lives .
ben - porat was chosen as one of the original ten pilots who left israel on may 9 to attend s - 199 training in czechoslovakia . he broke his arm crash - landing an s - 199 and was sent to fly transports during the first truce and , later , to b - 17s .
on may 6 , rubenfeld and lenart joined eight israeli sherut avir pilots ( modi alon , ezer weizman , jacob ben - chaim , pinchas ben - porat , itzchak hennenson , misha kenner , nachman me ' iri , and the immigrant eddie cohen ) on a leased pan african air charter dc - 3 leaving sde dov . it hopped to cyprus , rome , then geneva . from geneva , the group took a train to zurich and from there took a czechoslovakian airline dc - 3 to prague . after two days at a dingy prague hotel , they flew to ceske budejovice aboard a military ju 52 . assigned a barracks and luftwaffe flight jackets , they began training .
a short time after he had landed at beit eshel , an armored british police car pulled in . the police officer , from the station at be ' er sheva , questioned ben porat as to his reason for landing there , and wanted to know whether he possessed a flight permit from the department of civilian aviation .
in 1959 ben - porat was appointed as a judge in the jerusalem district court – another first . in 1975 , she became the president of the jerusalem district court . from 1964 through 1978 , she was also a professor at the hebrew university , specializing in contracts and commercial notes . she was the only faculty member without a doctorate .
birth of naftali ben yaakov ( born to bilha ) . it is also the day of his yahrtzeit in 2327 - 1435 b . c . e . :
fruitful son although in hebrew the phrase ben porath is used twice , the first time it is translated as ' fruitful son , ' and the second time , ' a fruitful vine ' ( targum ; saadia gaon ; sh ' muel ben chofni ) . others see it as a repetition ( rashbam ; ibn ezra ) .
ben porat replied that he had been sent by ( private aviation company ) aviron , and that the doctor accompanying him was from the magen david adom emergency medical service . the police officer went out to nevatim , to find out what was happening there . he returned a half hour later , and reported that the settlement was encircled by hundreds of arabs who were preventing anyone from entering or leaving .
after finishing high school in kovno in 1936 , she immigrated to the british mandate of palestine by herself ; siblings binyamin , reuven and bella soon followed her . her brother shimon managed to escape to russia and her sister rachel , to south africa . her parents , chayah and eliezer scheinsohn and her brother pinchas were murdered by the germans in lithuania in 1941 .
upon her retirement from the supreme court in 1988 , ben - porat was appointed state comptroller and ombudsman for public complaints—a position in which she was again the first woman—and she filled this role in a dynamic and innovative manner . she significantly changed the office’s modus operandi replacing scrutiny of government action after the event with preemptive reports and measures intended to prevent improper governmental behavior before it occurred . one example of such action was her report during the gulf war ( 1991 ) about gas masks not fitting the faces of many inhabitants . as a result , they were replaced .
the tanna rab ' akiva ben yosef , hy
d , died al kiddush hashem in caesaria , when he was murdered by the romans , ( see 5 tishrei ) for teaching torah . ( 3884 - 123 b . c . e ) . on that day rab ' yehuda hanasi was born ( kiddushin 72b ) . born ~ 50 ce , he received most of his teaching from rabi eliezer hagadol . one of the greatest of the tannaim , he was the teacher of great tzaddikim such as reb shimon bar yochai , reb meir baal hanes , reb yossi ben chlafta , reb yehuda ben eloy ' and reb nechemia , and it was to them he passed on the mesora ( tradition ) of the oral torah . when the evil empire of rome decreed a prohibition on learning torah , reb ' akiva taught torah in public , in defiance of their decree . he was caught and sentenced to death . he was brought out of prison to be tortured to death , with steels rakes tearing apart his flesh . it was the time of reciting the shema and in front of his students he was seen reciting the shema with great love for the one above , until his soul expired saying the words “hashem echod - the l - rd is one . ” rabi akiva was one of four tannaim who entered the pardes . the others were ben azzai , ben zoma , and acher [ elisha ben avuya ] . according to some , rabi akiva was the redactor of the sefer yetzira .
on july 4 , 1998 , she retired from her position as state comptroller , although she stayed involved in public activity and writing . she is the author of a variety of articles published in legal journals , of a book on state comptrol ( an interpretation of the basic law : state comptroller , 1998 [ 2005 ] ) , and a commentary on the law of assignment . she remained active in public causes , such as the battle against the destruction of antiquities on the temple mount . in 1991 ben - porat received the israel prize , the country’s most distinguished award , for her special contribution to the state .
rav shaul mekiketz shelai , born in djerba , one of the two main cities in tunisia , son of rav matuk sali , and grandson of emmanuel shelai . at an early age , he leaned under rav dovid hakohen , and at age 20 , he began to teach in the yeshiva of rav yosef bereibi , the ben porat yosef . with the latter’s passing , rav shaul became the rosh yeshiva . rav shaul edited and annotated many sefarim by previous gedolim of djerba , including kisei rachamim by rav rachamim mazuz and ben porta yosef by rav yosef bereibi . later in life , he and his wife moved to eretz yisrael and settled in shlomi , near nahariya . in yisrael , he wrote midrasho shel shlomo in 1948 and karmi sheli ( on kiddushin ) and medrash avos ( on avos ) in 1963 , as well as other writings . his final work , bayit va’shem was published posthumously in 1975 . appended to it is va’yatek mi’sham , offering guidelines and insightsd on raising children .
on december 17th reports came in from the negev which told of an attack upon a jewish convoy between revivim and ' asluj , with several fighters seriously wounded . sherut ha ' avir pilot pinhas ( ' pinyeh ' ) ben porat and a doctor named polak took off in an rwd - 13 towards the settlement of beit eshel , to give medical aid to the wounded . upon landing , they learned that one of the injured men had died of his wounds , and the other had already been taken to a hospital . they were informed , however , that a group of arabs was attacking the settlement nevatim , eight km . to the east , and that there were wounded there who were awaiting evacuation .
harav salman eliyahu , zt’l , ( 5632 / 1872 ? 1878 - 5701 / 1940 ) , the kerem shlomo . born in bagdad , he was a student of the ben ish chai , ( 1835 - 1909 ) , and married mazal , a granddaughter of the sister of the ben ish chai . rav salman moved to the united kingdom from iraq and studied theology & philosophy . due to the western education he received in england , rav salman served as the personal secretary to lord herbert l . samuel , the high commissioner of the british mandate for palestine . upon the advice of his mentor the ben ish chai , rabbi salman moved back to yerushalayim . one of his works is the kerem shlomo , an explanation of the sefer of the great kabbalist , the rashash , entitled the rechovot hanahar . his son is harav mordechai tzemach eliyahu shlit”a , a great rabbi and posek who served as the sephardic chief rabbi of eretz yisrael from 1983 to 1993 .
gedalia ben achikam , appointed by nevuchadnetzar to rule the remaining jews after churban bayis rishon ( the destruction of the first beit hamikdash ) , was murdered by yishmael ben nesanya . this unfortunate event brought great hardship and grief to the jewish people and is commemorated by a public day of fasting . ( 419 bce or 422 bce ) . some sources say that gedalia was slain on the first day of tishrei , but the fast was postponed till after rosh hashanah , since fasting is prohibited during a festival . according to radak , gedalia was killed today , on the second day of rosh hashana . upon his assassination , the last of the jews of judea were expelled from eretz yisroel
, appointed by nevuchadnetzar to rule the remaining jews after churban bayis rishon ( the destruction of the first beit hamikdash ) , was murdered by yishmael ben nesanya . gedalia was from the royal family of the kings of yehuda , his father was a minister and his grandfather a scribe for king yoshiyahu . after his appointment to rule over the poor of the jewish people , who remained behind in israel after the forced exile to babylon , he called for all the jews who fled to surrounding nations to return to israel and rebuild . king belis of amon wanted to stop the development of the jewish settlement , and convinced yishmael ben nesanya to murder gedalia and his supporters . see 2 tishrei .
ber learned with the pnei yehoshua in lemberg early in his life . in 1752 , he became the baal shem tov’s closest disciple . among his students were the rebbe reb shmuel shmelke halevi horowitz and his brother , reb pinchas halevi horowitz , the baal hafloh , the rebbe reb zushia and his brother , reb elimelech of lizhensk , rav levi yitzchak of berditchiv , rav nachum of chernobyl , rav shneur zalman of liadi . his son was rav avraham hamalach ( 1740 - 1776 ) . the classic anthologies of his teachings are likutei amarim , torah ohr , and ohr haemmes .
the verse can thus be rendered , ' joseph is a handsome son , a son handsome to the eye ; girls strode out to see him ' ( bereshith rabbah 98 ; rashi ) ; or ' young girls strode out on the wall [ to see him ] ' ( targum yonathan ; pirkey rabbi eliezer 39 ) . or , ' [ your ] daughters will walk the boundaries [ of their own lands ] ' ( tanchuma , pinchas 9 ; bamidbar rabbah 14 : 7 , 21 : 12 ; alluding to the fact that among joseph ' s descendants , women will be the first to inherit land ; see numbers 27 : 1 , joshua 17 : 6 ) .
zechariah ben yehoyada hakohen ( hanavi ) attempted to rebuke the people of israel for forsaking the derech hashem on a shabbat yom kippur ( yerushalmi taanis 4 : 5 ) . the people stoned him in the ezrat kohanim at the command of king yoash and he died . his blood boiled and bubbled on the grounds of the beit hamikdash for 252 years until the churban rishon ( kohelet rabba 3 : 20 ) .
gedalia ben achikam , appointed by nevuchadnetzar to rule the remaining jews after churban bayis rishon ( the destruction of the first beit hamikdash ) , was murdered by yishmael ben nesanya . gedalia was from the royal family of the kings of yehuda , his father was a minister and his grandfather a scribe for king yoshiyahu . after his appointment to rule over the poor of the jewish people , who remained behind in israel after the forced exile to babylon , he called for all the jews who fled to surrounding nations to return to israel and rebuild . king belis of amon wanted to stop the development of the jewish settlement , and convinced yishmael ben nesanya to murder gedalia and his supporters . this unfortunate event brought great hardship and grief to the jewish people and is commemorated by a public day of fasting on the third day of tishrei . . the sages established the fast of gedalia on the 3rd of tishrei to remember this tragic event and to teach us that the death of a tzaddik ( holy man ) is equivalent to the destruction of the beit hamikdash ( the holy temple ) . some sources say that gedalia was slain on the first day of tishrei , but the fast was postponed till after rosh hashana , since fasting is prohibited during a festival . according to radak , gedalia was killed on the second day of rosh hashana . upon his assassination , the last of the jews of judea were expelled from eretz yisroel .
harav avraham abali ben chaim halevi gumbiner , zt
l , ( 1634 - 5443 / 1682 ) , the magen avraham . born in gumbin , he witnessed the massacre of his parents in the chmielnitzki pogroms at the age of 18 . he escaped to lissa , and then to kalish , where he became rosh yeshiva and afterwards dayan of the city . he is the author of magen avraham , a definitive commentary on shulchan aruch orach chaim . he also authored zayit ra’anan on yalkut shimoni .
the tanna rab ' akiva was arrested by the romans . he was subsequently tortured and killed al kiddush hashem on yom kippur in caesarea , israel . rab ' akiva had been a 40 - year - old shepherd who could not even read the alef - bet . one day , he came across a stone that had been holed out by a constant drip of water . he concluded : if something as soft as water can carve a hole in solid rock , how much more so can torah - - which is fire - - make an indelible impression on my heart . rab ' akiva committed himself to torah study , and went on to become the greatest sage of his generation , with 24 , 000 students learning under him at one time . he received most of his teaching from rab ' eliezer hagadol . rab ' akiva was one of four tannaim who entered the pardes . the others were ben azzai , ben zoma , and acher [ elisha ben avuya ] . according to some , rab ' akiva was the editor of the sefer yetzira . the roman authorities eventually arrested him for
illegally
teaching torah . as he was being tortured , rab ' akiva rejoiced in fulfilling the biblical command to
love hashem with all your life .
as he died , rab ' akiva uttered the words of shema yisrael . his self - sacrifice for torah continues to inspire jews till today . the story of his killing , along with the other nine harugei malchut , is related in the stirring piyut , eleh ezkerah , recited during the yom kippur davening . a tannit tzaddikim was established to commemorate this event , as well as the killing of twenty jews during that time . ( shulchan aruch 180 : 2 )
harav dr . mordechai zeev ( ben aryeh leib ) braude , zt”l , ( 1870 - 1949 ) . born in brest litovsk , he was the son of rav of lvov . his mother , chana , was the daughter of rav tzvi hirsch orenstein , rav of brest litovsk , rzeszow and lvov . he was a delegate to the first zionist congress . he served as a rav in stanislawow and lodz , as well as a fighter for the rights of the jews in austria and poland , and their representative in legal bodies . he moved to eretz yisrael and lived in yerushalayim .
the squadron threw a party - a good party , according to rubenfeld - upon rubenfeld ' s safe return , at their quarters , the yarden hotel on tel aviv ' s ben yehuda street . all the pilots but modi alon drank heartily ( nomis and cull 1998 ) . the next morning , weizman missed the jeep to ekron , so he borrowed alon ' s motorcycle . at the beit degan junction , he hit a mortar shell crater and flew over the handlebars , breaking a bone in his left hand or wrist . the 101 was left with one plane and two pilots , lenart and alon .
rabbeinu chanoch ben rabbeinu moshe of cordova , zt
l , ( 1000 ) , one of the four shevuyim ( captives ) . the famous story of the
four captives
occurred , in which four premier torah scholars from babylonia were captured and redeemed in different centers in the mediterranean basin , where they became the leaders of important communities . the four set sail from southern italy to raise money for poor brides . they were set upon by pirates , who offered them to various communities . three of the four are known . harav shmaryohu ben elchonon was redeemed in alexandria , egypt ; harav chushiel was redeemed in tunisia ; rabbeinu moshe ben chanoch and his son chanoch were redeemed in cordoba , spain . they were first sold as slaves there and later redeemed by the community . rabbeinu moshe became rav of cordoba , and was succeeded in this position by his son after he was niftar in about 965 ( 4725 ) . his halachic rulings were considered to be on the level of the geonei bavel of his time , as were rabbeinu chanoch ' s . they established spain as a center of torah . rabbeinu chanoch ' s main talmid was shmuel hanoggid . harav dovid jungreis , zt”l , ( 1898 - 5731 / 1971 ) , rosh av beit din yerushalayim . rav dovid’s grandfather was rav moshe halevi jungreis , a student of the ktav sofer and the av beit din of kashoi , while his father was rav baruch reuven shlomo , the founder of the eidah hachareidit . he married rebbetzin miriam pu’ah , a daughter of rav asher zussman . in 1931 , at the age of 33 , he was appointed dayan in the eidah hachareidit beit din , joining rav yosef chaim sonnenfeld . his knowledge was so vast , the satmar rav once said , “if rav dovid is here , i don’t need any sefer . ” although he was childless , rav dovid’s insightful drashot , which were compiled by his students into a sefer , entitled or dovid .
was from the royal family of the kings of yehuda , his father was a minister and his grandfather a scribe for king yoshiyahu . after his appointment to rule over the poor of the jewish people , who remained behind in israel after the forced exile to babylon , he called for all the jews who fled to surrounding nations to return to israel and rebuild . king belis of amon wanted to stop the development of the jewish settlement , and convinced yishmael ben nesanya to murder gedalia and his supporters . see 1 tishrei . this unfortunate event brought great hardship and grief to the jewish people and is commemorated by a public day of fasting on the third day of tishrei . .
minkowski , pinchas (
pinie
; 1859–1924 ) , russian cantor and composer . he was born in belaya tserkov , ukraine , where his father was the town cantor . minkowski received his basic training from his father , and joined the choir of nissan * spivak (
belzer
) in kishinev . at the age of 18 , he was appointed spivak ' s successor and three years later became chief cantor of the choral synagogue (
chor - schul
) in kishinev . after further study in vienna , he sang in kherson , lemberg , and odessa , and spent three years at the kahal adas yeshurun synagogue in new york , but was recalled to odessa in 1892 as chief cantor of the brody synagogue , an office he held for 30 years . minkowski had a tenor voice of natural sweetness though lacking in power . he avoided extraneous effects such as word repetition , falsetto , and needless coloraturas . a prominent member of the intellectual group which flourished in odessa , headed by * bialik , he lectured at the jewish conservatory , was chairman of the ha - zamir (
the nightingale
) musical society , and published many articles on ḥazzanut and jewish music , in hebrew , yiddish , and german . after the russian revolution he left for the united states , where he continued to sing and lecture .
harav noach of lechovitz , zt”l , ( 5593 / 1832 ) . harav noach of lechovitz was the son of harav mordechai , the founder of the lechovitzer dynasty . he was born in 5534 / 1774 . he was the talmid of his father and also of harav baruch of mezhibuzh . following the petirah of his father in 5570 / 1810 , the chassidim appointed reb noach as his father’s successor , despite being just 36 years old . although the chassidim accepted him , reb noach refused to serve , saying that he felt that the elder and leading talmid of his father , harav michel of lechovitz , should be the new rebbe . finally , reb noach did agree to become rebbe , and many flocked to his court . although reb noach didn’t write down his divrei torah , they were recorded by the slonimer rebbe , the nesivot shalom , and printed as torat avot . in the sefer were also divrei torah of other rebbes of the lechovitz dynasty . reb noach was niftar on 7 tishrei 5593 / 1832 at the age of 68 . as reb noach had no sons , his chassidim separated after his petirah . most went to his talmid , rav moshe of kobrin ; some to his son - in - law , harav mordechai ; and some to his nephew , harav shlomo chaim of koidenov . harav yaakov entebbe , zt”l , ( 1870 ) , rav of damascus . ( others 5607 / 1846 ) . harav menachem nachum twersky of makarov , zt”l , ( 5612 / 1851 ) , fourth of the eight sons of harav mordechai , the chernobyler maggid . he married hinda mattel , daughter of rav yosef halevi horowitz , the admor of turchin , who in turn was the son of the chozeh of lublin . in 1833 he became rebbe in the town of makarov . harav yosef berabi , zt”l , ( 5679 / 1918 ) , dayan of djerba and author of ben porat yosef . harav yitzchak isaac ( eizik ) friedman , zt”l , ( 5704 / 1943 ) , author of nachlat yitzchak
rabbeinu yitzchok — the r”i hazakein , zt”l , of the baalei tosfot ( the commentary of the talmud ) ( 1120 - 1200 ) , ( others 4949 / 1188 ) . one of the greatest of the baalei hatosafot , the r”i of danfir , ( as he was known ) , is very often quoted in their commentary to the gemara . he was the son of rabbeinu shmuel , son of rabbeinu simcha of vitri , author of machzor vitri , who was a talmid of rashi . his mother was miriam , a sister of rashbam and rabbeinu tam , all of whom were children of rabbeinu meir ben shmuel , the son - in - law of rashi hakadosh . rabbeinu yitzchak was married to the daughter of rabbeinu yehudah ben rabbeinu yom tov . ( according to another opinion , he was married to the daughter of the riva”m . ) he was a disciple of his uncle , rabbeinu tam , and succeeded him as rosh yeshiva in romrog ( ramerupt ) after rabbeinu tam moved to troyes . there he disseminated torah to klal yisrael . thereafter , he founded the yeshiva at dampierre . he was always careful not to argue with his uncle / rebbe and always showed the highest regard for him ; he obeyed his commands and asked for his decisions in letters , and nullified his own opinion to that of rabbeinu tam . most of the baalei tosafot were his talmidim . the study hall of rabbi yitzchak is considered to be the source of the main body of the tosfot commentary . sixty torah scholars studied before him ; each had mastered a specific masechta of shas . using this system and learning together , they clarified numerous difficult concepts throughout shas . rabbeinu yitzchak was a kabbalist who lived an ascetic life , davened at great length , and was always the last to leave shul . for yom kippur he would fast two days due to sfeika d’yoma — the reason that we in the diaspora observe two days of each yom tov . among his students were rav shimshon of sens ( who edited many of our tosefot , wrote important works in his own right , and led 300 families to settle in eretz yisrael in 1211 ) , the ros”h of shantz , rav yitzchak ben avraham ( the ritzba ) , his son rabbeinu elchanan , and rabbeinu baruch baal haterumah , who went to live in eretz yisrael . ri had at least two sons , both of whom died in his lifetime : rabbeinu elchanan and rabbeinu shlomo . the r”i was buried in ramerupt , germany . through the efforts of rabbi yisrael meir gabbai , an ohel was built in recent years at the site believed to be the beit hachaim of many of the baalei tosafot , including the r”i .
harav eliyahu ben shlomo zalman kramer , zt
l , ( 5480 / 1720 – 5558 / 1797 ) , known as the ' vilna gaon
(
the genius from vilna
) . he is regarded as the greatest rabbi of the past 500 years . the vilna gaon possessed a photographic memory : at age three he already knew the entire bible by heart , and by age seven he knew several tractates of talmud by heart and gave his first public discourse . by the time he was ten he had advanced to the point where he no longer needed a teacher . legend says that by age 12 he was able to kabbalistically create a golem ( life out of formless mass ) . at the age of 35 he was approached by one of the leading sages of that time , rav yonaton eybschutz , to act as an intermediary in the conflict between him and another great sage , rav yakov emden .
birthday and yahrtzeit of zevulun ben yaakov avinu . he was the tenth son of the patriarch yaakov , the sixth son of the matriarch leah . he was born in paddan aram . his mother leah gave him his name , as the verse states ( bereishit 30 : 20 ) : “g - d has endowed me ( zevadani ) with a good endowment ; now my husband will make his permanent home with me ( yizbeleini ) for i have born him six sons . so she called his name zevulun . ” his tribe was blessed by his father ( bereishit 49 : 13 ) : “zevulun shall settle by seashores . he shall be at the ship’s harbor , and his last border will reach zidon . ” his tribe provided support by means of their merchant activity to the tribe of yissachar , so they could devote themselves full time to torah study . when the children of israel left egypt they brought the bones of zevulun with them and buried them in zidon .
rabbeinu yitzchak halevi from speyer , zt”l , ( 1133 ) , talmid of rashi . harav avraham abish of frankfurt , zt”l , author of birchat avraham ( 5529 / 1768 ) . harav avraham abish was born in 5450 / 1690 . his father was harav tzvi hirsh , rav of mezeritch . he learned under rav tzvi hirsh of halberstadt and rav naftali katz , the semichas chachamim . after his marriage , his wife opened a small store , while he sat and learned . it is said that he was zocheh to gilui eliyahu during this period . meanwhile , in the city of koriv , rav pinchas instructed before his passing that his place be filled by this tzaddik nistar . harav avraham abish was renowned for his hospitality ; rav chaim of volozhin said he reached the level of avraham avinu in hachnasat orchim . he gave away all his money to tzedakah . although a respected rav , he never considered it below his dignity to collect for tzedakah . in 5516 / 1756 , rav avraham abish was appointed rav of frankfurt . on his first shabbat as rav , rav avraham abish said in his drashah that he had three questions to ask . of himself : how could he dare take up this position in a city that had had rabbanim like the shelah , the pnei yehoshua and others ? of the kehillah : how could they appoint him rav ? and , k’vayachol , of hashem : could he not have found a more worthy rav for frankfurt ? rav avraham abish wrote numerous sefarim , including birchat avraham , on shas ; emek hamelech , on the rambam ; kaneh avraham , on the torah and the megillot ; machazeh avraham , on haggadah shel pesach . he was niftar on 11 tishrei 5529 / 1768 , at age 78 . he was survived by his sons : rav elazar , rav of shvell ; rav yaakov , rav of kariv ; rav aryeh leib of kari ; rav yosef of kalish ; rav tzvi hirsh of frankfurt ; and rav ozer of mezeritch ; and a son - in - law , rav asher lemel hakohen . harav tzvi aryeh of alik , zt”l , ( 5572 / 1811 ) .
harav yechiel michel ( ben moshe ) of zhvil , zt”l , the second zhviller rebbe ( 5548 / 1787 - 5615 / 1854 ) . his father , rav moshe , the first zhviller rebbe , was one of the five sons of the zlotschover maggid , r ' yechiel michel . the family were descendants of the zlotchov dynasty , and he was named after harav yechiel michel , the zlotchover maggid . reb yechiel michel married the daughter of harav yisrael chaim of ludmir , who was the son of harav avraham hamalach , son of the maggid of mezeritch . following the petirah of his father on 10 iyar 5591 / 1831 , reb yechiel michel was named rebbe in zhvil . reb yechiel michel was renowned for his ahavat yisrael , his love and concern for every jew , and most of his divrei torah were on the topic of ahavat yisrael . he worked hard on behalf of those who were in trouble with the government ( pidyon shevuyim ) . reb yechiel michel was niftar on 12 tishrei ( the yahrtzeit of his wife’s grandfather , harav avraham hamalach ; see above ) , and buried in zhvil . his sons were rav mordechai of zhvil , rav yitzchak shlomo of zelichov and rav moshe . his son - in - law was rav yaakov mordechai , rav of valkobisk .
harav meir yeudah leibush ben yechiel michel ( malbim ) , zt
l . ( 1809 - 5640 / 1879 ) . he was born in volhynia and was still a child when his father died . he studied in his native town until the age of 13 . he then went to warsaw where he was known as the ‘ iluy from volhynia . ' from 1838 to 1845 he was rav of wreschen , district of posen , and in the latter year was called to the rabbinate of kempen , where he remained until 1860 ; he was thereafter known as
der kempener .
in 1860 malbim became chief rabbi of bucharest , rumania . but he could not agree with the rich german jews there who wished to introduce the reform rite and even threatened violence in the pursuit of their aims . by intrigues they succeeded in throwing him into prison , and though he was liberated through the intervention of sir moses montefiore , it was upon the condition that he leave rumania . he became rav of moghilef , on the dnieper in 1870 , but his lack of subservience provoked the resentment of the richer jews , who denounced him as a political criminal . the governor of moghilef ordered him to leave town . malbim then went to königsberg as chief rabbi of the polish community , but there he fared no better than in bucharest and moghilef ; he was continually harassed by the german jews . his fame and immense popularity rests upon his widely esteemed commentary to tanach , in which he details the close relationship between the oral and the written law .
harav yitzchak aryeh ( zekel leib ) wormeiser ( wormer ) , zt
l , ( 5527 / 1767 or 1768 - 5608 / 1847 ) , also known as the baal shem of michaelstadt ( 1768 - 1847 ) . harav yitzchak aryeh , known as reb zekel leib , was born in michaelstadt , germany . his father was harav matisyahu . the family traced their lineage from harav eliyahu baal shem , stretching all the way back to dovid hamelech . from his earliest youth , reb yitzchak aryeh reached exalted madreigot through self - deprivation . at the age of 15 , he went to learn under the auspices of harav nosson hakohen adler , one of the greatest rabbanim in his time . at the age of 17 , he left home to learn at the yeshiva gedolah of frankfurt , headed by rav pinchas horowitz , the baal hafla ' ah . by the time he was 18 , reb yitzchak aryeh was fluent in chochmat hakabbalah . he also became close to rav nosson adler , the chasam sofer ' s rebbi . he continued learning under rav nosson adler until 5549 / 1789 , when he married , returned to his hometown and founded a yeshivah . hundreds of talmidim thronged to his yeshivah . reb yitzchak aryeh took care of all their needs with care and warmth . due to persecution by kehillah members who opposed his ways , as well as his frequent forays into chochmat hanistar , he was not accepted as rav in michelstadt . in fact , once they even had him thrown into jail . as these events detracted from his ability to continue his rigorous avodat hashem , he moved to mannheim , where he remained for a short while . in 5582 / 1822 , reb yitzchak aryeh moved back to michelstadt , where he was finally accepted as rav of the city and its surrounding environs . he was known as a baal mofet , performing many wondrous miracles in order to help yidden . people flocked to him from all over the continent . gedolim such as the chiddushei harim and the chasam sofer told their petitioners to seek his brachah . reb yitzchak aryeh suffered much during his lifetime . he lost his rebbetzin at a young age and a number of his children died in his lifetime . as mentioned above , he suffered persecution and his home burned down with his entire collection of precious sefarim and unpublished manuscripts . what remained of his writings was gathered and published by machon yerushalayim in the baal shem of michelstadt . reb yitzchak aryeh was niftar on the night of motzoei tzom gedaliah , and is buried in the beitt hachaim in worms . ( some have the yahrtzeit as 4 tishrei ) .
harav yosef shlomo delmedigo , zt”l , the yashar of candia ( 1591 - 5416 / 1655 ) . his forefathers moved to crete from germany in the early 15th century . as a youth , he excelled in his torah studies as well as mathematics , astronomy , medicine and mastered several languages , all before he was 15 . he then traveled to padua to enroll in the university , where he studied under galileo . after graduation , he returned to candia . he married and began to practice medicine , by which he earned his acronym , “yashar” ( yosef shlomo rofeh ) . he wrote an encyclopedic treatise entitled bait yaar halevanon , a summary of all branches of knowledge studied in his days ( never published ) . he also amassed a library of over 7000 volumes . he became the personal physician of prince radzivil of lithuania while he lived in vilna . while there , he replied at length to a series of deep questions on philosophy , mathematics , and astronomy . his treatise is called mayan ganim , but the reference is sometimes called by the name of the book of the questions , sefer eilim . rav yosef became rav of hamburg , where he wrote matzreif lachachmah , a defense of the study of kabalah . in 1628 , he became sephardic rav of amsterdam , where his sefer novlot chachmah , was published . harav yitzchak eizek of koritz , zt”l , ( 1787 ) . harav meshulam katz , zt”l , ( 1799 ) , author of ikar tosefot yom tov . harav mordechai of lechovitch , zt”l , ( 1810 ) , disciple of rav shlomo of karlin . he was exceedingly charitable , particularly toward the poor of eretz yisrael . harav meir ben aaron judah arik of tarnow , galicia , zt”l , ( 1855 - 5687 / 1926 ) . he was the teacher the maharsham , reb yehuda ( yeedle’le ) horowitz of dzikov , and rav meshulam roth ; author of teshuvot imrei yosher , tal torah and more . ( others 1925 ) . harav mordechai leifer of nadvorna , zt”l , ( 1835 - 1894 ) . the great - grandson of rav meir “the great” of premishlan , rav mordechai was orphaned early and raised by his uncle , reb meir’l of premishlan . his teachings are collected in gedulat mordechai .
harav avraham kalfon , zt”l , rav of tripoli , libya , ( 5495 / 1735 - 5580 / 1819 ) . born to rav refael , in tripoli , libya . ( actually , in those days , libya did not exist - the region was comprised of three independent regions , cyrenaica , tripolitania and fazzan . by the time of rav avraham ' s birth , ahmed karamanli controlled much of modern libya . karamanli was a member of the sultan ' s household guard , assassinated tripoli ' s evil ottoman governor in 1711 , and installed himself as a semi - independent ruler in his stead . as a result , tripoli became a corsair ( barbary pirate ) base . ) . the family was a distinguished one , their lineage stemming from parnassim and dayanim . he learned under several sages , most notably the italian gadol , rav malachi ben yaakov hakohen , author of yad malachi , a sefer that discusses the methodology and rules of the shas and poskim . blessed with wealth from both his parents and his in - laws , rav avraham was able to devote himself to torah his whole life . he was appointed sheikh ( president ) of tripoli ' s kehilla , in 1778 . harav avraham writes of himself that he was appointed parnass in tripoli in 5535 / 1775 , holding the post until 5541 / 1781 , with another term from 5552 / 1792 until 5558 / 1798 . he was fluent in both nigleh and nistar . harav avraham was interested in history and searched through archives for manuscripts , becoming fluent in the jewish history of ancient tripoli . he had a special relationship with the chida ; the two exchanged many letters . in 5564 / 1804 , harav avraham went to livorno , living there near the chida for a year and a half . harav avraham was renowned for his acts of tzedaka , especially for needy talmidei chachamim . his love of eretz yisrael impelled him to move there in 5566 / 1806 . he settled in tzefat , where he remained for the rest of his life . harav avraham was niftar on shabbat shuvah , 6 tishrei , 5580 / 1819 , at the age of 84 . he wrote numerous sefarim . the best known is chayei avraham , on the reasons for the mitzvot . ( others 7 tishrei ) .
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this will eventually be a list of all the 101 pilots and others involved with the squadron , with each name linked to a page or list of links about that pilot . i will consider the unit to have formed up on may 21 , 1948 , the date on which the first avia s - 199 arrived in israel . although not officially named the 101 squadron until later , the unit first took part in operations on may 29 .
to start with , here ' s an alphabetical list , of the following format : name ; nationality ; date of arrival in israel ; fate ; comments . dates are 1948 unless otherwise noted .
the living and bathroom conditions of the squadron were not the most glamorous . their bathrooms weren ' t adorned with luxury bathroom accessories , nor did their showers have extremely hot water . in fact , some locations didn ' t have bathrooms at all !
after the war of independence , he became the first israeli to teach in the iaf flying school and helped manage the program . after a tour as co of 69 squadron ( flying b - 17s ) , he left the military in 1950 to join el al . he was the co - pilot on the el al constellation mistakenly shot down by the bulgarian air force , july 27 , 1955 , killing all aboard .
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piaggio & c. spa ( piaggio ) [ ˈpjaddʒo ] via its subsidiaries designs , engineers , manufactures and distributes two wheeled motor vehicles and compact commercial vehicles under seven brands .

piaggio & c. spa corporate headquarters are located in pontedera , italy .

piaggio 's various subsidiaries employ a total of 7,053 employees who produced a total of 519,700 vehicles in 2014 .

piaggio operates six research and development centers and operates in over 50 countries .

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piaggio group : vespa makes its official debut on the indian market . | piaggio group
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piaggio ' s avanti evo boasts a top speed of 402 knots . ( piaggio aero )
piaggio india offers a total of 4 bikes . these consist of 1 piaggio upcoming bike and 3 new piaggio bikes in india . . the list of piaggio bike models in the country comprises 3 scooter . some of the popular piaggio bikes in india include piaggio vespa , piaggio vespa 150 , piaggio vespa 70th anniversary edition . as of july 2018 , piaggio has a total of 80 dealerships spread across 59 cities in india . check piaggio price in india and also know piaggio on road price , read piaggio bike reviews , watch videos , compare piaggio bikes online with bikes from other manufacturers and get news alerts from urltoken
i . a . m rinaldo piaggio ( aviation - railway industry ) and piaggio & c . ( scooters ) split .
copyright © 2017 piaggio & c . spa registered office : viale rinaldo piaggio , 25 - 56025 pontedera ( pi ) vat 01551260506
tukxi is an italian piaggio tri - porter , a piaggio ape calessino to be accurate . tukxi ' s history began at the italian piaggio factory in pontedera , near the leaning tower of pisa .
piaggio boasts a long - standing history in italian industry and mobility . back in 1882 , enrico piaggio opened a factory for the production of naval supplies . this was followed , two years later , by the founding of piaggio & c by rinaldo piaggio , engaged from 1889 in the railways sector .
piaggio vehicles pvt . ltd , the wholly owned indian subsidiary of the italian piaggio group , has inaugurated its new manufacturing facility for the iconic vespa scooters .
current models include piaggio ape cross , 50 , tm , classic and calessino .
and all the iconic power of the piaggio group brands , products and merchandise .
piaggio group : vespa makes its official debut on the indian market . - download pdf
the piaggio museum is significantly updated and expanded in terms of size and . . .
piaggio also values know - how sharing by arranging training events facilitated by internal trainers .
[ development ] piaggio p . 108b : the imperial eagle - news - war thunder
piaggio has unveiled an upgraded version of the p . 180 twin turbo - prop .
the immsi group’s chief executive officer and chief operating officer is michele colaninno , who is also a director of the piaggio group and chairman of the subsidiary piaggio fast forward . in december 2004 piaggio entered the motorcycle business with the acquisition of the aprilia and moto guzzi brands
and the piaggio mp3 three - wheel scooter ( 29 . 3 % increase in revenues )
piaggio & c . s . p . a . - company profile , information , business description , history , background information on piaggio & c . s . p . a .
piaggio vietnam celebrates the 500 , 000th scooter to leave the production line at the vinh phuc factory in vietnam , another significant milestone in piaggio group operations on asian markets . the 500 , 000th scooter produced by the piaggio group’s vietnamese factory is a white vespa sprint 125 .
as from the 1960s , piaggio began to churn out a series of highly successful products .
piaggio expectsfaaapproval of the $ 7 . 4 million evo to follow closely behind that fromeasa .
in india , the piaggio market share in light commercial vehicles up to 26 . 7 % .
italian for bee is a three - wheeled light commercial vehicle first produced in 1948 by piaggio .
geneva may 04 , 2006 owner of first production piaggio p . 180 purchases new avanti ii aircraft
faber gmbh austrian general importer of piaggio group brands and various accessory brands . » continue reading «
principal subsidiaries : piaggio international holding b . v . ( netherlands ) ; piaggio veicoli europei s . p . a . ; piaggio pro - ind s . p . a . ; piaggio italia s . p . a . ; altea s . r . l . ; piaggio france s . a . ; piaggio espana s . a . ( spain ) ; fiv e . bianchi s . p . a . ( 75 % ) ; piaggio argentina s . p . a . ( 62 % ) ; piaggio lyman china co . , ltd . ( hong kong ; 51 % ) ; piaggio asia pacific pte ltd . ( singapore ) ; piaggio indochina pte ltd . ( singapore ) ; almec s . p . a . ; sidca srl ; intent s . p . a . ( 75 % ) ; free time srl ( 75 % ) ; reparto cose bianchi s . r . l . ( 75 % ) ; bianchi u . s . a . inc . ( 75 % ) ; eudicycles s . a . ( france ) ; piaggio vespa b . v . ( netherlands ) ; piaggio deutschland gmbh ( germany ) ; piaggio ltd . ( u . k . ) ; piaggio portugal ltda . ( 92 . 8 % ) ; piaggio hellas epe ( greece ) ; findutch service n . v . ( netherlands antilles ) ; pro - ind brasil ltda . ( brazil ) ; piaggio v . e . poland sp . zo . o ( 97 . 5 % ) ; errebi s . r . l .
vespa is an italian brand of scooters built by piaggio since 1946 . piaggio first licensed the production of vespa scooters in india to bajaj auto in the 1960s . in 1971 , piaggio ' s license was not renewed as a part of indira gandhi ' s privatization programs . vespa found another partner in lml motors and the jv between piaggio and lml began in 1983 . lml , in addition to being a large parts supplier for piaggio , produced the p - series scooters for the indian market . in 1999 , after protracted dispute with piaggio , lml bought back piaggio ' s stake in the company and the partnership ceased . piaggio used the 2012 delhi auto expo platform to launch the vespa scooter in india and now with a factory in baramati , the company is planning to expand that portfolio .
marking the 70th anniversary of the iconic vespa scooter , piaggio introduced a special commemorative series of models .
the robotics division with piaggio fast forward , the group mobility of the future research centre in boston .
across the atlantic , the group operates through piaggio group americas , a subsidiary headquartered in new york , and on the west coast , in pasadena , california , through the piaggio group advanced design center .
faber roller & bike shop retail shop for brands of the piaggio - group . » continue reading «
in 2015 , the piaggio group sold 519 , 700 vehicles worldwide ( 546 , 500 in 2014 ) .
parent company piaggio & c . s . p . a . : net profit € 18 . 8 million
faber moto s . r . o . czech general importer of piaggio group brands . » continue reading «
piaggio vietnam ltd . , vietnamese subsidiary of piaggio group , officially launches sale in the local market of the vespa lx scooter produced in its plant located in the binh xuyen industrial district ( province of vinh phuc ) .
during the first world war , piaggio diversified into aeroplanes and seaplanes , and opened plants in pisa and pontedera .
on 14 january 2016 , the group launched the new piaggio liberty , the scooter regarded as a milestone in the development of two - wheel mobility . originally presented in 1997 , the piaggio liberty has been a market best - seller with more than 900 , 000 scooters shipped in 18 years . the new piaggio liberty also features the new piaggio iget engines , in an air - cooled version , the state of the art in the respective displacement categories .
8 / 13 / 04 woodstock , ga – aprilia world service usa inc . announced today the industrial and strategic agreement between piaggio and aprilia . in the agreement , piaggio will obtain a 100 % stake in the aprilia group .
the well crafted piaggio three - wheel scooter has gone where few scooters have gone before . . . totally green !
rinaldo piaggio founded piaggio in genoa in 1884 . the company was based at sestri ponente and produced ship fittings . in a few years the young rinaldo had expanded into railway fittings and aeronautics and opened a new factory at finale ligure .
as sales of the avanti hit bottom , mubadala aerospace , an entity owned by the government of abu dhabi , took full control of piaggio aero earlier this year . mubadala has been a shareholder in piaggio aero since 2006 . the move followed a broad - based restructuring of piaggio aero last year . as part of the restructuring , india’s tata industries relinquished its partnership stake in piaggio , giving mubadala control of 98 . 05 percent of the company’s stock . piero ferrari , who had been a major shareholder and had served as chairman of piaggio , retains 1 . 9 - percent ownership .
during october 2015 , the piaggio group began marketing the new versions of the piaggio porter , powered by the new multitech euro 6 petrol engine , which , compared with the previous models , offers enhanced performance and cuts emissions and fuel consumption .
also in the usa , piaggio fast forward inc . ( pff ) , a piaggio subsidiary headed by michele colaninno , was established in boston in 2015 to conduct research into innovative mobility and transport solutions and technologies ( see final section ) .
the piaggio museum goes beyond vespa , is significantly updated and expands in terms of the size and scale of . . .
piaggio is the leader in the light mobility sector in europe and the us . on the strength of this supremacy , its extensive history and power of the brand , piaggio is now focusing its attention on the new mobility needs of asian citizens .
the piaggio group also operates in china with a joint venture ( zongshen piaggio foshan motorcycles , based in foshan in the province of guangdong ) in which it holds a 45 % stake and which is therefore not included in the group’s consolidated results .
the company diversified further in the late 1980s , increasing its investments in automobile components and other industries related to vehicle manufacture . piaggio also reorganized its corporate structure in 1988 , forming a sub - holding company under the main umbrella of piaggio & c . s . p . a . , called piaggio veicoli europei s . p . a . piaggio veicoli held all the core businesses related to the manufacture and sale of vehicles , including scooters , motorcycles , three - wheelers , and the light trucks the company was beginning to develop . another division handled the manufacture of piaggio ' s bicycle brands . a third major division was responsible for car and motorcycle components and the other miscellaneous ventures , such as industrial robots , that piaggio had bought into .
on the asian markets , the piaggio group intends to maintain its position as reference player on the vietnamese premium scooter market , supported by the full renewal of its product ranges , which has already seen the launch of the new piaggio liberty and medley models .
the iconic marque was first patented on april 23 , 1946 , by the piaggio company of pontedera , in tuscany , italy .
the opening ceremony was attended by sharad pawar , the indian minister for agriculture & cooperation , praful patel , the indian minister for heavy industry & public - sector companies , ajit pawar , the deputy prime minister of the state of maharashtra , and the italian ambassador to india , giacomo sanfelice di monteforte . piaggio group chairman and ceo roberto colaninno headed a delegation of piaggio senior management , including piaggio group deputy chairman matteo colaninno and ravi chopra , chairman and managing director of the indian subsidiary piaggio vehicles private ltd .
since the second world war , piaggio has pioneered the mobility revolution , improving the quality of life of italians and other europeans .
close to the problems of the people , piaggio is guided by drivers of technological innovation , safety and respect for the environment .
established in 1884 , the piaggio group is europe’s largest scooter and motorcycle manufacturer and one of the world leaders in its sector .
on 2 october 2015 , piaggio fast forward , a subsidiary of piaggio & c . s . p . a . based in the us state of massachusetts , where it conducts research into innovative mobility and transport solutions , held its first event , in milan .
sfera was born , the first scooter with a plastic body made in pontedera . the entry in the 90s marks the establishment of piaggio & c . in holding company , while giovanni alberto agnelli is elected president of piaggio european vehicles s . p . a .
mr ravi chopra , chairman and managing director , piaggio vehicles private limited said , “today is a historical moment for us as piaggio begins a new chapter of growth in india . the world recognized iconic vespa will now be produced in baramati” . he was happy to state further , that “the operations started with a 100 % localisation of components . this was in tune with the piaggio strategy . ”
the piaggio group workforce at 31 . 12 . 2014 consisted of more than 7 , 500 employees , substantially in line with 2013 .
the piaggio brand returns as a key player in the rich maxiscooter segment , proposing the piaggio x10 which , available in 125 , 350 and 500 engine capacities , meets any and all mobility needs and contains a wealth of high level technical and stylistic content : from abs to traction control to material quality , everything on the x10 works together to make the piaggio maxi an example of comfort and safety .
in 2010 , the piaggio group made investments for € 96 . 2 million , up from € 93 . 8 million in 2009 .
piaggio is synonymous with freedom in daily life . it offers a complete range of original , creative and intelligent solutions for metropolitan mobility .
the social role that rinaldo piaggio envisions for the company soon becomes clear : to help create jobs and contribute to national economic development . in 1920 the company is restructured and attilio odero becomes chairman and rinaldo piaggio becomes chief executive officer . set on developing the aviation business , rinaldo piaggio hires two engineers - giovanni pegna and giuseppe gabrielli - and puts them in charge of the rondine aircraft prototype engineering project .
along with diversification and reorganization , piaggio aimed to make its business more international in the late 1980s , increasing its joint ventures with foreign companies . in 1989 , piaggio joined a west german engine component manufacturer , kolbenschmid , in a joint venture to produce water pumps and oil pumps at plants in italy and france . then in 1991 , piaggio entered a joint venture with the japanese firm daihatsu to develop light transport vehicles . piaggio also attempted to expand its presence in mainland china by taking on a joint venture with a hong kong firm in 1993 .
for its seventieth anniversary , piaggio group makes a tribute to the best loved scooter of all time , creating a special version of it .
as far as technology is concerned , the piaggio group will be working to develop new solutions for mobility today and tomorrow . this is the strategic objective of piaggio fast forward , established in cambridge , massachusetts , to work with university teachers and researchers and in cooperation with top world players , for the development of innovative solutions for future mobility ; similarly , the padc ( piaggio advanced design center ) in pasadena will continue to explore the new frontiers of design for innovative , functional and efficient products with a unique style worthy of the piaggio group and its most prestigious brands .
having tasted success in the 3 wheeler business , piaggio india is now poised to repeat history with the vespa in the two wheeler scooter space .
after the great success of the vespa 180 , in 1972 piaggio developed a model that was powered for the first time by a 200cc engine .
piaggio & c . dates back to 1884 , when rinaldo piaggio , son of a genoa joiner , expanded his family ' s old woodshop in the town of sestri ponente into a steam - driven sawmill . rinaldo was only 20 years old , but he demonstrated precocious business acumen . he set his new factory to produce fittings and furniture for ships , and courted the accounts of the local shipyards . within 15 years , piaggio ' s naval fittings shop had won a virtual monopoly over the northwest coast of italy . all the shipyards turned to piaggio for furnishings . the business continued to expand as contracts came in from other parts of italy , and then from international shipbuilders . when the century turned , piaggio was a well - known name abroad as well as in italy . the cabins and saloons of more than 70 shipping lines were outfitted with piaggio furnishings .
what today is one of the leading two wheeler and small commercial vehicle manufacturers in the world , piaggio and c . was found in 1884 . currently , piaggio is the market leader in europe and has since expanded its services to over 24 countries with a proficient presence in the asian market
the piaggio group officially launches a new and decisive development phase in vietnam for its asia pacific operations with the grand opening of a new engine plant destined for production of power trains for associate piaggio vietnam ' s vehicles , whose production capacity will increase to 300 , 000 vehicles / year .
in 2017 , the piaggio group sold 552 , 800 vehicles worldwide , an increase of 3 . 9 % from 532 , 700 in 2016 .
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in 2014 , the piaggio group shipped a total of 546 , 500 vehicles worldwide , compared with 555 , 600 in 2013 . the shift in the product mix towards higher - cost vehicles , together with the piaggio group branding and premium price policies , generated an increase in consolidated net sales .
in 1999 , the company is taken over by the morgan grenfell private equity holding company . the following year , piaggio usa opens up the first vespa boutique in los angeles . marking the return of piaggio and the vespa to the united states , which today count more than 60 vespa boutiques .
the vespa production plant opened today is the third factory set up by the piaggio group in baramati , a city in the pune district of the state of maharashtra . the area is home to the manufacturing complex of piaggio vehicles private ltd . , a wholly owned piaggio group subsidiary which already produces three - wheel goods and passenger vehicles ( and is the market leader in india , with annul sales of more than 220 , 000 vehicles ) and , in an adjoining facility , scooter engines for the vespa and diesel and turbodiesel engines for the commercial vehicle ranges produced by piaggio in india and in italy , in pontedera . with the opening of the vespa production plant , the piaggio group industrial complex in baramati now provides jobs for approximately 3 , 000 workers .
piaggio was founded in genoa in 1884 by twenty - year - old rinaldo piaggio . the first activity of rinaldo’s factory was luxury ship fitting . but by the end of the century , piaggio was also producing rail carriages , goods vans , luxury coaches and engines , trams and special truck bodies . world war i brought a new diversification that was to distinguish piaggio activities for many decades . the company started producing aeroplanes and seaplanes . at the same time , new plants were springing up . in 1917 piaggio bought a new plant in pisa , and four years later it took over a small plant in pontedera which first became the centre of aeronautical production ( propellers , engines and complete aircraft ) and then , after world war ii , witnessed the birth of the iconic vespa .
at the end of 1947 enrico piaggio decided to completely stop the production of vespa 98cc and to only continue with the 125cc for the italian and international markets .
vespa px became a true work of art , moulded and shaped by the creativity of mino trafeli . it was on display at the museum piaggio in 2003 .
laying eyes on the mp6 for the first time , enrico piaggio , noting the wider central section and the “narrow waist” exclaimed , “it looks like a wasp’ .
in the wake of piaggio ' s strong tradition in innovation applied to environmentally sustainable transport , which makes the group a world leader in its field , piaggio has produced liberty e - mail , the company ' s first electric scooter designed to be used for delivery services by local authorities , public bodies and private companies .
at the peak of vespa’s success , piaggio decided to access the four wheels world . it was always the goal of corradino d ' ascanio to design the small vespa 400 , a car with a two - stroke engine in the rear . it was launched in 1957 and piaggio produced 30 , 000 units of this model .
from the vespa in 1946 to the beverly in 2001 , piaggio has designed and sold over one hundred scooter models . they are proof of the creativity and entrepreneurial instinct of generations of men and women who wrote the history of the company and with it the economic , social and civil history of the territory piaggio operates in .
in 2003 , the piaggio museum and the historic archive were awarded best museum and best business archive in italy , during the 2003 business and culture prize - giving .
the vespa elettrica project confirms the piaggio group ' s commitment , not only to people mobility , but to a desire to change the way in which people move .
at the peak of vespa ' s success , piaggio decided to access the four wheels world . it was always the goal of corradino d ' ascanio to design the small vespa 400 , a car with a two - stroke engine in the rear . it was launched in 1957 and piaggio produced 30 , 000 units of this model .
the piaggio group reconfirms its leadership on the european two - wheeler market with a 15 . 2 % overall share and a 24 . 1 % share of the scooter sector
the total workforce of the piaggio group at 31 december 2015 numbered 7 , 053 employees . the group’s italian employees numbered 3 , 638 , unchanged from the previous year .
the firm had been founded in 1884 , in genoa , by rinaldo piaggio – originally producing luxury ship fittings , then rail carriages , goods vans , coaches and trams .
all piaggio group white collars , middle managers , and executives are evaluated yearly on the basis of their performance , technical and managerial competencies with the same global approach worldwide .
the year 2007 saw the launch of the piaggio hys ( hybrid scooter ) , the prototype of hybrid drive set to revolutionise urban mobility . available in three different prototypes , based on the models vespa lx , x8 and mp3 , the piaggio hybrid scooter combines a conventional internal combustion engine with low environmental impact with a zero - emission electric motor .
the updated plan confirms the piaggio group strategy to leverage its consolidated leadership in europe in order to obtain the maximum benefit from the market turnaround after several consecutive years of decline .
the piaggio group consolidated income statement , consolidated statement of financial position and consolidated statement of cash flows as at and for the year ended 31 december 2015 are set out below .
piaggio is the italian aircraft manufacturer that brought 16 million vespa scooters into the world starting in 1946 . scooters were inexpensive , easy to use and seen as cute and chic .
the key to the success of the piaggio scooter has long lain in the company ' s great attention to issues such as the environment , quality of life and energy savings .
the piaggio p . 108b is the only four - engined heavy bomber employed by the italian air force throughout the war , from 1941 right up to italy’s surrender in 1943 .
“bravia capital’s experience in leasing , and its decision to buy fleet volumes and pass those economies on to customers , means the new avanti evo enters north america with the strongest backing and an even more convincing set of reasons for buyers than ever , ” commented piaggio aerospace ceo carlo logli . piaggio aerospace is at booth 261 and in the static display .
rinaldo piaggio , on the lookout to expand his factory in a new direction , began to solicit business from railways to build and outfit railway cars . the work was not too different from the complex woodworking required for naval fittings , but the factory had to be altered to accommodate sheet steel work . within a few years , piaggio had more jobs for railway cars than for ship fittings , and the company opened a new factory in the town of finale ligure . with the opening of the new factory in 1906 , piaggio was able to take on even more railway car business , and began to make other wheeled vehicles as well . piaggio made trucks , trams , freight cars , and even luxury automobiles .
the new engine factory – where production operations will begin in april – will include , in addition to the scooter engine assembly lines , aluminium machining equipment and test benches . the new piaggio group plant stands next to the piaggio vietnam vehicle assembly plant , which handles all welding , painting and final assembly operations for the vespa , liberty and fly scooters produced by the group’s vietnamese subsidiary . the piaggio vietnam industrial complex in vinh phuc also houses an r & d centre for the two - wheeler sector – the first r & d unit set up by the piaggio group in asia – which operates synergetically with the group headquarters in pontedera , focusing on the vehicle and engine ranges produced for the asian and pacific markets .
by 1953 the overwhelming success of the vespa and the ape had taken piaggio to representation in 114 countries through over 10 , 000 retail outlets . enrico piaggio’s gamble had paid off . in all probability it wasn’t enough for enrico piaggio to produce only “earth - bound” transport , for he soon designed and produced the “moscone” or “big fly” outboard engine that the company viewed as a seagoing vespa which inherited the legacy of the pre - war radial and engines and which became the forerunner of marine engines such as the ks 150 and ks 200 .
two days after the press launch in mumbai , the official opening of the new piaggio group factory in baramati ( state of maharashtra ) to produce vespa scooters for the indian market .
the new high wheel scooter beverly 300 is introduced under the piaggio brand , the newest heir in a generation of vehicles that have made history in the
high wheel
segment .
piaggio aerospace has entered the field of defence and security as a major player , designing and developing innovative unmanned aerial systems ( uas ) and advanced multirole patrol aircraft ( mpa ) .
it marks an historical moment under the new ownership of mubadala , and vividly displays its commitment to piaggio aero and our aircraft , and investment in major new production facilities .
the piaggio group product range includes scooters , mopeds and motorcycles from 50 to 1 , 200 cc marketed under the piaggio , vespa , gilera , aprilia , moto guzzi , derbi and scarabeo brands . the group also operates in the three - and four - wheel light transport sector with its ape , porter and quargo ranges of commercial vehicles ( ape truck ) .
the piaggio goes a step further by also including the fallbrook harmony h | sync auto - shifting system to further simplify the shifting controls clutter that is normally found on the handlebars .
the piaggio group also operates in china , through a joint venture held 45 % by piaggio . a development plan is being rolled out in the region , announced by chairman roberto colaninno during the agm in april 2017 . finally in asia , an important management consolidation program was completed in 2017 : gianluca fiume ( previously group vp for the european two - wheeler market ) , was appointed president and general manager of piaggio vietnam , with responsibility for all south east asian markets , and diego graffi was appointed managing director and ceo of the indian subsidiary .
today , piaggio also owns aprilia and moto guzzi , and in 2011 , it delivered 100 , 000 two - wheelers of all kinds . because it intends to remain in business in a fast - changing world , piaggio is touring its design and marketing people through vietnam , india and the u . s . , where the company is opening an advanced design center .
this first fabulous race vespa was conceived for participation in various circuit races . with it , piaggio dealers could enter their participation in speed contests . the vespa in fact took . . .
growth in exports of piaggio commercial vehicles from the indian production hub was particularly significant in 2014 , rising to 23 , 000 shipments , an improvement of 50 . 1 % on 2013 .
it was decorated by the artist stefano tonelli with urban graffiti . these pictures are on display in the piaggio museum alongside the model which has now been restored to its original red colour .
to accept the demands of some countries , piaggio developed a faster 50 cc model . the engine produced a higher power even with the same bore and stroke measurements as the standard model .
piaggio aerospace has entered the field of defence and security as a major player , designing and developing innovative unmanned aerial systems ( uas ) and advanced multi role patrol aircraft ( mpa ) .
piaggio liberty , the high wheel scooter , among the most loved and sold the world over - more than 800 , 000 - has been greatly renewed . exceptionally low consumptions and increased performance thanks to the new modern 3 - valve injection engine . renewed chassis , improved ergonomics and a higher load capacity : the new piaggio liberty 3v is the newborn star in its segment .
in the mid - seventies piaggio made the moped a success . ciao , bravo and sì were some of the models in this line of light , elegant vehicles that conquered the young .
piaggio aero industries , the company active in the design , manufacturing , and maintenance of both aircraft and aero engines , today announced the launch of the new avanti evo twin turboprop aircraft .
during world war i , the two piaggio factories were refitted to manufacture weapons . the factories also began to make motor boats and airplanes . the new factory at finale ligure manufactured boats , including an anti - submarine boat known as the mas , which was instrumental in destroying the austro - hungarian submarine fleet . the older factory at sestri ponente principally repaired and maintained war planes . but both factories were soon converted to mass - produce airplanes . in 1917 rinaldo piaggio bought a new factory in pisa , and transferred the production of railway cars and wheeled vehicles there . piaggio bought another factory , a car works in pontedera , and began to build airplane engines there . piaggio produced engines under license to more established manufacturers , and then began designing its own . piaggio made the
p2 ,
a single - engine fighter plane , beginning in 1923 . five years later , piaggio equipped the finale ligure factory with a complete wind tunnel and hydrodynamic testing tank . piaggio had turned from motorboats to
flying boats
- - high - speed planes that could take off from and land in water . in the 1920s and into world war ii , the various piaggio factories were turning out some of the most advanced flying boats in the world , as well as airplane engines , small planes , bombers , passenger and cargo planes capable of transoceanic flights , as well as railway cars and stainless steel locomotives . all these products contributed greatly to italy ' s war effort . and so the factories were bomb targets . the pontedera factory was completely destroyed in world war ii , having been not only bombed by the allies but mined by the germans as they retreated . when the war ended , piaggio had virtually nothing left .
towards the end of the second world war , enrico piaggio was driven to start up production again by the idea of offering the widest possible market a low - cost product . . . .
after the success of the vespa super sport 180 , piaggio developed a new high specification 180cc , with a completely new engine and chassis as well as cosmetic changes to the handlebars and saddle .
on 17 november 2015 , at the eicma motor show in milan , the piaggio group previewed a number of new products , including the new piaggio medley high - wheel scooter , the new piaggio liberty generation , the special vespa “settantesimo” models in the px , primavera and gts versions , as well as the piaggio wi - bike , the pedal - assisted bicycle in four different configurations , entirely developed and built by piaggio in italy . the group also showed new products in the motorcycle sector : moto guzzi presented the v9 range , the bobber motorbike with large wheels and a dark spirit , and the v9 roamer , a smart classic mid - range custom motorbike . moto guzzi also presented the v7 ii stornello 750 , and the powerful 1400cc mgx - 21 ‘flying fortress’ . to celebrate 54 world titles and its superstock 1000 success , aprilia unveiled the new aprilia racing factory works projects : custom racing bikes up to 230 hp for professional riders , collectors and devotees .
to meet the demands of some countries , piaggio developed a faster 50 cc model . the engine produced a higher power model , while keeping the same bore and stroke as the standard model .
in 2010 , the piaggio group reported results substantially in line with 2009 , despite the significant fall in european demand in the two - wheeler sector . its performance reflected piaggio’s strong expansion on asian markets – in both the two - wheeler and the commercial vehicle businesses – as a result of the strategy for globalisation of investments , production and marketing operations undertaken with determination by the group .
mubadala first gained a 36 % share in piaggio in 2006 , but increased ownership to 98 % in may 2014 when india’s tata industries dropped its partnership stake in the company following a restructuring .
ever since 2006 with the dawn of the piaggio aero ( booth 261 ) avanti ii with its uprated engines and rockwell collins pro line 21 avionics , the company has been promising to correct the fast twin pusher turboprop’s shortcomings including high exterior noise levels , erratic environmental control system and locking brakes that have vexed pilots and owners alike since the plane was first introduced in 1990 . at nbaa 2011 , piaggio’s then general manager , eligio trombetta , promised these improvements by 2012 ; but it wasn’t until earlier this year that piaggio finally delivered the improvements in the form of the avanti evo .
immsi s . p . a . , an industrial and real estate holding company listed on the milan stock exchange controlled by entrepreneur roberto colaninno , takes over financial control of the piaggio group ' s italian and foreign operations . top management turnover follows when roberto colaninno is appointed chairman of the piaggio group and rocco sabelli becomes the new chief executive officer . gianclaudio neri is appointed general manager .
the war , a radical watershed for the entire italian economy , was equally important for piaggio . the pontedera plant built the state - of - the - art four - engine p 108 equipped with a 1 , 500 - bhp piaggio engine in passenger and bomber versions . however piaggio’s aeronautical plants in tuscany ( pontedera and pisa ) were important military targets and on august 31 , 1943 they were razed to the ground by allied bombers , after the retreating germans had already mined the pillars of the buildings and irrevocably damaged the plants . to rebuild the pontedera plants , enrico piaggio asked the allies , who then occupied part of the grounds and of the buildings still standing , to arrange for the machinery transferred to germany and biella in northern italy to be brought back . this was done rapidly and armando and enrico piaggio then began the process of rebuilding . the hardest task went to enrico , who was responsible for the destroyed plants of pontedera and pisa . enrico piaggio’s decision to enter the light mobility business was based on economic assessments and sociological considerations . it took shape thanks to the successful co - operation of the aeronautical engineer and inventor corradino d’ascanio ( 1891 - 1981 ) .
corradino d’ascanio’s collaboration with piaggio began in 1931 , on the development of a new mechanical component that would revolutionise aviation history . on the variable - pitch propeller , the pitch of the . . .
since beginning production in june 2009 , under the leadership of costantino sambuy , who is also the piaggio group’s head of operations in asia pacific , piaggio vietnam has already built more than 180 , 000 two - wheelers . besides its vespa production ( where the 100 , 000 th scooter since vietnamese production began came off the production lines in the second half of 2011 ) , the subsidiary successfully produces liberty high - wheel scooters . in february 2012 , piaggio vietnam also launched the new fly , an innovative compact scooter available in 50 , 125 and 150cc versions . in addition to winning a leading role in the premium sector of the vietnamese market , piaggio vietnam has enabled the group to move into very important new markets in south east asia , notably indonesia , thailand , taiwan and malaysia .
for the first time a vehicle for the mass market was created with a quieter engine and breathtaking performances . the vespa 150 gs had sports credentials which were a direct result of the experience of the piaggio racing team . the elongated seat and the large 10 - inch wheels fundamentally altered the vespa line . a pre - series version of this model is now on display at the piaggio museum .
piaggio vehicles private limited ' sky one ' 8th floor , s . no . 210 , final plot no . 72 , town planning scheme , yerwada no 1 , kalyani nagar , pune - 411006
state of the art production facility at the piaggio aerospace villanova d’albenga aviation plant have been designed and fitted to execute every conceivable operation in the aerospace engineering process to the highest level of precision . piaggio aerospace works under license and in partnership with leading international aero engines manufacturers from all over the world , all of whom benefit from the cutting edge technology available at our newly built centre of excellence .
piaggio mp3 yourban is the most agile and lightweight version of the revolutionary three wheeled scooter . a new 350 engine débuts on the best seller beverly characterised by cutting - edge technical and constructive solutions .
enel and the piaggio group , respectively represented by managing director and general manager fulvio conti and ceo and managing director roberto colaninno , sign an agreement for the development of mobility at zero environmental impact .
deliveries of piaggio’s new avanti evo aircraft began in april and ceo carlo logli said that by the end of the year the company expects to complete six deliveries to american , asian and european customers .
milan , 8 november 2016 – the piaggio group will be at the 74th edition of the two - wheel show to consolidate its position as the number one european and italian two - wheel group .
piaggio enters into a strategic business agreement with the chinese zongshen group for the manufacturing and sales of engines , vehicles and components based on italian technology for asian markets . mr . wen jiabao , prime minister of the people ' s republic of china , visits the group ' s headquarters in pontedera , welcomed by chairman roberto colaninno , chief executive officer rocco sabelli , by the management and piaggio employees .
roberto colaninno is chairman and chief executive officer of the piaggio group , while matteo colaninno is deputy chairman . piaggio ( pia . mi ) has been listed on the italian stock exchange since 2006 , and since 2003 been controlled by immsi s . p . a . ( ims . mi ) , an industrial holding listed on the italian stock exchange and headed by roberto colaninno , who is chairman .
with its flagship business aviation aircraft , the remarkable avanti evo , piaggio aerospace set out to merge world - class customer support with a breakthrough product that combine style , efficiency , performance and cost effectiveness .
piaggio ' s latest generation 3 - valve engines improve performance while reducing fuel consumption and pollutant emissions . this innovative air - cooled 4 - stroke single - cylinder engine , with a 3 - valve ( one exhaust and two intake ) single overhead camshaft and electronic fuel injection , was designed and built at the piaggio pontedera plant , one of the most advanced r & d ; centres in the world .
the museum was created to preserve and highlight the value and the historic legacy of one of the oldest italian companies , and focuses on the reconstruction of piaggio activities in the area ; exhibiting the most representative and famous products and giving access to the rich documentation of the piaggio historical archive , the museum traces a long period of italian history , a history made of economic transformations , alongside industrial and social development .
the new vespa is launched on the 50th anniversary of its revolutionary predecessor created by enrico piaggio and corradino d ' ascanio . the following year is marked by the untimely death of giovanni alberto agnelli . the piaggio group , led by chairman alessandro barberis ( whose successor will be dante razzano in 2001 ) with stefano rosselli del turco serving as chief executive officer , is on the verge of a change in ownership .
27 february 2015 – at a meeting today in mantua chaired by roberto colaninno , the board of directors of piaggio & c . s . p . a . examined and approved the 2014 draft financial statements .
milan , 11 march 2016 – at a meeting today chaired by roberto colaninno , the board of directors of piaggio & c . s . p . a . examined and approved the 2015 draft financial statements .
piaggio & c . s . p . a . is the holding company for a group of companies manufacturing light vehicles , principally two - wheeled motor scooters , motorcycles , and bicycles . the company ' s most important product is the
vespa
motor scooter , a model that became extremely popular in europe after world war ii . piaggio is the european leader for motor scooters , with a market share just over 50 percent . the company is ranked third worldwide , with growing sales in india , china , indonesia , vietnam , and latin america . annual production of piaggio motor scooters exceeds 850 , 000 vehicles . piaggio is also italy ' s largest bicycle manufacturer , and makes bikes under the well - known trademarks raleigh , puch , and bianchi . annual output of bicycles is approximately 500 , 000 . the company also manufactures a minivan , the piaggio porter , under a joint operating agreement with the japanese manufacturer daihatsu . piaggio makes electric two - and three - wheeled vehicles , which are able to meet stringent anti - pollution regulations . the company operates subsidiaries in france , spain , argentina , singapore , the netherlands , germany , greece , britain , and elsewhere , and markets its products through distributors in more than 60 other countries .
forestalling the needs of riders , creating technically and stylistically innovative vehicles , and pursuing the search for increasingly improved mobility are the areas of excellence which piaggio tackles day after day , in the name of quality .
the piaggio group is the largest european manufacturer of two - wheeled motor vehicles and one of the world ' s leaders in its sector : the group is also a major international player in the light commercial vehicle market . founded in 1884 by rinaldo piaggio , since 2003 the group has been controlled by immsi s . p . a . and is listed on the italian stock exchange ( borsa italiana ) since 2006 .
the piaggio group reported a positive performance for the year with improvements in all profitability indicators , on consolidated net sales in line with the 2013 figure ( and reflecting growth net of the exchange - rate effect ) .
during the year , the piaggio group shipped 17 , 200 three - wheel scooters , an improvement of 17 . 5 % from 14 , 600 shipments in 2013 and of approximately 29 . 3 % in revenues .
piaggio is marking the 70th anniversary of the iconic vespa scooter with a special commemorative series of models , including the nippy vespa primavera , the sporty gts ( in 125cc and 300cc versions ) and the timeless px .
the company also produced the ape (
bee
) , a three - wheeled version of the vespa , and made vespa models in a variety of engine sizes . piaggio also briefly marketed a small car , but when fiat came out with a similar one , piaggio withdrew its model . the two factories under the control of brother armando piaggio were making airplanes and engines , as they had through the war . the airplane division eventually split off from the scooter division , and still exists today as a separate company , rinaldo piaggio . the scooter business continued to thrive into the 1960s . it was the bestselling scooter in over a hundred countries , and was being built under license in several european countries and in brazil and india . the vespa still had its movie star cachet , especially as seen in la dolce vita , ridden by marcello mastroianni .
two days after the press launch in mumbai , the official opening was held today of the new piaggio group plant in baramati ( state of maharashtra ) , which is to produce vespa scooters for the indian market .
the avanti evo is the first milestone in an industrial program that includes piaggio aero’s product portfolio development and diversification and a new state - of - the - art production facility at villanova d’albenga , savona , italy .
the group led by roberto colaninno has registered increasing profits in the first nine months of 2016 , particularly in the “high wheel” segment , thanks to the new piaggio liberty , the beverly and the new piaggio medley abs ( that entered the market segment to increase the share for the group ' s vehicles ) , whereas the vespa brand has grown particularly in the european market , where it has registered + 3 . 6 % .
in 1948 piaggio launched a new vespa . between 1946 and 1947 , 1183 vespas 125cc were sold and marketed abroad ( particularly in switzerland ) . at the end of 1947 enrico piaggio decided to completely stop the production of vespa 98cc and to only continue with the 125cc for the italian and international markets . some other model adaptations included the front suspension arm and the engine hood , which was lifted up to permit an easier access to the engine and to other mechanical components . the next series of the 1949 vespa , which is today on display in the piaggio museum , looked even better with the new cooling system and the renewed gearbox controls .
in milan , piaggio introduces the wi - bike , an absolutely innovative vehicle which is at once an evolved mobility solution , something to enjoy in your leisure time and an extremely advanced fitness too . . wi - bike was entirely designed , developed and manufactured in the piaggio group plants in italy . piaggio wi - bike goes beyond the concept of an electrically assisted - pedal bicycle and approaches the market as a vehicle that interprets the most progressive mobility needs at 360 degrees , no longer intended simply as the ability to move about , but also as the presence and sharing of information over the most modern network and interaction forms with your vehicle .
the three wheeled scooter from piaggio , the advent of which – and with 150 , 000 sold since its launch – created a new market segment and revolutionised urban and metropolitan mobility , has been completely revamped with a new , more modern and more comfortable body and equipment complete with electronic control systems such as abs and asr ( the traction control system exclusive to piaggio ) which further increase the already legendary safety levels and riding pleasure .
however , by then , piaggio’s largest customer , u . s . - based fractional ownership program avantair , had collapsed into bankruptcy , in part due to undocumented and unapproved maintenance practices that avantair said was brought on , in part , by the company’s difficulty in obtaining parts and support for its 56 aircraft from piaggio . meanwhile , production of new avantis dropped from 24 in 2009 to just five in 2012 and two last year .