Private company

Magneti Marelli

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Italian manufacturer of automotive components

Marelli Europe S.p.A. (formerly Magneti Marelli S.p.A.) is a European subsidiary of Marelli Holdings which develops and manufactures components for the automotive industry. 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 euros in 2016.2 It was founded by Fiat.1 It is part of Fiat.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1919Founded1

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Marelli Europe S.p.A. (formerly Magneti Marelli S.p.A.) is a European subsidiary of Marelli Holdings which develops and manufactures components for the automotive industry. 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 euros in 2016.2

Corporate structure

Magneti Marelli sits at the top of its group. 9 entities, 5 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Magneti Marelli reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Founded by Fiat in 1919, in Sesto San Giovanni.1

Founded in 1919 as Fabbrica Italiana Magneti Marelli (FIMM), a joint-venture between Fiat and Ercole Marelli (1891–1993), an Italian electrical manufacturing company, the firm initially made ignition magnetos for the automotive and aviation industries, with its first plant in Sesto San Giovanni near Milan.

It was a subsidiary of FIAT (now Stellantis) from 1967 onwards.

On 22 October 2018, FCA announced that Magneti Marelli was being bought by KKR, to be merged with the Japanese automotive company Calsonic Kansei for $7.2 billion, a deal that would create one of the world's largest auto parts suppliers.

In May 2019, Magneti Marelli and Calsonic Kansei merged to form Marelli.

From Wikipedia’s article on Marelli Europe, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

  • automotive part

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

Subsidiaries

Former owners and parents

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded by Marelli1

Timeline

  1. 1919Founded Founded in Sesto San Giovanni1

Sources

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