Italdesign Giugiaro
| Company type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry | Design |
| Founded | February 13, 1968, in Turin, Italy as Studi Italiani Realizzazione Prototipi S.p.A. |
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| Headquarters | , Italy |
Key people | Dirk Große-Loheide (chairman) Antonio Casu (CEO) |
| Services | Styling, Engineering, Pre-Series, Testing & Validation, Industrial Design |
| Revenue | €193 million (2015) |
Number of employees | 917 (2019) |
| Parent | Audi |
| Website | italdesign |
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Italdesign-Giugiaro S.p.A. (Italian pronunciation: [italdiˈzain dʒuˈdʒaːro]) is a design and engineering company and brand based in Moncalieri, Italy, that traces its roots to the 1968 foundation of Studi Italiani Realizzazione Prototipi S.p.A. by Giorgetto Giugiaro and Aldo Mantovani. Best known for its automobile design work, Italdesign also offers product design, project management, styling, packaging, engineering, modeling, prototyping and testing services to manufacturers worldwide. As of 2019, Italdesign employs 917 people.
On August 9, 2010, Audi (part of the Volkswagen Group) acquired 90.1% of the shares of Italdesign Giugiaro S.p.A., including the brand name rights and patents. The remaining shares were sold to Audi on 28 June 2015, when Giorgetto Giugiaro resigned from the firm.