Ducati (company)

Ducati is a group of companies, best known for manufacturing motorcycles and headquartered in Borgo Panigale, Bologna, Italy. The group is owned by German automotive manufacturer Audi through its Italian subsidiary Lamborghini, which is in turn owned by the Volkswagen Group.^[1]

The group currently comprises four companies:

• Ducati Motor Holding, a motorcycle-manufacturing division previously known as Ducati Meccanica
• Ducati Corse, which runs the Ducati motorcycle racing program and is wholly owned by Ducati Motor Holding
• Ducati Energia, formerly known as Ducati Elettronica, a designer and manufacturer of electrical and electronic components and systems
• Ducati Sistemi, a subsidiary of Ducati Energia, which provides electronic and information-technology products for road transport, railway transport, and transport automation applications

In the 1930s and 1940s, Ducati manufactured radios, cameras, and electrical products such as razors. Ducati also made a marine binocular called the BIMAR for the Kriegsmarine during World War II, some of which were sold on the civilian market after the war.^[2] The Ducati Sogno was a half-frame Leica-like camera which is now a collector's item. Ducati and Bianchi have developed and launched a new line of racing bicycles.^[3]

Ducati Motor Holding often uses electrical components and subsystems from Ducati Energia.^{[citation needed]}