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| Company type | S.p.A. |
|---|---|
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | Turin, Italy (1978) |
| Defunct | 2019[1] |
| Fate | Liquidated |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Franco Mantegazza (Founder) Renzo Piano |
| Services | industrial engineering and design, automobile design and prototyping |
Number of employees | > 350 |
| Parent | Quantum Kapital AG group |
| Website | www.ideainstitute.it |
I.DE.A Institute (acronym, Institute of Development in Automotive Engineering) was an automobile design and engineering company in Turin, Italy, founded in 1978 by Franco Mantegazza and architect Renzo Piano, [2] with engineer Peter Rice as Vice President.[3]
The Rieter Holding Ltd took full control of the company in 2002.[4] The company grew with offices in China and Brazil by the time Rieter sold the company in 2010 to the Swiss investment group Quantum Kapital AG.[5] The company was liquidated in 2019.[1]
- ^ a b 19/2019 I.DE.A. Institute of Development in Automotive Engineering srl in liquidazione Liquidation 2019
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- ^ "VSS Experimental Car by Subsystems". Fondazione Renzo Piano. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
- ^ "I.D.E.A." globalautoindex.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-17. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
- ^ "I.DE.A. Institute to be acquired by Quantum Kapital - Car Body Design". www.carbodydesign.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.