176: the number of experts in the Pirelli Procurement Department.
3.8 billion Euro: the Group's spending on the purchase of goods and services in 2015.
9500: the number of Pirelli suppliers worldwide.
9: the companies receiving an award from Pirelli this year for the quality of their service.
These are the figures for the 5th Pirelli Supplier Awards, held this morning at the Castello degli Arcimboldi in Milan.
The Pirelli CEO and Executive Vice Chairman Marco Tronchetti Provera, along with the Director of the Milan' company's Procurement Department, Pierluigi de Cancellis, presented the awards to nine companies operating in various sectors: from ones that organize events to others supplying strategic IT solutions and from those specialised in logistics to raw-material producers.
The successful suppliers also come from different countries - from India to Germany, China and Italy, in keeping with Pirelli's renowned international flavour and global competitiveness.
The following companies are the protagonists of the 2016 Pirelli Supplier Awards:
Glanzstoff Sicrem, an Italian manufacturer of textile reinforcement materials; Trinseo, an American group specialised in synthetic rubber; Wuxi Quechen Silicon Chemical, a Chinese supplier of silicon; Birla, an Indian supplier of carbon black; Prashida Aneka Niaga Tbk, an Indonesian supplier of natural rubber; Hewlett Packard Enterprise, a leading US IT company; Alpha Technologies, an American company producing laboratory instruments for R&D; Fandango, an Italian event organizer; and, lastly, DHL Express, a German logistics group.
Pirelli focuses strongly on its collaboration with suppliers, considered key business partners for the success of its corporate strategy. To this regard, the Director of the Procurement Department, Pierluigi de Cancellis, said : “The Pirelli focus is increasingly on the Premium segment, sharing with its suppliers a business approach in which flexibility, speed, transparency and commitment to ongoing and sustainable innovation form the bases of the supply relationship. This is why the relationship can be described as a true partnership, centred on shared growth and looking to the future.”
As well as raw-material suppliers, this year we have rewarded companies operating in logistics and IT tools, a demonstration that multiple and diversified skills, combined with those of our Group, help further Pirelli's success thanks to innovative contributions driven by know-how and experience.”
