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Rinaldo Piaggio. Rinaldo Piaggio (1864-1938) was an Italian entrepreneur, senator, and founder of Piaggio. Career. He founded Piaggio in 1884. It originally made furniture, then switched to aviation, building the Piaggio P.108 bomber. He was elected to the position of Senator of the Kingdom of Italy in 1934. He died at the age of 71.
Rinaldo Piaggio nasce da una importante famiglia di imprenditori genovesi: il nonno Giovanni Battista, capitano marittimo, era uno dei fratelli di Erasmo Piaggio mentre il padre Enrico, armatore e commerciante, aveva impiantato nel 1882 una segheria per legname a Sestri Ponente.
History. In 1882, Enrico Piaggio purchased land in Sestri Ponente ( Genoa) to set up a timber yard. Two years later, in 1884, his 20-year-old son, Rinaldo Piaggio (1864–1938), founded Piaggio & C. The company initially built locomotives and railway carriages.
The social role that Rinaldo Piaggio attributes to the company is soon clear: to help create jobs and contribute to national economic development. In 1920 the Company is restructured and Attilio Odero becomes Chairman and Rinaldo Piaggio becomes Chief Executive Officer.
Established in 1884 as Rinaldo Piaggio S.p.A., it shares its ancestry with motor vehicle manufacturer Piaggio and is one of the world's oldest aircraft manufacturers, having produced its first aircraft during 1915.
Piaggio & C. S.p.a. Management and Coordination IMMSI S.p.A. Share Capital: Euro 207,613,944.37 i.v. Registered office: Viale Rinaldo Piaggio, 25 Pontedera (PI), Italy. Pisa Business Register and TAX Code: 04773200011. Vat Number: 01551260506.
The Piaggio Company was founded by Rinaldo Piaggio (1864–1938) in Genoa and in its early years was involved in the manufacture of ship and railway fittings, automobiles, and later aeronautics. It expanded over the next half‐century, opening new factories in Tuscany, and, by the outbreak of the Second World War, was a leading European ...
