Certifications

To maintain and reinforce its position on the market, Pininfarina invests systematically in research and innovation programs in all the areas of business in which it operates. Innovation in production is reflected in the use of new materials and technologies designed to improve production system efficiency, thus curtailing problems tied to spillover of plants, production processes and services on the environment.
Therefore, Quality elevated to the level of a real corporate philosophy. It was no mere coincidence that Pininfarina was the first company in the world to be awarded (in 2003) ISO/TS 16949 certification of the entire production cycle of a car (styling, engineering, production), while the Environment Management Systems of the Grugliasco, San Giorgio Canavese, Bairo and Cambiano sites have been acknowledged as complying with UNI EN ISO 14001 specifications.
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The Quality Control System applied by Pininfarina S.p.A. complies with UNI EN ISO 9001:2000 requirements for which the following plants have been certified:

 

Grugliasco (Turin): certification as Full Service provider for the automotive industry (OEM) of complete or partial services for the production of vehicles with management of the related spare parts and after-sales services; design, product engineering, testing, aerodynamic and aero-acoustic testing, process engineering, series production of painted bodies and management of the related spare parts, after-sales service

 

Bairo (Turin): certification valid for process engineering activities and series production of vehicles.

Cambiano (Turin): certification valid for research and style definition activities, design and product engineering, demo and industrial prototypes, testing, process engineering for the automotive industry (OEM).

San Giorgio Canavese (Turin): certification for process and production engineering in series production of vehicles.

This document, which integrates UNI EN ISO 9001:2000 specifications, defines the specific requirements of quality control systems in the automotive industry.

It represents a certification according to world-wide quality standards for the automotive industry. This certification must be obtained in order to become a supplier. It also envisages specific training in the application of quality assurance methods and instruments in all production phases.

Pininfarina S.p.A. has set up an Environment Management System, certified according to UNI EN ISO 14001:2004, covering the Grugliasco, San Giorgio Canavese, Bairo, Cambiano plants. The field of application of the certification is as follows:
“Complete cycle service supplier for the automotive industry (OEM) of all or part of the services tied to construction of the vehicle (research and definition of styling, design and product engineering, the construction of demo and industrial prototypes, virtual and physical product performance validation, aerodynamic and aero-acoustic research, design and industrialization of production processes, the production of motor vehicles and bodies through the activities of bodywork construction, painting, assembly and testing)”.
Pininfarina S.p.A. considers that the environment is a system to be protected and takes steps to assure that plants, production and non-production processes and services do not have significant repercussions on the environment. The Environment Management System adopted by the Company aims to continually improve performance in relation to the environment, thereby integrating the current Quality System in accordance with ISO TS 16949 standards.