Over 2.5 million headlights a year for Marelli of Tolmezzo

A plant of over 100 thousand m2 where more than 2.5 million lights are produced every year intended for high-end car brands: Audi, BMW, Porsche, Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, and Volvo. This is the core business of Marelli Automotive Lighting Italy of Tolmezzo, where they made stops the top of Confindustria Udine, led by the president Luigino Pozzo, welcomed by the plant manager Gianmarco Capano, for a visit inside one of the technological hubs most advanced in the Friulian automotive sector. Active since 2000, the internal R&D center has developed over 300 models, integrating solutions such as dynamic 3D lights, fiber optics ultra-thin and "light curtain" effects. Among the innovations flagship, second-generation OLED rear lights for the Audi Q6 e-tron. Pozzo spoke of "one of the excellences of the Friulian industry. We support every path useful for the production continuity and job protection." For the president of Confindustria Udine the plant is "virtuous model where technology, design and safety merge in high added value and low impact solutions environmental". The company's flagship is the production of LED electronic components, supported by investments of 25 millions and from a laboratory for design and maintenance molds. Today the site employs over 850 people, with a strong impact on the Friulian mountain economy. The visit takes place in a crucial moment for Marelli, engaged in restructuring initiated by the parent company Marelli Holdings Co. Ltd, Italian-Japanese multinational in the automotive sector, owned by the American fund Kkr. The restructuring falls under Chapter 11, the US bankruptcy procedure that allows for companies to restructure their debts without ceasing business. The 45-day period for the receive better offers, which never arrived. Marelli plans to emerge from Chapter 11 in 2026 under the control of its main financiers: Strategic Value Partners, Deutsche Bank, Mbk Partners, Fortress Investment Group and Polus Capital Management. On July 24, during the second hearing at the Delaware Bankruptcy Court, Court Authorized additional $130 million in funding "debtor-in-possession", which are added to the 519 million already approved, for a total of 649 million out of 1.1 billion. This support, the company stressed, will allow Marelli to continue operations, serve customers and comply with the commitments to suppliers and creditors.