Piaggio Group’s Colaninno named VP of ACEM

Michele Colaninno, chief executive officer and chief operating officer of Immsi S.p.A. (a holding company with sales of more than 1.3 billion euro and majority stakeholder of the Piaggio Group), a director of Piaggio & C. S.p.A. and chairman of Piaggio Fast Forward, has been appointed vice president of ACEM (Association des Constructeurs Européens de Motocycles), the European motorcycle industry association based in Brussels, of which all the world’s two-wheeler manufacturers are members.

“At ACEM we shall be working to ensure that free trade, safety and respect for the environment continue to be key issues of the strategic direction followed by the European institutions,” Colaninno said. “The Piaggio Group has been active in all continents for many years with its brands and major production centers in different regions of the world and will continue to look to the future of the new generations, paying constant attention to work and the new frontiers of urban mobility. Huge opportunities are opening up in the transport sector, and we have to work together to make the most of them.”