Pirelli is in talks with prospective Asian partners in a joint venture to expand in developing markets,
the
Financial Times
reported.
The partnership would make tires for industrial vehicles.
The Italian tire maker has announced a four-year plan to increase profitability by up to 40% by focusing on tires for high-end cars and cutting costs by €350 million. “Pirelli would also sell €150 million worth of non-core holdings over the next four years, including stakes in real estate holdings, railway station management company Grandi Stazioni, and Italian investment bank Mediobanca,” the report said, citing Pirelli CEO Marco Tronchetti Provera.
Pirelli “has been the subject of an acrimonious ownership tussle that saw Mr. Tronchetti Provera, also chairman, tighten his grip on the company in June,” the
FT
report said. (Source:
Financial Times,
Nov. 7, 2013.)
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