Brembo president to enter Automotive Hall of Fame

Alberto Bombassei, president of well-known brake manufacturer Brembo, has been nominated for induction into the Automotive Hall of Fame. The prestigious honour will be bestowed in a ceremony to be held this July in Detroit. Bombassei is only the ninth Italian to be inducted.

The Automotive Hall of Fame (AHF), which is based in Dearborn, Michigan, was founded in New York in 1939 in order to celebrate the stories of those who have been able to achieve extraordinary goals in the automobile industry.

After almost 80 years of existence, the AHF has inducted some 800 individuals into the Hall of Fame. As the ninth Italian inductee, Alberto Bombassei, will join other influential automotive executives like Henry Ford (1967), Ferdinand Porsche (1987) and André Citroën (1998) as well as other Italian automotive icons from the present and the past such as Enzo Ferrari (2000), Ettore Bugatti (2000), Giovanni Agnelli (2002), Giorgetto Giugiaro (2002), Battista “Pinin” Farina (2004), Nuccio Bertone (2006), Sergio Pininfarina (2007) and Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (2015).

“I am very thankful to the committee who nominated me for this great honour,” Alberto Bombassei commented. “This recognition makes me very proud and I want to share it with all the Brembo employees who, for over 50 years, have helped our unique products to become known and used globally on the world’s most prestigious vehicles. A satisfaction that goes beyond the addition of my name to the prestigious list of those who, like me, have dedicated their lives to the automotive industry. The entire Brembo community will be honoured with me in pursuing a continuous commitment to excellence…”