Fiat Industrial S.p.A. is a company to which Fiat S.p.A.

Fiat

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 (parent company of Fiat Group demerged

Demerger

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 its capital goods activities at the start of 2011. Fiat Industrial serves as a holding company

Holding company

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 for the truck

Truck

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 manufacturer Iveco

Iveco

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; an 89.3% stake in the producer of agricultural

Agricultural machinery

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 and construction equipment CNH Global; and FPT Industrial, which comprises the industrial and marine activities of Fiat Powertrain Technologies

Fiat Powertrain Technologies

The Fiat Powertrain Technologies is a part the Fiat Group, which includes all the activities related to powertrains and transmissions to Fiat Automobiles Iveco , Centro Ricerche Fiat and Elasis....

. The Company's Chairman is Sergio Marchionne

Sergio Marchionne

Sergio Marchionne is an international manager best known for his turnaround of the Italian automotive group Fiat and, more recently, for managing the US automotive group Chrysler from bankruptcy to profitability...

, who also serves as CEO of Fiat S.p.A.

At the demerger on 1 January 2011, each existing share of Fiat S.p.A. was converted into one Fiat share and one Fiat Industrial share. This resulted in Exor

Exor (company)

Exor S.p.A. is an Italian-based industrial holding company controlled by the Agnelli family. The firm dates back to 1927 when Giovanni Agnelli formed Istituto Finanziario Italiano to manage his investments in Fiat, Cinzano and other companies, as well as his interests in the village of Sestriere....

(the holding company controlled by Agnelli family), which is currently the largest shareholder of Fiat with a quota around 30%, acquiring an analogous allotment of Fiat Industrial shares. Exor has however raised the possibility of the future sale of some of its stake.

In September 2011, the company entered the DJSI World and Europe indexes as leader in the Industrial Engineering sector.