Graziano Trasmissioni is an Italian company

Company

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 manufacturing gearboxes, drivelines and their components.
It makes the seven-speed, dual-clutch gearbox used in the McLaren MP4-12C

McLaren MP4-12C

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History

Graziano Trasmissioni started in 1951 as a small family company with 15 employees. In 1963, the company moved to its present headquarters

Headquarters

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 in Cascine Vica. After 1981, the company's export activity increased progressively. In 1996-1997, in cooperation with Ferrari

Ferrari

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, it developed and supplied the complete gearboxes for the Ferrari Modena. The company then expanded, opening a factory in India

India

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 in 1999, another in Suzhou

Suzhou

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 (China

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) in 2006 and a third in Cerveny Kostelec

Cervený Kostelec

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 (Czech Republic

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), in 2006.

In 2007 it merged with Fairfield

Fairfield

-Australia:*Fairfield, New South Wales, the most populous place in Australia with that place name**Electoral district of Fairfield, the corresponding seat in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly*Fairfield, Queensland*Fairfield, Victoria...

, becoming Oerlikon Drive Systems, part of the Oerlikon Group. Graziano is currently named Oerlikon Graziano.

The new Lamborghini Aventador

Lamborghini Aventador

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 uses a single-clutch

Clutch

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 7-speed semi-automatic gearbox built by Graziano.
. Despite being single-clutch, gear-shifts are accomplished in 50ms.

External links

• Oerlikon Graziano official site
• UK subsidiary
• Graziano brochure. Lists the cars equipped with Graziano gearboxes. This list includes various Ferrari
  Ferrari
  Ferrari S.p.A. is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929, as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles as Ferrari S.p.A. in 1947...
  
  s (360, 430, 575M, 612, Enzo), the Lamborghini Gallardo
  Lamborghini Gallardo
  The Lamborghini Gallardo is a sports car built by Lamborghini. The Gallardo is Lamborghini's most-produced model to date, with over 10,000 built in its first seven years of production...
  
  /Audi R8
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  , Alfa Romeo 8C
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  -1935 Monoposto 8C 35 Type C:Eight 3.8 litre versions, sharing no castings with the earlier blocks, were individually built for racing in five months, most being used in the Alfa Romeo Monoposto 8C 35 Type C, as raced by Scuderia Ferrari. The 3.8 produced at 5500 rpm, and had from...
  
  , Aston Martin
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   V8 Vantage and DB9 and Maserati
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  Quattroporte and Coupé/Spyder.