Brembo Awarded 2019 Mecurio Prize

BERLIN, Germany–The Italian-German Economic Association Mercurio awarded Brembo the prestigious Mercurio 2019 prize at a ceremony here at Italian Embassy in Berlin.

Roberto Vavassori – Chief Business Development and Marketing Officer at Brembo – received the renowned prize, which has been given out since 1999 to recognize outstanding initiatives that contribute to developing relations between Italy and Germany on economic and cultural levels.

The Mercurio judges assess seven different criteria when determining the winners, including saving or creating jobs, growth, sustainability, and the transfer of know-how.

Brembo has won the Award for having developed Italian excellencies in Germany and throughout the world.

H.E. Luigi Mattiolo, Italian Ambassador, will be present at the awards ceremony along with German and Italian businesspeople, prominent personalities in the public sector from both countries, and members of the press.

​Brembo has always had strong ties to Germany, where the leading European Automotive Manufacturers, Brembo’s customers, are based. Germany is the number one country for the company in terms of sales volume having weighed in at 22.5% of the total revenues at the close of 2018.


Mike Geylin
Mike Geylin

Mike Geylin is the Editor-in-Chief at Hagman Media. Geylin has been in automotive communications for five decades working in all aspects of the industry from OEM to supplier to motorsports as well as reporting for both newspapers and magazines on the industry.