How sad - that is the old Pininfarina factory in Italy. To think that the once great Pininfarina had designed some of the most famous Ferrari's, Maserati's, Lancia's and Alfa Romeo's amongst other brands. The last cars coming off this line were the 939 Brera and Spider - both beautiful cars.....Grazie Mille Battista Pinifarina !
Più alto se non ci sei ancora stato poco distante dall'Alfa Romeo c'è l'ospedale di Garbagnate Milanese che è abbandonato e poco distante c'è il parco divertimenti greenland
the chair legs and the damage where ceilings were pulled down is for the metal scrap. this happens all too often. the robots wont be taken (other than copper wiring) because they are too heavy and awkward to manipulate out and sell as scrap
There's also too technical, some parts are still under stress/tension, so, without a proper tooling, it can explode at their faces, so too much risky for so few valuable stuff (as they know (the servomotors can easily reach 200 $/€ each)) Added to the risk of getting arrested by police, they definitely won't even try...
Great place! I think it's the first exploration video I seen where there were still robots and easy to pick apart heavy machinery. Funny how all the chair legs got swiped lol.
This is really cool and sad as alfa romeo is one of my favorite car brands. Yes they have a bad reputation for quality but they are just so pretty and fun to drive.
Fun fact they plan to convert this factory for ev production. But sadly they won't because coachbuilding by independent companies has no future. In this factory, my car was produced so yes thank you for the video. You should have walked around the test track though.
Peugeot makes some really great cars. One of my most favorite brands. Yeah it's sad that this place closed along with other ones. Usa isn't making anything much anymore. Should go back to the golden years where everyone was building what they wanted and working out the costs later
@@Expatriate1977 in this plant, only a few models were built to order for peugeot. 205 and 306 Convertible, 504 406 Coupe. But youre right, it was the better years. At the moment things are looking up again
As a factory worker, i can tell you that it's kind of a must. Doing any precise work in bad lightning conditions will start to damage your vision pretty quickly. You could have perfect vision and you'll be needing glasses in a few months if the lights are bad.
@@NorthernChev are those fluorescent lights or skylight cutouts for the natural light to get in? being empty for a decade hard to think the lights are still on and not burnt out
@@ChaseB517 Precisely, that's why I brought that up. I think they were granted admission to the building. I don't think this particular visit was a sneak and peek type thing. Not all their vids are sneak in and sneak out. Because, although there are skylights in that big room, you can clearly see in many different shots that the overhead fluorescent lights ARE actually turned on. You can see them every so often. I think this "tour" was arranged.
Ahh zo zonde. Dit moet pininfarina zijn. Ik heb 3 peugeot 406 coupe's die daar gemaakt zijn (zoals je op de poster zag boven) en ik had een alfa en 2 peugeot 306 roland garros cabrio's gemaakt door pininfarina mn favoriete ontwerpbureau. Zo zonde om die fabriek nu zo leeg te zien 😪 Wel gaaf dat jullie t gefilmt hebben 😊👍🏻
Is this the Pininfarina plant in San Giorgio Canavese? In any case, please post full unedited walkthrough, if possible. I find abandoned factories amazing.
Must have been more comments on this, but the way how the ceiling windows manage to illuminate the hall is really something! Had to look twice to ensure it really was just the sun and no electrical light. Just curioud, was it something you realised also while walking around? Visited quite some (partial) empty factoy/assembly halls myself, but never with such beautifull light ^^ Amazing place, thx for filming and sharing.
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The legs of the yellow chairs were made of aluminum, I think they are scrap dealers, who took them. Probably licensed by the property, I don't think if thieves had been there they would have left a lot more stuff, even the Makita battery chargers are worth a lot of money.
If a factory closes it's usually due to decline in production (or a new facility being opened elsewhere) At that point there isn't anything worth to repurpose and this stuff doesn't exactly have resale value. Dismantling it costs money so it's cheaper to just "let it be"
@tubagoo dom He says in the video it was shut down 10 years ago. Also scrappers have been there and he mentions that in the video as well. Abandoned places have electricity still on sometimes.
@@hvachacker586 I was replying to the other guy that said since the electricity is on that means they got permission. The electricity isn't always off in abandoned places. Also I agree it looked skylit and my original message said I didn't see any lights but I wasn't sure so I took that out. Either way, electricity shouldn't be a factor in determining whether they got permission to explore.
Amazing to see as humans we spend so much time and money on these places only to just completely abandoned them. Oh well, makes for great viewing from our Urbex crews.. Thankyou.
Definitely waaay too short video for such a huge, interesting complex. Lots of details missing, lots of rooms unseen. Otherwise super good video. Thank's and best regards.
I do agree, super long videos are not right with me, as I have an interest in quite a few content creators, but this had the potential for like twice the length.
Great video! Really nice to finally have a peak inside! Very unfortunate that nobody went in when the old Alfa Spiders were still rotting away outside, must’ve been truly top notch at that time 👌
Visit this factory few days ago, conditions are even worst than in your video. I'm wondering how is possible to waste all that technology. I count 4 vertical warehouse almost new in abandoned state. Not conceivable at all.
Must be- the last cars they made in that plant were Alfa Breras and I see some assembly pictures in this video that look like those. Makes sense that the plant would look relatively modern too since it was only made back in the 80's, for cadillac initially. I wonder if they're still trying to sell it considering all the robots and infrastructure they left behind.
I used the Dalmec robotics in Burnley UK when we used to manufacture TV screens for Philips Glass. The Robotics are manufactured specifically for the job in question. I have to say I enjoyed this a lot!
There are only 91 comments as I write this, and by coincidence I also worked there (Mullard Simonstone). I was an electrical apprentice and transferred to Mullard Blackburn in 1982.
Such a shame for all those good stuff left in there and waiting to be rusted and wasted. All those Robots Servos VFDs Harmonic drives HMIs PLCs Solenoid valves and so on. 😱😱😱😱
For the entire assembly hall part I was wondering why that place hasnt been completely looted by thieves - tools and machinery worth a pretty dime just standing there in pristine condition. Then we see legless chairs in the cantina... 🤦🏻♂️ By the way, I like this format very much. The only thing missing is live narration as you walk through.
its not easy to dismantle and not easy to sell. perhaps that is a reason. the six-axis arm, for example, is worthless without a proper functional control unit.
Holy fuck. All those robots are worth a fortune. I don't believe someone would go through the trouble of stealing chair legs and leave those robotic arms (the red ones). It would make no sense at all
2:40 to ~ 3:03 So what's that piece of 'Comau' branded kit worth? Looks expensive. - Isn't it worth moving to another factory, or is it too specialised for one use, or vehicle?
It's a windshield placing robotic arm, worth, at least, in this condition, around 10 000$ (even just for parts) Would be so happy to come on this kind of sites, properly remove it and reuse as well for training as for experimentations (like 3D printing building) There's should have a way to get it legally...
To say these guys are ballsy doesn't do these guys justice. These are once in a lifetime trips. The balls these guys have to do this stuff.....BIG DUMB BALLS
It's a fake video of closed factory the factory just looked like it had been shut down for just few months but not like in shape or condition of a decade age closed . Plz don't misguide us
Pretty disgusting to see how much waste of resources are left behind. No wonder why our planet is dieing. Wasting resources to then just not be reused or recycled.
