please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . march 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message technogym spa industry fitness founded 1983 cesena founder nerio alessandri headquarters cesena italy key people nerio alessandri president and founder products fitness equipment revenue 413 million 2013 1 number of employees 2200 2011 website www.technogym.com technogym is a manufacturer of fitness equipment based in cesena italy . it was founded in 1983 by nerio alessandri . 2 contents 1 history 2 sponsorship 3 performance index 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit in 1985 technogym launched its first complete strength training line and in 1986 it presented unica a home trainer . then in 1990 the company added its first cardiovascular training line . in 2000 it launched the selection line and in 2002 it launched excite the first cardiovascular training line with an integrated tv screen . in 2000 technogym was nominated official supplier for athletic training equipment at the olympic games in sydney . citation needed since then the company has been an official supplier for numerous other olympic games including athens 2004 turin 2006 beijing 2008 and london 2012 nominated on july 13 2010 . citation needed in july 2014 technogym partnered with industrial designer antonio citterio to create a sleek line of home gym equipment . the kinesis personal vision line integrates tablets that run a program called visioweb that runs on an android platform 3 in august 2014 the 2016 summer olympics in rio announced it was choosing technogym as an exclusive supplier . 4 sponsorship edit in 1993 technogym sponsored the formula one motor racing team benetton formula . 5 technogym has sponsored the olympics in sydney athens turin and beijing 6 where it was of two official sports related official suppliers to the 2008 summer olympics together with adidas . 7 the company is set to provide equipment to the london 2012 olympics . 8 performance index edit technogym s cardiovascular training equipment displays a proprietary performance index p.i. when used in conjunction with a heart rate monitor . results are displayed on a scale from 0 to 99 with higher numbers indicating stronger performance . results are not directly comparable with other measures such as vo2 max . the ranges quoted in manuals are p.i. performance up to 10 poor 11 to 20 fair 21 to 30 good 31 to 40 very good over 40 excellent the technogym performance index p.i. is calculated on the basis of oxygen consumption during exercise vo2 mets x 3.5 mets calories used per hour divided by weight in kilograms and the average heart rate during exercise given as % of maximum heart rate . this formula is then used to calculate the p.i. p.i. 100x vo2 % of max heart rate 0.1 0.9 as can be seen from the above formula the pi is heavily dependent on the calculation of maximum heart rate . technogym equipment calculates maximum heart rate as 220 minus age . thus the calculated p.i. of an individual will drop year by year even if the performance itself does not change . see also edit italy portal companies portal list of italian companies references edit http www.privco.com private company technogym spa interview nerio alessandri by james tarmy bloomberg . 1 . july 25 2014 . august 1 2014 . newswire . rio 2016 olympics chooses technogym . august 27 2014 . retrieved august 22 2014 . http www.sofeminine.co.uk star pictures 93508 michael schumacher schumi with benetton jordan in 1993.html technogym becomes the fitness equipment exclusive supplier of the beijing 2008 olympic games official list of beijing olympics 2008 sponsors http www.london2012.com news 2010 07 london 2012 signs technogym as fitness equipment supplie.php external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to technogym . technogym s website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title technogym & oldid 722491740 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