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Tesla Giga Press Maker IDRA Saw Sales Jump 40% Year-Over-Year in 2022

The Italian company that builds Tesla’s huge “Giga Press” casting machines, IDRA, surpassed an important sales milestone for 2022, despite continued competition and challenges. IDRA achieved a 40-percent increase in sales year over year in 2022, as detailed in a post on LinkedIn on Tuesday (via @Tslachan). The post also notes that IDRA surpassed 100 […]

More IDRA Giga Press Deliveries Spotted at Gigafactory Texas [VIDEO]

As Tesla prepares to begin producing the Cybertruck later this year, the automaker is continuing to receive huge packages for assembling the electric truck. Additional hardware parts from Italian casting machine manufacturer IDRA arrived at Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas earlier this week, as shared by drone videographer @Joe Tegtmeyer on Wednesday. Tegtmeyer notes that parts for […]

Tesla Supplier IDRA Sending 9,000-Ton Giga Press to Asia, Customer Unknown

Italian casting machine manufacturer IDRA is readying another 9,000-ton Giga Press machine, set to be shipped to Asia, according to a LinkedIn post from the company (via @TslaChan). While the post doesn’t specifically say where the Giga Press will be headed, speculation is it seems a possible location would be Tesla’s Gigafactory Shanghai. The 9000t […]

Tesla Cybertruck Giga Press ‘Packed and Ready to Go’ Says IDRA

Those awaiting the Tesla Cybertruck are in luck, as the automaker’s partnering manufacturer for the casting machine that will build it is officially set to ship the machine to Giga Texas. Tesla’s Italy-based casting machine supplier IDRA has shared a photo signifying that the Giga Press for the Cybertruck is all packed for shipping on […]

Sandy Munro Tours IDRA Giga Press Factory in Italy [VIDEO]

After Munro & Associates teased Sandy’s visit to Giga Press maker IDRA’s Italian facility, the crew has officially shared his tour of the factory. In a video shared on Friday by Munro Live, Sandy Munro gets a tour of Tesla casting machine maker IDRA’s Giga Press manufacturing facility in Italy. Sandy is given the tour […]

Tesla Cybertruck Giga Press Shown Off at IDRA Open House [PICS]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed that the automaker will use IDRA’s 9,000-ton Giga Press for the Cybertruck’s body, with the massive machine recently on display in Italy. The Tesla Cybertruck’s 9,000-ton Giga Press was showcased at an open house from the manufacturer IDRA, as detailed by an engineering student who recently got to see the […]