Turin designs cars and buys the parts they are built from, and one of its best-known design houses is a company of Mahindra. Before the first template goes, get the +39 right: an Italian landline keeps a 0 that Indian and British habits throw away.
Trade 1
Car design
Pininfarina has designed cars from the Turin area since 1930 and is today a company of Mahindra.
Trade 2
Automotive components
The Turin Chamber of Commerce runs an observatory on Italy's component makers and mobility services.
For India-based engineering, auto-component and admissions teams with contacts in Turin: why Italian numbers break CRMs built for India and how to store them, who in the city's car industry you may be writing to, when to send on Turin's clock, and what each message costs in rupees.
See it work
Pick a Turin number as a contact might write it and see what an API needs instead. The numbers are fictional; the converter applies the kind of rule a CRM set up for India applies.
Italian numbers break Indian CRMs in two ways. A Turin landline written the domestic way, 011 000 0001, is refused, which is the honest answer: without the country there is nothing safe to guess. A mobile written as 333 000 0002 is worse, because it passes. A generic rule assumes the digits already begin with a country code and returns +33…, which is France.
Italy also differs from the UK on the 0. In London the 0 of 020 disappears after +44; in Turin the 0 of 011 stays after +39, so an office number is +39 011 …, never +39 11 …. A rule copied from British practice that deletes a written (0) will break every Italian landline it touches.
The fix sits in your own data, before the send: ask for the country on the form, store every contact in E.164, and clean old imports from trade fairs and spreadsheets before the first broadcast.
E.164 is the one format phone APIs agree on: a +, the country code, then the number — no spaces, no leading 0.
Any format works: spaces, dashes, brackets, a 0 or 00 prefix.
What the city's own institutions and India's trade body say, read on 20 October 2026.
Pininfarina, founded in 1930, describes itself as a company of Mahindra and lists Cambiano, in the province of Turin, first among its Italian headquarters offices.[1]
The Turin Chamber of Commerce presents its 2026 observatory on Italian automotive components and mobility services on 21 October.[2]
Engineering goods are India's largest export to Italy: US$ 3.47 billion of the US$ 7.79 billion India shipped there in FY26.[3]
Machinery leads what India buys from Italy, at US$ 2.36 billion in FY26, followed by transport equipment, pharmaceuticals and machine tools.[3]
More than 800 Italian companies operate in India, employing about 60,000 people, mostly around Delhi, Mumbai–Pune, Chennai and Bengaluru.[3]
The Consulate General of India in Milan, whose news pages cover northern Italy, lists Gandhi Jayanti events in Turin, Genoa and Vicenza.[4]
Four kinds of Indian team with a reason to message a +39 number in Piedmont.
Castings, forgings and machined parts sit inside India's engineering exports to Italy. The buyer's purchasing office wants dispatch dates, not brochures.[3],[2]
Indian engineering teams working alongside Turin design houses, including one owned by an Indian group, share milestones across a three-and-a-half-hour gap.[1]
Machinery and machine tools lead India's imports from Italy, so Indian plants message Turin-area suppliers about service visits and spare parts.[3]
Counsellors in India guide applicants to Turin's universities, including the Politecnico, whose teaching dates back to 1859, and keep families informed on WhatsApp.[5]
Meta approves Italian and English templates as separate versions, so pick per contact rather than per company.
Ask for the preferred language at opt-in and store it with the number. A template only needs to be in Italian when the person reading it wants Italian; inside the 24-hour service window your engineers can answer in whatever language the Turin contact wrote in.
| Language | Meta code | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Italian | it | Purchasing, accounts and suppliers' service desks |
| English | en | Design and engineering teams that already work with you in English |
Prices in ₹ and EUR
Turin numbers are charged at Italy's line of Meta's rate card: ₹2.64 for a dispatch or milestone update, ₹6.98 for a marketing message, ₹2.64 for authentication and ₹2.64 for each service reply. Plans start at ₹999 a month.
Snapshot rates · as of 20 Oct 2026, 00:02 UTC
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Growth
₹2,999 / month≈ €28.17 EUR
₹2,499 / month, billed yearly≈ €23.48 EUR
Lite, plus the API, automation and team scale serious senders need.
Enterprise
Custom volume pricing, custom SLA and dedicated infrastructure.
Per message to Turin · Italy
| Category | ₹ INR | EUR |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing | ₹6.9847 | €0.0656 |
| Utility | ₹2.6369 | €0.0248 |
| Authentication | ₹2.6369 | €0.0248 |
| Service | ₹2.6369 | €0.0248 |
| Market | Marketing | Utility | Authentication | Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | €0.0511₹5.4352 | €0.0215₹2.2874 | €0.0215₹2.2874 | €0.0215₹2.2874 |
| Bangladesh | €0.0605₹6.4397 | €0.0031₹0.3254 | €0.0031₹0.3254 | €0.0031₹0.3254 |
| Brazil | €0.0516₹5.4970 | €0.0056₹0.5981 | €0.0056₹0.5981 | €0.0056₹0.5981 |
| Chile | €0.0734₹7.8162 | €0.0165₹1.7585 | €0.0165₹1.7585 | €0.0165₹1.7585 |
| Colombia | €0.0103₹1.0993 | €0.0007₹0.0706 | €0.0007₹0.0706 | €0.0007₹0.0706 |
| Egypt | €0.0532₹5.6629 | €0.0030₹0.3167 | €0.0030₹0.3167 | €0.0030₹0.3167 |
| France | €0.0710₹7.5588 | €0.0248₹2.6393 | €0.0248₹2.6393 | €0.0248₹2.6393 |
| Germany | €0.113₹12.0088 | €0.0455₹4.8386 | €0.0455₹4.8386 | €0.0455₹4.8386 |
| Hong Kong | €0.0605₹6.4397 | €0.0215₹2.2867 | €0.0215₹2.2867 | €0.0215₹2.2867 |
| Hungary | €0.0710₹7.5596 | €0.0288₹3.0700 | €0.0288₹3.0700 | €0.0288₹3.0700 |
| India | €0.0089₹0.9435 | €0.0018₹0.1941 | €0.0013₹0.1402 | €0.0014₹0.1450 |
| Indonesia | €0.0339₹3.6133 | €0.0206₹2.1979 | €0.0206₹2.1979 | €0.0206₹2.1979 |
| Iraq | €0.0282₹2.9992 | €0.0065₹0.6943 | €0.0065₹0.6943 | €0.0065₹0.6943 |
| Israel | €0.0292₹3.1045 | €0.0044₹0.4662 | €0.0044₹0.4662 | €0.0044₹0.4662 |
| Italy | €0.0656₹6.9847 | €0.0248₹2.6369 | €0.0248₹2.6369 | €0.0248₹2.6369 |
| Kazakhstan | €0.0499₹5.3098 | €0.0149₹1.5824 | €0.0149₹1.5824 | €0.0149₹1.5824 |
| Kuwait | €0.0654₹6.9671 | €0.0363₹3.8671 | €0.0363₹3.8671 | €0.0363₹3.8671 |
| Malaysia | €0.0711₹7.5644 | €0.0116₹1.2314 | €0.0116₹1.2314 | €0.0116₹1.2314 |
| Mexico | €0.0328₹3.4877 | €0.0070₹0.7471 | €0.0070₹0.7471 | €0.0070₹0.7471 |
| Morocco | €0.0342₹3.6425 | €0.0190₹2.0218 | €0.0190₹2.0218 | €0.0190₹2.0218 |
| Netherlands | €0.132₹14.0494 | €0.0413₹4.3987 | €0.0413₹4.3987 | €0.0413₹4.3987 |
| Nepal | €0.0605₹6.4397 | €0.0028₹0.2990 | €0.0028₹0.2990 | €0.0028₹0.2990 |
| Nigeria | €0.0427₹4.5421 | €0.0055₹0.5898 | €0.0055₹0.5898 | €0.0055₹0.5898 |
| Oman | €0.0282₹2.9992 | €0.0204₹2.1709 | €0.0204₹2.1709 | €0.0204₹2.1709 |
| Pakistan | €0.0391₹4.1620 | €0.0124₹1.3200 | €0.0124₹1.3200 | €0.0124₹1.3200 |
| Peru | €0.0581₹6.1843 | €0.0248₹2.6392 | €0.0248₹2.6392 | €0.0248₹2.6392 |
| Poland | €0.0302₹3.2105 | €0.0101₹1.0702 | €0.0101₹1.0702 | €0.0101₹1.0702 |
| Qatar | €0.0282₹2.9992 | €0.0099₹1.0547 | €0.0099₹1.0547 | €0.0099₹1.0547 |
| Romania | €0.0710₹7.5596 | €0.0239₹2.5436 | €0.0239₹2.5436 | €0.0239₹2.5436 |
| Russia | €0.0662₹7.0520 | €0.0330₹3.5173 | €0.0330₹3.5173 | €0.0330₹3.5173 |
| Saudi Arabia | €0.0475₹5.0537 | €0.0088₹0.9401 | €0.0088₹0.9401 | €0.0088₹0.9401 |
| Singapore | €0.0605₹6.4397 | €0.0132₹1.4072 | €0.0132₹1.4072 | €0.0132₹1.4072 |
| South Africa | €0.0314₹3.3385 | €0.0079₹0.8369 | €0.0079₹0.8369 | €0.0079₹0.8369 |
| Spain | €0.0584₹6.2161 | €0.0165₹1.7578 | €0.0165₹1.7578 | €0.0165₹1.7578 |
| Sri Lanka | €0.0605₹6.4397 | €0.0017₹0.1759 | €0.0017₹0.1759 | €0.0017₹0.1759 |
| Turkey | €0.0090₹0.9587 | €0.0007₹0.0792 | €0.0007₹0.0792 | €0.0007₹0.0792 |
| Ukraine | €0.0710₹7.5596 | €0.0246₹2.6138 | €0.0246₹2.6138 | €0.0246₹2.6138 |
| United Arab Emirates | €0.0475₹5.0537 | €0.0130₹1.3811 | €0.0130₹1.3811 | €0.0130₹1.3811 |
| United Kingdom | €0.0524₹5.5795 | €0.0182₹1.9346 | €0.0182₹1.9346 | €0.0182₹1.9346 |
| North America | €0.0206₹2.1976 | €0.0028₹0.2989 | €0.0028₹0.2989 | €0.0028₹0.2989 |
| Rest of Africa | €0.0186₹1.9796 | €0.0033₹0.3516 | €0.0033₹0.3516 | €0.0033₹0.3516 |
| Rest of Asia Pacific | €0.0696₹7.4057 | €0.0093₹0.9938 | €0.0093₹0.9938 | €0.0093₹0.9938 |
| Rest of Central & Eastern Europe | €0.0710₹7.5596 | €0.0175₹1.8595 | €0.0175₹1.8595 | €0.0175₹1.8595 |
| Rest of Latin America | €0.0611₹6.5048 | €0.0093₹0.9934 | €0.0093₹0.9934 | €0.0093₹0.9934 |
| Rest of Middle East | €0.0324₹3.4490 | €0.0075₹0.7998 | €0.0075₹0.7998 | €0.0075₹0.7998 |
| Rest of Western Europe | €0.0489₹5.2054 | €0.0141₹1.5019 | €0.0141₹1.5019 | €0.0141₹1.5019 |
| Other | €0.0499₹5.3098 | €0.0064₹0.6769 | €0.0064₹0.6769 | €0.0064₹0.6769 |
Plan prices are monthly, in rupees, excluding GST; yearly billing is two months free. Messages are charged per delivered message on top of the plan, at the rate for the recipient’s country. Full details: InfiQ pricing. An applicant still in India on a +91 number is charged at the Indian rate, ₹0.19 for the same reminder. Euro figures are indicative conversions; InfiQ invoices in rupees, with GST for Indian businesses.
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Approved templates, a shared number and controls over who can send.
Draft, submit and track WhatsApp message templates for Meta's approval, starting from a library of 1,000+ ready templates in 27 categories.
Keep Italian and English versions of dispatch, milestone and review templates side by side and track each through Meta's approval.
One WhatsApp number answered by a team: 10 users on Lite and 25 on Growth, agent and manager roles, transfers, private notes, labels and canned replies.
A Turin purchasing office and a design team can write to one number; transfers move each thread to the right engineer in India.
TLS 1.2+ in transit and AES-256 at rest, role-based access, two-factor sign-in, scoped API keys with IP allow-lists, and hash-chained audit logs.
Role-based access and two-factor sign-in decide who in an engineering firm can send to a client's Turin contacts.
InfiQ guides Meta business verification, number registration and display-name approval; with verification done, a number is typically live in about two hours.
Meta business verification first; once it clears, your number is usually live in about two hours, ready for the first +39 template.
Nearby
The nearest city guides on this site, in Italy and across the Alps.
Genoa's page follows a container into the Ligurian ports that serve Piedmont; Milan's follows the trade-fair calendar. Consent and rates are the same across Italy, and the Italy guide covers them in full.
Question: Our CRM turned a Turin buyer's mobile, saved as 333 000 0002, into a number starting +33. What happened?
Answer: The mobile was saved without +39. It has no leading 0 and does not look like an Indian number, so the rule assumed its first digits were a country code, and 33 is France. Save it as +393330000002, ask for the country on every form, and check imports for bare ten-digit numbers starting with 3.
Question: A design studio near Turin gives its office number as +39 011 …. Should we drop the 0 after +39, as we do for London?
Answer: No. In Italy the 0 of the area code is dialled from abroad too, so a Turin landline stays +39 011 followed by the rest of the number. Dropping it gives a number that does not exist. Only the UK-style (0) convention removes it, and it does not apply to Italy.
Question: We supply castings to component makers around Turin. Are order and dispatch updates on WhatsApp marketing messages?
Answer: No. Updates about an order the buyer placed are utility templates, ₹2.64 each to an Italian number. A note about a new product line is marketing at ₹6.98, and in Italy it needs the buyer's documented opt-in for promotions before the first one is sent.
Question: Our engineers in Pune review designs with a Turin studio. When should a reminder leave India to arrive at 09:30 in Turin?
Answer: At 13:00 IST while Italy is on summer time, and at 14:00 IST from 25 October 2026 until the last Sunday in March. Schedule the reminder in Turin time and the platform works out the Indian hour, so the change of clocks cannot catch you out.
Question: We counsel students applying to Politecnico di Torino. Can deadline reminders reach applicants who are still in India?
Answer: Yes, if they opted in. An applicant on a +91 number is charged at India's rate, ₹0.19 for a utility reminder; once they arrive and switch to an Italian number, Italy's rate applies. Deadline and document reminders are utility; a promotion for a new course is marketing.
Question: Our Turin subsidiary buys Italian machine tools for our plants in India. Can it hold the InfiQ account?
Answer: InfiQ serves India-based businesses: it bills in rupees with GST and keeps customer data in India, so the Indian parent is the natural account holder and can message Turin numbers at Italy's rate. If the account must belong to the company based in Turin, talk to sales about whether InfiQ fits.
Facts on this page were checked against these sources on the dates shown. Page updated 2026-10-20.
Take a 7-day Lite trial, no card needed, fix your Italian contacts, and send your first approved template once Meta verification is complete. If your business is based in Turin, talk to sales about whether InfiQ fits.
