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EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERS
The Nord-Pas de Calais region alone totals more than 200 rank-1, 2 or 3 equipment manufacturers.
Thanks to the size of the automotive industry in the Euro-Region (made up of Nord-Pas de Calais, Belgium and Kent in the UK), automotive manufacturers have an easy access to a large variety of subcontractors and related services.
equipment manufacturers
| Employees | Manufacturing
|
| Groupe Faurecia | 1 550 | bumpers, dashboards, door panels |
| Grupo Antolin | 188 | plastic components for vehicle interiors |
| Lear Corporation | 90 | JIT plant for complete seat units |
| Tanis – JV entre TREVES et Grupo Antolin | 315 | plastic components for vehicle interior |
| INOPLAST | 270 | compound plastic components for the vehicle's outer shell |
| Ogura Clutch | 62 | clutches for air conditioning compressors |
| Wagon Automotive Douai | 680 | drawing of body parts |
| Tremois (Groupe Treves) | 366 | headrests, carpets for PCs |
| Vallourec Composants automobiles | 250 | tubes, hoses, piping, reinforcements for doors and steering columns,… |
| Visteon Systèmes Intérieurs | 1 280 | dashboards, door panels |
Manufacturing of engines and driveline components
| Employees | Manufactirung
|
| Française de Mécanique | 3 915 | gasoline and diesel engines, crankshafts, camshafts, … |
| Société de Transmissions Automatiques | 856 | manual and automatic gearboxes |
| PSA Peugeot Citröen - Site de Valenciennes | 2 110 | gearboxes |
| Schaeffler Chain Drive Systems | 410 | drive chains |
Steering, suspension and braking components
| Employees | Manufacturing
|
| Akebono | 110 | brake pads |
| ALLEVARD Rejna Autosuspensions | 240 | springs and bars, suspension components for the automotive industry |
| Colaert SARL | 160 | leaf springs, special screws and bolts |
Feed and exhaust components
| Effectif | Produits fabriqués
|
| Bosal France | 530 | exhaust systems |
| Inergy Solvay | 44 | tanks |
| Westaflex Automobile | 375 | hoses, pipes and ducts for vehicles |
| Wimetal – Group Tenneco | 52 |
Miscellaneous components for engines, release and ignition
| Employees | Manufacturing
|
| Groupe Mecaplast | 650 | intake plenums for engine injection systems |
| C.E.A.C. (groupe Exide) | 481 | batteries |
| Hawker | 1 116 | batteries, accumulators |
| Thyssenkrupp Sofedit | 299 | |
| Valeo | 1 200 | alternators, electric starter motors and DC generators |
| Vesuvius | 200 | refractory ceramic products for engines |
Other equipment manufacturers
| Employees | Manufacturing
|
| Bridgestone | 1 451 | tire manufacturing |
| Lisi Automotive | 137 | female screws for the automotive industry |
| PPG Industries France | 840 | paints |
| Sekurit - Saint Gobain | 230 | sun roofs and rear windows |
| Soliver France | 15 | laminated glass windshields |
| Acument Global Technologies | 735 | retainers, screws |
Bridgestone
Japan’s Bridgestone, the world’s leading tire manufacturer, has been an established presence for almost 50 years in the North Pas de Calais, where it continues to operate the company’s only factory in France. Managing Director, BrunoCapron, looks at what the region has to offer foreign manufacturers.
ARIA
Regional Association for the Automotive Industry