Car industry

In the Loire departement, this work covers nearly 16,000 workers, producing a turnover of €1.68bn.
In the Saint-Etienne Métropole area, companies find innovative answers to their requirements, with a trained workforce, many research institutes and highly efficient specialist companies in the domain of production (tooling, machine tools, specialised machines, automation, etc.):
 

Leading companies:

  • GRUPO ANTOLIN LOIRE (SPAIN) - Seats and saddlery items
  • DURA(USA) - Gearbox control systems
  • KSDSE(JAPAN) -Transmission components and power-assisted steering jacks
  • SEAC(JAPAN) - Steering ball-joints and connecting rods
  • LEMFORDER MECACENTRE(GERMANY) - Cold punching and thermal treatment of security components
  • PCI / SCEMM(FRANCE) - Automated assemblies
  • Siemens VAI MT SAS(GERMANY) - Rolling mills
  • ASIRobicon Loire Automation (USA) - Electrical systems and automation
  • COURBON(GERMANY) - Piloting information technology and automation, etc.
     

Training and Research:

  • Graduate School for Science and Technology (Ecole des Mines) – research into special alloys, surface analysis and processing, corrosion, etc.
  • Higher Institute of Industrial Automation (ISTP ), in co-operation with the Graduate School for Science and Technology, trainees with technician qualifications to engineering diploma level.
  • High Institute of Advanced Technics of Saint-Etienne (ISTASE) - Engineers in physical engineering and instrumentation, etc.
  • Copernic Institute : co-operation with equipment manufacturers such as SCEMM, VALEO, KOYO, etc.
  • University Insitute of Technology (IUT)- technicians in mechanical and electrical engineering, physical measurements, industrial maintenance, vacuum techniques, etc.
  • Private research: HEF - Hydromechanics and Friction - specialising in surface engineering, mechanical design and biomedical engineering.

Support structures:

  • Rhône-Alpes Industrial Automation Centre
  • Rhône-Alpes Optics Centre
     
     
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