AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

LILLE REGION IN THE HEART OF EUROPE’S AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

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Lille region: a vibrant automotive hub

LILLE REGION A VIBRANT AUTOMOTIVE HUB AN OUTSTANDING LOCATION AT THE HEART OF A VAST EUROPEAN MARKET • High-speed train lines

• Nearly two-thirds of European car manufacturers and many equipment suppliers are less than a day away

• Future high-speed train lines • Airports

• Each year, 6 million passenger cars and commercial vehicles are assembled within a 700-km radius of Lille – over 80% of total output in northwestern Europe.

• Large European cities with more than 1 million inhabitants • Channel Tunnel

Sunderland

TATA-JLR

Manchester

Halewood

Ellesmere Port

Crewe-Cheshire

TATA-JLR Solihull

SIAC-MOTORS

Swindon

Amsterdam

DEN HAAG

GM-VAUXHALL

HONDA FORD

Woking

MCLAREN

CATERHAM Dover

Goodwood

Eindhoven

Zeebrugge

BMW Calais

Oostend Brugge Dunkerque

LILLE

St-Omer

Douai

RENAULT

Hordain

BRUSSELS

Dresden

VW

Köln

Aachen

Zwickau

GM-OPEL

Dieppe

Namur

VW

Koblenz

Frankfurt Rüsselsheim

RENAULT NISSAN

Poissy

Saarbrücken

RENAULT

Reims

Karlsruhe

Batilly

PSA

SMART

Aulnay sous Bois

Nancy

VW PORSCHE

VW-AUDI Ingolstadt

Rastatt

DAIMLER Strasbourg

Rennes Troyes

Stuttgart Sindelfingen

Hambach

Metz

PARIS

Werk Regensburg

Neckarsulm

Saarlouis

Flins

VW AUDI

FORD

Sandouville

BMW

GM-OPEL

LUXEMBOURG

CharlevilleMézières

PSA

VW

Bonn

MCA (RENAULT)

SEVELNORD (PSA) Amiens

Eisenach

Mosel

Liège

Rouen

PSA

BMW VW-PORSCHE

Cambrai

RENAULT

Le Havre

Dortmund

FORD

Genk

Mons Onnaing Valenciennes Maubeuge

Arras

RENAULT NISSAN

VW-AUDI

Leipzig

DAIMLER

Düsseldorf

Born

FORD

TOYOTA

Lens

Béthune

600 km 373 miles

Gent

GEELY-VOLVO Hazebrouck

Boulogne-sur-Mer

VDL-MINI

VW

Münster

Bochum Essen

Rotterdam

Dartford

Hannover

Osnabrück

GM-OPEL

LONDON

Wolfsburg

VW

VW-PORSCHE

Cowley-Oxford

Bristol

Southampton

DAIMLER

Hethel

RENAULT NISSAN Luton

DAIMLER

PROTON

Coventry Northampton

BMW MINI

Ludwigsfelde

VW

ASTON MARTIN GEELY

Malvern

Cardiff

Emden

Burnaston-Derby Nottingham

Castle Gaydon Bromwich Birmingham

Longbridge

MORGAN MOTOR

Groningen

TOYOTA

Bremen

TATA-JLR

VW-BENTLEY

Hamburg

NISSAN

GM-VAUXHALL

DAIMLER München

BMW

PSA Mulhouse

PSA Sochaux

AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTION SITES Source : Automotive Production / Nord France Invest - 2014

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Lille Region’s automotive cluster

LILLE REGION’S AUTOMOTIVE CLUSTER FRANCE’S 1ST AUTOMOTIVE REGION (IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION) • 7 OEM sites • 30% of French vehicle production and 40% of French engine and gearbox production • 140 suppliers and subcontractors • 120 service providers • 2014 output - 555,550 vehicles - 1,335,000 gearboxes - 611,350 engines • Total work force: 60,000 employees, 40,000 working solely in the automotive industry, 17,661 in assembly plants

THE 7 OEM SITES (Key figures Dec. 31, 2014, source ARIA)

RENAULT DOUAI

• Workforce: 4,131 employees • Manufacturing in 2014: 109,120 Scenic, Grand Scenic and Mégane Coupé-cabriolet.

MCA

• Workforce: 1,834 employees • Manufacturing in 2014: 138,000 Kangoo (PCs & CVs), Kangoo Z.E., Mercedes Citan.

SEVELNORD

• Workforce: 2,366 employees • Manufacturing in 2014: 83,430 Peugeot Expert, Citroën Jumpy, Fiat Scudo, Toyota Proace.

TOYOTA

• Workforce: 3,171 employees • Manufacturing in 2014: 225,000 Yaris.

PSA VALENCIENNES

• Workforce: 2,070 employees • Manufacturing in 2014: 1.250.800 gearboxes.

FRANÇAISE DE MÉCANIQUE

• Workforce: 2,779 employees • Manufacturing in 2014: 611,350 engines.

STA RUITZ

• Workforce: 587 employees • Manufacturing in 2014: 84,225 gearboxes.

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Lille Region’s automotive cluster

LILLE REGION’S AUTOMOTIVE CLUSTER Oostende

Brugge

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Gent

Baron Calais

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Antwerpen

A16

Schaeffler Calais

Brussel TGV

SAINT-OMER

A16

Kortrijk

Soliver Neuville-en-Ferrain

A25

Brussel A22

BOULOGNE-SUR-MER A26

Le Touquet

A21

STA Ruitz Cadence Industrie Noeux les Mines Tech-Form Auxi-le-Château

Agrati France Vieux-Condé A23

Düsseldorf Köln

Toyota Boshoku Onnaing

A1

Toyota Boshoku Somain Inoplast Flers en Escrebieux

Mons

Simoldes Onnaing Toyotomi Europe Onnaing Mecacorp Lear corporation Faurecia EU-AGCLens Automotive VALENCIENNES Feignies Hénin-Beaumont DOUAI Petite Forêt Ogura Akebono Benteler Onnaing Arras PSA Quincy AGCValenciennes Automotive ARRAS A2 Aniche SANOH MAUBEUGE AGCValenciennes Saint Gobain Sotexo Faurecia Automotive Sienor Faurecia Aniche Reichhart Logistik Boussois Brebières Lieu St-Amand Feignies Eurostyle Systems Allevard Rejna SNWM Lieu St-Amand CAMBRAI Douai Douai UM Corporation Biache A1

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Tournai

Irausa G.A. Hénin-Beaumont

LENS

WTX / Maruyasu Roubaix

A27

FM Douvrin

BÉTHUNE

Faurecia Marles-les-Mines

Amiens Rouen Paris

LILLE

Reydel Automotive Gondecourt Harnes

Faurecia Auchel Plastic Omnium Ruitz

VALEO Etaples

Dourdin Saint André

Bridgestone France Béthune

A26

A2

Tremois Le Cateau

Grupo Antolin Cambrai

AVESNES

30 km Gestamp / Sofedit Gouzeaucourt Paris

Guilford Troisvilles

Agrati France Fourmies

Reims

Major suppliers and OEMs in Lille Region Classification by Product Nord France Invest EH OCT 2014 Subcontracting suppliers

OEMs Glazing

Alternators and dynamos

Heating and air conditioning

Exhaust pipes and silencers / Catalytic converters

Tires and air tubes

Suspension springs and torsion bars

Complete dashboards

Braking systems / ABS

Bumpers

Adhesives / Soundproof carpeting

Passenger car seats

Various plastic engine parts

Plastic parts for interior systems

Engine equipment

Textile

Transmission systems

Various metal sheets and hose equipment

Cutting out and shaping • Fine blanking Bolts and screws

Research center

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Equipment manufacturers

EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS The sheer size of the automotive industry in the Euro-Region (including Northern France, Belgium and Kent in the UK) gives automotive manufacturers easy access to a wide variety of subcontractors and related services. The Northern France region counts over 140 tiers-1, -2 or -3 equipment manufacturers. The diversity of their offer, comprising first-class French and foreign equipment manufacturers, lets manufacturers benefit from the most cost-effective purchasing policies.

EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS TIERS-1 AGC AUTOMOTIVE Automotive Glass

AGRATI Retainers, screws AKEBONO BRAKE Brake pads BRIDGESTONE

Tire manufacturing

LEAR CORPORATION

JIT plant for complete seat units

GROUPE FAURECIA

Bumpers, dashboards, door panels

GRUPO ANTOLIN (2 sites)

Plastic components for vehicle interiors

GESTAMP Assembles dashboard

cross members and bumper beams by MIG welding and resistance welding

GROUPE TRÈVES

Headrests and carpets for passenger cars

PLASTIC OMNIUM

Bumpers and plastic fuel systems

REYDEL AUTOMOTIVE Dashboards, door panels

TOYOTA BOSHOKU Car seats TOYOTOMI EUROPE Pressing and cutting parts

SCHAEFFLER CHAIN DRIVE SYSTEMS Drive chains SIMOLDES

Plastic parts, door panels, cabinets, wheel arches and various interior and exterior parts

SNWM Manufacture of parts and

bodywork and vehicle weldments.“Body in white” subsets by stamping and welding assembly for the European automotive industry.

VALEO Alternators, electric starter motors and DC generators

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Equipment manufacturers

EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS

EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS TIERS-2 + 3 CREATIQUE TECHNOLOGIE Electricity/electronics

DOURDIN

Stamping, surface treatment, assembly, studies, engineering, testing printing, adhesive films

DELZEN

Die-cut, stamped and assembled metal parts and products

DUFLOT

Nonwoven needlepunch specialist, thermal and acoustic insulation

DYLCO

Technical textile solutions

GALLEZ

Parts development, design and construction of injection tools

KNAUF

Alveolar foam specialists, injection extrusion, thermoforming/foaming, custom die cutting of expanded polystyrene, molding alveolar foam

LOBEL

Precision and high-precision engineering. (+/- 2 microns). Tooling, wear parts, complete assemblies, and testing systems

MADER

Paint and highly technical composites

NIEF PLASTICS

Injection of thermoplastics, assembling, US welding, gas injection

TECHFORM

Powertrain components

WTX/MARUYASU

Hoses, pipes and ducts for vehicles

Show Car Twizy totem - Design Renault - Réalisation Dourdin SA

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French Competitiveness Clusters in the Lille region. Dedicated to the automotive sector.

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

FRENCH COMPETITIVENESS CLUSTERS IN THE LILLE REGION DEDICATED TO THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR Mission: to increase the competitiveness of companies by developing synergies between private sector research, public research and training centers, around collaborative R&D projects.

i-TRANS

UP-TEX:

Anchored in Northern France, i-Trans brings together large companies, SMEs and laboratories of all backgrounds in ambitious innovation joint projects, resulting in industrialized or marketable products and services.

• A major textile region (1,000 companies, 25,000 jobs) where the textiles of the future are being developed today.

Catalysing innovation and enhancing competitiveness.

A catalyst of innovation Specialist for innovation management, i-Trans offers high added value services to entreprises and academic structures to develop finance and structure new Research and Development capabilities in 5 priority areas: • Freight • Mobility • Railway Infrastructure • Rolling Stock • Automotive. 5 major challenges for surface transport to tackle through collaborative innovation - reduce energy consumption - reduce environmental impacts - develop performance and reliability - strengthen safety and security - improve design and acceptance. Keys figures (as of January 31th 2015) • 202 R&D projects, representing investments totaling €1,2 billion • 16 structural resource projects • 19 training programs in higher education. For more information, visit www.i-trans.org

Lille Region’s high-performance textile cluster.

• UP-TEX is a platform of technological expertise, R&D and training designed to meet customers’ textile needs, particularly in the automotive industry. It currently focuses on three R&D specialties including innovative materials (nonwoven, agro-fibers, etc.) and new functions such as intelligent textiles. • 750 researchers are at work on textile projects, including 120 on materials and new performances.

TEAM²

an Innovation hub dedicated to green technologies for Recycling, Waste Recovery and Recyclability of materials.

Among their strategic axis: Organic materials such as waste from plastics, biomaterials, composites and also rubber or textiles. Initiative: Integration of recycled plastics in the automotive sector. For more information, visit www.team2.fr

Today, UP-TEX counts 138 members, 100 companies, 19 research and training institutions, more than 30 R&D projects in the field of transport. For more information, visit www.up-tex.fr

MATIKEM

an Innovation hub dedicated to the materials, chemical and green chemical industries.

Among their strategic axis: plant-based materials for the automotive industry. Initiative: new materials for lightweight vehicles. For more information, visit http://en.matikem.com

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Research and training in our region’s automotive industry

RESEARCH AND TRAINING IN OUR REGION’S AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY RESEARCH GROUPS SERVING BUSINESS CISIT

International Campus on Safety and Intermodality in Transportation including 12 research labs from regional and national institutions and 2 technical centers and 400 people in all

•A  n interdisciplinary campus in the heart of a region known for its automotive prowess, combining the development of research skills with innovative technology • Positioning in keeping with Europe’s Horizon 2020 roadmap • Strong ties to its ecosystem (regional automotive excellence cluster, ARIA, i-Trans, Transalley technopark and industrial partners) • Focus on research and innovation projects targeting the highest levels of safety and the lowest environmental impact: 1 - Reliable, safe and lightweight materials and structures 2-O  ptimal vehicle energy management 3 - Intelligent, safe and secure mobility 4 - Morpho-adaptative safety and human factors • The vision to become a vanguard European research center, innovating to create tomorrow’s vehicles. www.cisit.org

WORLD-CLASS RESEARCH LABORATORIES Over 1,000 people work at around 20 research laboratories in Northern France’s automotive sector, including:

LAMIH UMR CNRS 8201

(CISIT) Automation Laboratory, mechanics and industrial IT and Human.

IEMN UMR CNRS 8520

Microelectronics and nanotechnology institutes electronics.

IFSTTAR (CISIT) Communication,

PRIVATE R&D ON SITE AT AUTOMOTIVE EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS

CRISTAL UMR CNRS 9189

FRANÇAISE DE MÉCANIQUE

DTPCIM - ÉCOLE DES MINES (CISIT) Mechanical

engineering, polymers and composites. tracking, monitoring, analysis and evaluation of safety features for rail and guided transport systems, efficient mobility for passengers and goods. Center for Research in Computing, Signal and Automatic of Lille.

LML (CISIT) Mechanical engineering. UVHC University of Valenciennes and Hainaut Cambresis. Specializing in transport, with longstanding joint projects between companies in the transport sector and the university. Designated an Innovative Campus for Sustainable Transport by the French government, with the creation of a Sustainable Transport Institute and International Management Institute.

EFFICIENT TECHNICAL CENTERS SERVING BUSINESS C3T VALUTEC (CISIT) Center

for Technological Competences in Land Transport - Overall comfort of vehicles (safety - collision, braking, assistance for design and manufacturing, etc.).

CRITT M2A (CISIT) Regional

Center for Innovation and Technological Transfer for Engines and Automotive Acoustics - Test resources for the development of complex functions used in automotive engines (anechoic chamber, modeling, Turbocharger test center, calculations).

CREPIM Research and Study

Center on Fireproofing Processes used for Materials. Fireproof formulas, assessment of fire behavior of materials, standardization, regulation.

Engine development / Engine plant.

REYDEL AUTOMOTIVE

Technical center specializing in the design of the dashboards of the future.

VALEO

Development of alternators.

MECAPLAST

(Groupe Centre Technique) Technical center specializing in the design of intake plenums for engine injection systems.

EU-AGC AUTOMOTIVE

Production of prototype lines for complex windshield manufacturing.

WESTAFLEX/MARUYASU Hoses, pipes and ducts for vehicles.

ALLVARD REJNA SUSPENSION

Components, stabilizing bars and springs.

SCHAEFFLER CHAIN DRIVE SYSTEMS

Use of new materials for products developed by the company (mechanic chains, hydraulic tensioners).

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Research and training in our region’s automotive industry

RESEARCH AND TRAINING IN OUR REGION’S AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY A WIDE RANGE OF TRAINING SCHEMES Engineering schools, universities and professional training institutions in Northern France offer most of the automotive industry courses available in France – both for undergraduates and continuing professional development, including combined apprenticeship/ classroom programs. Some of the top-tier engineering schools with offerings tailored to the automotive industry include:

ENSIAME

(National Graduate School of Energetic Mechanics) in Valenciennes. Structural dynamics, crashes, acoustic and vibroacoustic analysis, transport aerodynamics, propulsion of land vehicles, mechatronics and embedded systems, modeling and optimization of production systems.

HEI

(Higher Engineering Studies) in Lille. Mechanical engineering & design, Master’s degree in innovative technology for transport systems. Mechanical design, electrical and automated power systems, Mechatronics, etc.

ISD

(International School of Design) in Valenciennes. Transport: focusing on emotion and mobility. Design and development of equipment, forms, internal and external structures of vehicles, under hood design (automotive), advance design, etc..

ENSAM - Paris Tech

(National School of Arts and Industry) in Lille: Expertise in the 3rd year of Land Transport Vehicle Engineering (or “TETRA”). Specialist Masters in “Electric Vehicle Engineering”.

ECOLE CENTRALE DE LILLE

(Engineering school ranked among the top 15 engineering schools in France, established 1854). Several options in the automotive sector, including advanced mechanics, production systems engineering,) and electrical power.

POLYTECH’LILLE

Training “engineer-architects’ in the design of mechanical systems. Sectors concerned are mainly transport and energy.

ECOLE DES MINES DE DOUAI

Trains engineers, managers, and operational staff in specialized fields through majors and options, developing dual areas of expertise (including preparation for corporate roles: R&D, logistics, purchasing, etc.). In addition to engineering degrees, Northern France offers a wide range of professional courses for undergraduates, as continuing education basis and through combined apprenticeship/ classroom programs. Candidates train to become technicians in all areas of automotive engineering, from metallurgy and mechnical engineering to bodywork, plastics, industrial maintenance and methods, mechanics and maintenance of transport vehicles, and more.

271 TRAINING CENTERS & 494 COURSES In addition to undergraduate training, Northern France offers a wide range of continuing professional development options in fields related to the automotive industry (iron plating, painting, assembly, programs for fork-lift truck drivers and warehouse managers and staff*).

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Lille region a leader in developing clean vehicles

LILLE REGION A LEADER IN DEVELOPING CLEAN VEHICLES A pioneer in electric-powered mobility As a pioneer in electricin France, Northern France rolled out a powered mobility in France, sweeping program to develop electric Northern France rolled out cars and recharging infrastructure at the a of sweeping program to end 2012.

RENAULT / NISSAN BACKS ELECTRIC VEHICLES

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Already a major presence in Northern France, where it operates four factories, Renault/ Nissan has signed a letter of intent with the region for electric vehicles. The agreement provides for the launch of preliminary studies to back a regional plan to develop electric vehicles for personal and business use. Included in the project are the appointment of a project leader for electric vehicles, a review of the region’s electric vehicle fleet, and plans to install recharging facilities. Medee, the competitiveness cluster dedicated to energy-efficient electric powertrains, and transport cluster i-Trans will be providing support, particularly in areas relating to training and technology.

develop electric cars and

TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING FRANCE At a press conference in September 2012, Toyota Motor Corporation and Toyota Motor Europe announced that its OnnaingValenciennes site had been selected for the production of a small hybrid vehicle. On this occasion, Mr. Makoto Sano, President of Toyota Motor Manufacturing France, explained the reasons for the choice. “I would first like to emphasize how proud we are that our site has been chosen. It’s a source of pride for all staff members at Onnaing-Valenciennes. Toyota Motor Manufacturing France will be the first site in France and the second in Europe to produce hybrid electric vehicles, consolidating its place within Toyota’s European manufacturing system.

Subsidiary MCA in Maubeuge pioneers large-scale production of electric vans.

Renault’s Kangoo Express ZE is the first electric van developed by a volume manufacturer for large-scale production. Mass production started in mid-2011.

DBT An SME based in Douai in 1990, Douaisienne de Basse Tension (DBT) is the French leader in the field of transformers. Thanks to this experience and its close relationship with the electricity provider EDF, DBT has also developed a complete range of retractable systems and terminals for power distribution in public areas, as well as access control systems via retractable terminals in urban areas

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Automobile associations at your service

ASSOCIATIONS AT YOUR SERVICE SUSTAINABLE & INNOVATIVE MOBILITY CLUSTER

AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATIONS

ASSETS: • Applied research laboratories. • Technology platforms. •C  ommon spaces for companies, researchers and universities.

TRANSALLEY Business and science park dedicated to innovative mobility in Valenciennes.

INVENTING TOMORROW’S TRANSPORT SOLUTION The place for innovative companies, R&D activities and key operators of sustainable and innovative mobility (railway clusters automotive cluster, scientific cluster…). Transalley offers services and tools to grow companies and innovate. TransAlley is home to: the i-Trans cluster,one of the five national automotive competitiveness cluster, CISIT, Pôle Automobile, Sustainable Transport Institute and others.

• Dedicated space for businesses (business centers). • Incubator. •V  alenciennes University is renowned internationally for its excellence in transport fields.It includes a campus entirely focused on sustainable transport issues, combining science and management.

LOCATION: •T  ransalley Technopole, Valenciennes, covering 34 hectares, 180,000 sq m SHON, adjacent to the university campus, and bringing together research and training center, established companies, start-ups and institutions in the transport sector.

ARIA A private association for manufacturers in the automotive sector, founded in 1996. It currently has around 130 members, including: • automakers. • equipment manufacturers (both suppliers and subcontractors). • capital goods suppliers. • universities, high schools, schools and consultants working in or with the automotive sector. www.aria-automobile-nord.com

www.transalley.com

AUTOMOTIVE CLUSTER “Supporting the automotive industry in Northern France by promoting its development and laying the foundations for the future”. After 10 years of working closely to promote businesses in the automotive sector, ARIA members– including representatives of the French State, regional and industrial groups–launched the Northern France Automotive Cluster. www.poleautomobile-npdc.fr

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