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Strasbourg is situated in a region where the automobile sector is one of the pillars of economic activity. Close to the Smart, Peugeot and Mercedes factories, it forms part of the vast network of major European constructors :
- equipment manufacturers
- subcontractors
- machine manufacturers
The principal characteristics of the sector are diversification and internationalisation. The equipment manufacturers active in the area call upon several specialisms:
Starting from scratch or taking over existing companies, the sector has thrown itself wide open to foreign capital : General Motors, Johnson Controls, Eaton Automotive...
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90% of production at the Strasbourg site of General Motors is exported
The automobile sector is the third largest industrial employer in the region through its multiple subcontractors :
handling, machine tools, transport, logistics, surface treatments, test and control benches
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Investments
The Strasbourg automobile sector generates considerable investment.
Delphi Automotive has devoted 16 million euro to increase its production capacity and the switch from cast iron to aluminium. For its part, General Motors has invested 45 million euros in the growth of its production capacity. An additional 160 million € have been invested by the company since 2004, devoted in particular to the production of six-speed automatic gear boxes.
The Alsace Franche-Comté Automobile Club
Businesses operating in the Strasbourg conurbation have access to the vast network of partners of ASTRID, Agence de Soutien des Technologies de la Recherche Industrielle et du Développement (Agency for the Support of Industrial Research Technologies and Development), which unites companies, tertiary education and research structures, State and territorial communities, technical resource centres and protagonists in economic development.
The automobile hub is structured in such a way as to assist companies in the automobile sector in economic and technological development. ASTRID will locate the partners best suited to your economic or technological problem and help you to take advantage of public funding. ASTRID will offer you its assistance in drawing up public funding dossiers.
Since July 2005, the Alsace Franche Comté Automobile Pole has been endorsed as the "Vehicle of the Future" competitivity pole. Research companies and establishments based in the R&D zone and involved in a project endorsed by the pole will enjoy tax and welfare exemptions.
For more information:
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and www.vehiculedufutur.com
A long history
Automobile construction is firmly rooted in the industrial traditions of Strasbourg. It relates back to a prestigious name : Emile Mathis. His factories constructed motor cars under his own name until 1935. After an agreement with Ford, the firm produced the Matford, before launching the production of the Ford V8 for the French market. This continued until 1961. Today, another American giant, General Motors, has become the major player in this field.
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