AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY: the engine of Moselle’s economic development

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ThyssenKrupp extends its Moselle site and creates 100 new jobs

The automotive subcontractor ThyssenKrupp Presta France has invested some 14 million Euros in brand new serial production facilities for EPS steering systems for the Mercedes C-class. The company direction board has created about 100 new jobs and launched a vast in-house training program allowing certain employees to progress in their professional career.

Source: RL – 07/07/2011

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KEY FIGURES:

⇒ Second French region for subcontracting
⇒ 13 % of regional industrial employment
⇒ 250 companies, of which 70 % with less than 100 employees
⇒ 38,000 jobs (62 % of total jobs in the Moselle)
⇒ 65 subcontractors of big foreign industrial groups
⇒ An important network of small and medium sized subcontractors of rank 2 and more.
(source : Autoessor 2010)

►►ZOOM in on... Smart Fortwo Electric Drive: an electric city car made in Moselle

It is made « for two » and doesn’t emit any pollutant. The ED Smart, currently under development on the Smartville site in Hambach, is exclusively electric. 1,000 vehicles are presently being tested in Europe and the United States. The battery can be recharged within 3 hours from a simple household electrical outlet. Smart plans the installation of charging stations in cities, detectable by geolocation devices (GSM). Mass production will start by 2012 with the creation of 52 direct and indirect jobs.

(Extract from "Invest in the Lorraine automotive industry" - VALORIS LORRAINE - June 2010).

►►ZOOM in on... PSA PEUGEOT CITROËN, an engine developed and manufactured on the Trémery site

PSA PEUGEOT CITROËN has two production sites in Moselle: Trémery and Metz. PSA is about to anticipate the new environmental standard Euro 6 of 2014 in bringing on the market its new 3-cylinder petrol engine, developed and manufactured on the Trémery site. City cars equipped with this engine emit less than 100 g of CO2 per kilometer, without any additional technology (type Stop&Start). PSA Peugeot Citroën justifies the choice of the Trémery site by the long industrial tradition of the Lorraine region, its highly skilled workers, known for their professionalism and rigor. Some 255 million Euros have been invested in this innovative project and manufacturing will mobilize a total of 500 employees.

The Moselle close to major European car manufacturers

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