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Western France
Special Vehicles
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Because of its strong automotive industry, the region is leading the country in the production of leisure vehicles. It also hosts many industrial equipment groups.
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- Motorhomes/trailers: Pilote, Le Voyageur, Rapido, Bavaria, RMB, Trigano, Autostar, Raclet Mobil-homes: O’Hara (subsidiary of Bénéteau Group)
- Licenceless vehicles: Bellier, Microcar (subsidiary of Ligier), Simpa JDM
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| Industrial Equipment companies |
- Lift trucks: TIE (Toyota Industrial Equipment), Fenwick-Linde (electric forklift trucks)
- Handling equipment: Manitou (rough terrain handling equipment), Buisard
- Loaders, Utility vehicles: Bobcat (Ingersoll-Rand), Buisard
- Agricultural machinery: Buisard, Kuhn-Huard
- Vehicles for the army: Acmat
- Trucks: Scania
- Fire Fighting vehicles: Sides
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| - Chassis parts: Auto Chassis International
- Tyres: Michelin
- Sub-assemblies: Valéo (optics, alternators, starters, radiators, cooling units), Brose Automotive
- Anti-vibration solutions, air supply solutions: Trelleborg
- Braking systems: Bosch
- Sealing solutions: Paulstra, Hutchinson
- Transmissions: NTN, GKN
- Bearings: SKF
- Seats: Faurecia
- Exhaust systems: Tenneco
- Bodywork manufacturer: Gruau Laval
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| Labs and testing facilities |
- ENSMA: National Engineering School on Mechanic and Aero technology
- ISMANS: Higher Institute of Advanced Materials and Mechanical Engineering
- ESTACA: Aeronautical, Automotive, Space and Railway Engineering School
- VETRALOG: Vehicles, transports and logistics
- “Pôle PPRIME”: Centre for Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Energy Research
- CEMCAT: Centre for studies of advanced composite materials for transport (carbon fibre manufacturing processes)
- “Pôle PRIDES”: Regional Centre for Image, Data and Systems Research
- CEA: French government-funded technological research organisation
- IFP: Public-sector research and training center in fields of energy, transport and the environment
- CNRS: French National Centre for Scientific Research
- INRETS: French national institute for transport and safety research
- Many labs: IMS (Laboratory of integration: from materials to system), LEG (electronics), LET (thermal studies), LAII (automatics), LISI (computer sciences)
- Test Tracks for automotive, tramway, and trolleybus
- Many Engineering Schools: ESIEA, ENSAM, ECN, EMN, ENSIM, ESEO, Polytech'Nantes, ICAM
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| The ID4car cluster is focused on specific vehicles and gathers mainly SMEs and also carmakers (PSA Peugeot Citroën, Renault), T1 & T2 suppliers, research laboratories and training centres. It works on 4 themes : Product Engineering and Manufacturing process, Materials and Vehicles Architecture, Intelligence of the Embedded Systems, Specific Uses and Customer Value
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French Automotive Cluster for private cars and public transport.
Mov’eo works on collaborative and innovative projects which reinforce international competitiveness of French businesses on the continent and overseas. The cluster represents more than 70% of R&D in the French automobile sector. |
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If you want to attend the event, contact us |
The International Business Days is a unique event in France around the legendary circuit of Le Mans 24 Hours. It opens doors to French and Foreign Teams, and gives the opportunity to meet buyers, suppliers and service providers from the Motorsport Industry throughout one-on-one pre-arranged business meetings, pits and paddock visit and a friendly-diner. |
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