The automobile in Lorraine: a complete value chain

In Lorraine, the leading French equipment * region, nearly 16,000 employees work at all stages of the automotive value chain, within a dense and structured network of 82 establishments, regional SMEs and subsidiaries of major international groups.

The dynamics
of a Greater Automotive Region

The Lorraine automotive industry has been able to reap the full benefits of the conversion of traditional regional industries: relying on know-how and solid industrial skills, it has managed to make the technological investments necessary to deploy in a complete sector, structured and competitive.

Thanks to its tri-border and central position in the heart of the Greater Region (Luxembourg, Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany, Wallonia in Belgium and Lorraine) and Great East (Alsace, Franche-Comté, Burgundy, Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine) , Lorraine is today the leading French equipment supplier, ahead of the Rhône-Alpes and Pays de la Loire regions.

A stimulating concentration of clusters

Totaling 120,000 employees  in this great European stimulating area, where more than 1.5 million vehicles leave the assembly plants each year, the companies of the automobile industry, manufacturers and equipment manufacturers, complement and organize themselves within clusters (Automotive Saarland, Automobilzuliefer Initiative, Perfo Est, AKJ Automotive …), competitiveness clusters (Matéralia for innovative materials) and collective operations such as Autoessor.