Automotive: some remarkable companies in Moselle

►  Smart Hambach

Established since 1994 in Hambach near Germany, surrounded by its main suppliers, Smart has set up a logistically efficient logistics organization. She was chosen by her group to produce the future electric Smart Fortwo, whose arrival on the market is expected in 2010.

►  PSA Trémery, Metz

Production at two sites in the Moselle:
– Trémery: four-cylinder gasoline and diesel engines (HDI engines)
– Metz: gearboxes (Master)

At Trémery, production in 2008 amounted to 1.45 million engines (of which nearly 95% were diesel), a rate of 6,700 units per day.
With the launch in 2011 of the new compact and environmentally friendly 3-cylinder gasoline engine EB, an investment of 255 million euros will be made, which will create 500 jobs.

►  Rehau Morhange

World leader in the production of polymer solutions (building, automotive, industry). 15,000 employees around the world work on the development of complete systems, adapted to the customer and to the preservation of the environment.

The Morhange site produces parts for the building (window profiles, electric ducts, etc.), for the automobile (door sticks, seals, etc.) and for the industry (production of pool covers). It now employs 850 people in the Moselle within its administrative headquarters, its factory and its commercial agency.