Valeo Completes €45M Modernization of Angers Plant for Advanced Lighting Systems
Valeo's Angers plant finalizes a €45 million modernization to produce next-generation lighting systems, targeting leadership in heavy-duty vehicle lighting.
- €45 million
- 9,000 headlights and 22,000 modules
- 168 over three years
What Happened
Valeo's Angers plant in France has completed a modernization plan spanning 2023 to 2026, with an investment of over 45 million euros. The facility now features 25 injection presses, 5 varnishing lines, 11 assembly lines, and 181 robots, enabling production of complex bi-color optical lenses for leading automakers. The site also integrates digital tools and artificial intelligence for predictive simulation and real-time validation.
“Lighting is at the heart of the mobility challenges of tomorrow: safety, design, and intelligent interaction with the environment. This 45 million euro investment allows the factory to consolidate its industrial excellence.”
The Angers site is designated the Product & Process Competence Center for Heavy Duty Vehicle front headlights at the European level. With two major launches planned in 2027 and 2028, the share of production for heavy goods vehicles will rise from 20% to 40% by 2030. Currently, the plant supplies 9,000 headlights and 22,000 complex modules daily to manufacturers worldwide.
- 168 hires completed in the last three years, including 15 new technicians in 2026
- Apprenticeship rate of 6.3% and over 3,150 hours of training per year via the Valeo Lighting Academy
- 24 R&D projects in development, including 6 major projects specific to the Angers plant
Why this matters
The investment strengthens Valeo's capacity to meet growing demand for safer, more intelligent lighting while bolstering local employment and industrial innovation.
Terms in This Story
- Industry 4.0
- The automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies, including IoT, AI, and robotics.
- Predictive simulation
- Using AI and data to forecast system behavior in real time.
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