The PSA Group Invests €200 Million in the "Sochaux 2022" Modernisation Project
17 Februar 2017 - 9:38AM
Business Wire
- An investment calibrated to the
right level to modernise this historical site and ensure its
sustainability
- The acquisition of a new press line,
a first in France in the last 20 years.
- Improvements to logistic flows with
the construction of a new stamping building
- A versatile multi-silhouette line
allowing production of up to six different bodies
- Over 60,000 training hours to
support this project and significant improvements to work station
ergonomics
Regulatory News:
With "Sochaux 2022", a project that has mobilised a dedicated
multi-skilled team on the Sochaux site for the last 36 months, the
PSA Group (Paris:UG) shows its ambition to turn the Sochaux site
into a benchmark plant, at the heart of its historical
homeland.
This strategic project aims to simplify flows, inherited from
over 100 years of industrial history, that do not allow Sochaux to
reach its full potential compared to the other PSA Group industrial
sites.Restoring coherence to building locations will reduce loading
and unloading: Sochaux currently is a complex production site,
extending over 200 hectares, including 24 kilometres of conveyor
belts, and mobilising dozens of trucks to move vehicles
sub-assemblies in production.
At the end of this transformation project, Sochaux will be able
to meet changing customer expectations thanks to a highly-flexible
multi-silhouette line able to produce six different silhouettes,
with a production capacity of 400,000 vehicles per year, exceeding
the average of the last 10 years.
This new large transfer press line is the first acquired in
France in the last two decades. This new line will be high speed
and cutting edge technology, able to build multiple parts and to
produce both steel and aluminium parts.
Sochaux's modernisation will also include the setting-up of a
versatile, extremely flexible body-assembly workshop, capable of
processing the whole diversity of the site's production, and the
installation of an assembly workshop, meeting the highest world
standards, closer to the other production buildings. This assembly
workshop will be built to the highest standards.
Designed according to the principles of the plant of the future,
Sochaux will take advantage of the latest developments in terms of
digital tools, full kitting logistics, and mobile operator
platforms for better ergonomics and optimum levels of quality. The
workshops, designed for the 21st century, will be better organized,
to meet the highest standards in ergonomics for the men and women
that work there.
The transformations planned as part of the "Sochaux 2022"
project will bring the principles of the "excellent plant"
programme to the industrial birthplace of the PSA Group and
safeguard its future, thanks to a high level of performance.
For Maxime Picat, Executive Vice President, Operational Director
Europe: "Today, Sochaux produces emblematic cars for the PSA Group,
including the Peugeot 3008 which has been an enthusiastic
commercial success, and will begin to manufacture vehicles for the
Opel brand. I know that I can count on the professionalism and
unwavering commitment of all the employees at our historical site -
with whom I have had the chance to work - to continue to meet the
current and future expectations of our customers."
For Yann Vincent, Executive Vice President, Director Supply
Chain and Manufacturing: "The ‘Sochaux 2022, the car draws itself a
future’ project perfectly translates the PSA Group's desire to
write its industrial future in France."
About PSA Group
With sales and revenue of €54 billion in 2015, the PSA
Group designs unique automotive experiences and delivers mobility
solutions that provide freedom and enjoyment to customers around
the world. The Group leverages the models from its three brands,
Peugeot, Citroën and DS, as well as a wide array of mobility and
smart services from its Free2Move brand, to meet the evolving needs
and expectations of automobile users. The French automobile
manufacturer PSA is the European leader in terms of CO2 emissions,
with average emissions of 102.4 grams of CO2 per
kilometer in 2016, and an early innovator in the field of
autonomous and connected cars, with 1.8 million such vehicles
worldwide. It is also involved in financing activities through
Banque PSA Finance and in automotive equipment via Faurecia. Find
out more at groupe-psa.com/en.
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