Valeo Accelerates Future Lighting at its Angers Plant
Automotive lighting is a high-growth market in which Valeo is a global leader. Conducted between 2023 and 2026 and representing an investment of more than 45 million euros, the plan has transformed the workshops and deployed new optical technologies to meet the growth targets outlined in the Valeo Elevate 2028 strategic plan. Accompanied by recruitment momentum, this transformation illustrates the local roots and global technological reach of the Anjou plant.
Jean-Luc Terrasse, CEO of Valeo’s Light Division, said: “Lighting is at the heart of the mobility challenges of tomorrow: safety, design, and intelligent interaction with the environment. It allows manufacturers to differentiate themselves and offer users ever-increasing safety and driving comfort. This 45 million euro investment allows the factory to consolidate its industrial excellence. The Angers site demonstrates that a French factory can design and produce systems of unprecedented optical complexity and be at the forefront of European Industry 4.0.”
The Angers plant showcases the Group’s expertise and its high standards for quality, operational performance, and industrial competitiveness. It is firmly rooted in its region, focusing on industrial innovation and operational excellence.
With over 1,200 highly qualified employees across Angers and Blois, Valeo’s industrial operations in the region supply 9,000 headlights and 22,000 complex modules daily to the world’s leading manufacturers. The site benefits from exceptional innovation capabilities through its dual DNA, which combines industrial excellence with advanced R&D design.
Valeo has been selected by several European manufacturers to equip their new vehicles with complex bi-color optical lenses. The modernization plan has enabled a major transformation of the thermoplastic injection workshops, equipping them with new, dedicated, high-performance automated injection press lines.
The plant now features a high-tech industrial facility equipped with 25 injection presses, 5 varnishing lines, 11 assembly lines, and 181 robots.
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