Production and R&D sites
Valeo operates 16 production and research and development sites throughout Germany. The newest state-of-the-art production facility was opened in mid-2022 in Wunstorf near Hanover for the production of front-end modules. The multiple production and research and development sites represent all three of Valeo’s Divisions. The Valeo Brain Division is represented at five locations, the Valeo Light Division at two plants and the Valeo Power Division has the most Valeo locations in Germany with nine sites.
Our site in Bietigheim-Bissingen, in particular, is not only the headquarters of the National Directorate Germany, but also an important research and development focus for the Valeo Brain Division. It was here that a milestone of automotive history – the parking sensor – was developed and began its journey to worldwide dominance with a premium German customer. Today, this parking sensor is standard in almost every car in the world. Germany remains the home of R&D activities and the production of next-generation parking sensors and other innovative technologies in radar and environment recognition.
Valeo also has R&D activities in Germany in the fields of electric drives and battery thermal management, as well as operating a hot and cold climatic wind tunnel and a high-voltage test bench. Germany is also home to several key production and R&D sites in the field of windscreen wipers, wiper motors and wiper linkages.