Mühlhausen – Powertrain Systems

The Valeo site in Mühlhausen is the competence center for pipe processing.

The Valeo site in Mühlhausen is the center of competence for pipe processing and is part of the Powertrain Systems Business Group. The almost 200 employees concentrate on the production as well as the assembly of clutch pipes, caster and brake lines as well as brake hoses. These components are made from the raw materials metal, rubber and plastic.

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The focus at the site

  • Pipe processing
  • Production
  • Injection molding
  • Assembly lines
  • Flanging machines
  • Braiding machines
  • Bending machines
  • Gearbox Actuator

Products at the site

  • Coupling lines made of plastic and steel pipe-rubber hose combination
  • Overtravel lines made of plastic and steel
  • Brake hoses and brake lines made of steel tube-rubber hose combination
  • Gearbox Actuator

Working in Mühlhausen

Mühlhausen, the town of churches and gates, has about 36,000 inhabitants and is the district town of the Unstrut-Hainich region and is located in the middle of the green heart of Germany. In the south-west of the Unstrut-Hainich district lies the geographical center of Germany.

The adjacent Hainich National Park is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Ancient Beech Forests of Germany”. During the decades of the restricted military area, nature was able to develop undisturbed. Today, the Hainich offers nature lovers a large number of places to go and hiking opportunities.

History

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1894

Möve factory founded with 100 employees (focus on weaving technology and knitting machines)

1945

Foundation of VEB Möve factory (focus on bicycles, knitting machines, shock absorbers)

1991

Möve Brems- und Kupplungsschlauch GmbH is founded as a subsidiary of FAG, starting in rented premises of the trust company with 44 employees

1992

Ground-breaking ceremony for the new Trift industrial estate in Mühlhausen in May, completion and commissioning by the end of 1992

1993

Takeover by FTE

1995

Extension to expand the coupling production

1997

Extension of hose production

1998

Takeover by DANA Group

1998

Winner of the "Quality Award of the Free State of Thuringia"

1998

Start of construction of a new production hall (1800 sqm)

1999

Commissioning of new production hall

2001

Winner of the "Thuringian State Prize for Quality"

2002

Hg Capital takes over FTE automotive Group

2003

Q1 Award Ford

2003

Winner of the "Thuringian State Prize for Quality"

2004

Application for the "Ludwig Erhard Prize" (German Quality Award)

2005

PAI takes over FTE automotive Group

2005

Inauguration of plastic pipe production

2006

Opening of new production hall Plant 2

2006

Start of series production of brake hoses for a German OEM

2009

Start of production of plastic trailing lines

2011

Start of series production of brake pressure lines for a German OEM

2012

Introduction of PA pipe extrusion line

2013

Bain Capital takes over FTE automotive Group

2014

Inauguration of vertical bending technology

2017

Valeo takes over FTE automotive Group

2022

Start of production of gearbox actuator for a French OEM

Contact

Telephone
+49 3601 40160

Information on the town
www.muehlhausen.de

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