Mühlhausen – Valeo Power Division

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 Valeo Power Division. 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
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

How to find us
FTE automotive Möve GmbH
Zu den Katzentreppen 7
99974 Mühlhausen

Telephone
+49 3601 40160

Information on the town
www.muehlhausen.de
Internal link
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