Montupet Starts New Investments

Automotive supplier Montupet SA has completed a 75 million Euro investment at its Chateauroux plant in France. Montupet is one of the biggest suppliers of aluminium motor parts and produces for many car makers, especially the Ford group. The investment has given the plant the ability to produce 2.

5 million cast aluminium wheels each year, making it the second largest facility in Europe. The company’s next project will be to invest in its wheel plant near Belfast to increase capacity from 700,000 to about 2.5 million units annually within the next three years.