Valeo has announced the groundbreaking of a new state-of-the-art plant in McAllen, Texas. The automotive supplier is set to invest 225 million dollars (207 million euros) over the next five years in this 337,000-square-foot facility, which is expected to create up to 500 new jobs in the region. Production at the site is scheduled to commence in late 2027.
For Valeo, this new U.S. footprint will facilitate the delivery of one of the largest orders in its history and support the industry's shift toward software-defined vehicles, in line with the objectives of its Elevate 2028 strategic plan.
The site is notably slated to produce the central computing unit for General Motors. This liquid-cooled system, powered by next-generation processors, processes vast amounts of data from multiple sensors and systems to control essential vehicle functions.
Valeo is a world leader in the design, manufacture, and marketing of automotive equipment. 2025 net sales break down by market as follows:
- POWER Division (50.3%): thermal management systems and propulsion systems for the electrification market for hybrid and electric vehicles (automated and hybrid transmission systems, battery thermal management, cabin thermal management, etc.);
- LIGHT Division (25.9%): technologies that improve vehicle visibility for drivers and other road users (innovative and intelligent exterior and interior lighting systems, window, windshield, and rear window wiping systems, and sensor cleaning systems);
- BRAIN Division (23.7%): driver assistance and interior experience solutions that are part of the transformation towards the software-defined vehicle (sensors, software and hardware systems including high-performance computing units, interior systems for driver monitoring and on-board improvement);
- other (0.1%).
Each of Valeo's Divisions has an activity in the replacement market, which represents, at the group level, 10.2% of net sales.
Net sales (including intragroup) are distributed geographically as follows: France (14.5%), Germany (10.9%), Europe and Africa (25.9%), the United States and Mexico (18.1%), the Americas (0.9%), China (15.9%) and Asia (13.8%).
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