Automotive
With 7 OEMs nearby in a radius of 200 km, Basque component companies are present in 31 countries with 289 production plants.
Explore the main sectors
Key figures
Value chain
Covers all the links of the chain
Empresas exportadoras
Nombre de la empresa
Países exportadores
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Our Value
Proximity and ease-of-reach to other vehicle manufacturing plants in Europe and the north of Africa makes the Basque Country a prime location to manufacture automotive components:
- Integrated industry. High density of companies and professionals
- Global footprint, following customers (OEMs and Tier1s) worldwide
- Digitalisation, connectivity, safety and comfort
- Quality intensity: all companies have their systems certified, with the most frequently certification being IATF 16949 (90% of companies)
Our Markets
Collaborative Environment
An environment providing the sector with support for its most important challenges: autonomous driving and digitalisation; battery material, cells, packs and modules; cybersecurity; etc.
ACICAE
Automotive Intelligence Center – AIC
MUBIL
CIC Energigune
CIDETEC
TECNALIA
Basque Cybersecurity Centre
BASQUEVOLT
IKERLAN
VICOMTECH
Own technologies of the Automotive sector in the Basque Country
Stamping
Estampado
- Experts in BIW and chassis aesthetics
- Light materials: Cold stamping of high strength steels (HSS, UHSS); Hot stamping (Usibor 1500); Aluminium
- World leaders
Hot forging
Forja en caliente
- Companies based on R&D with high co-design capabilities, maximising their functionality, reducing weight and adapting geometries to guarantee an optimum manufacturing process
- Optimum cost/performance ratio
Casting
Fundición
- Highly complex and multi-material parts for the powertrain and transmission
- Experience in HPDC aluminium structural components
- Quality guarantee from the concept to validation and testing
Injection and surface finish
Inyección y acabado superficial
- 3K injection
- High-gloss injection with >PC< and >ASA-PMMA< materials: Finish technology (chrome, hot stamping, technical paint, laser), High-gloss injection with >PC< and >ASA-PMMA< materials
- Functional surfaces with integrated smart, touch and light features
Joining processes
Procesos de unión
- The latest in aluminium joining technologies: Arc welding, Friction stir welding (FSW) for battery box technology
- Mechanical joining for multi-material solutions
Machining
Mecanizado
- Basic knowledge and proven experience that serves and complements the other technologies
- Extensive internal capabilities, as well as specialist companies exclusively machining for third parties
- High precision: IT8 tolerance in diameters and IT11 tolerance in lengths
…along with a broad range of knowledge – Processes
Where we are…
