TES to streamline French manufacturing

TES has outlined its aggressive growth strategy for the French market.

TES has outlined its aggressive growth strategy for the French market.

The company has announced its plans to strengthen both its manufacturing and its engineering base in France.

Core to its plans are: 40% growth of design resources in France; a recruitment drive at its current centres in Nice, Grenoble, Paris and Rennes; acquisition of regional design companies to complement existing skills and footprint; and manufacturing plant restructuring to add increased capability for new product introduction.

TES has already begun implementing the strategy through the acquisition of the LCIE component testing facilities in Toulouse.

Now the company has revealed specific plans to strengthen the manufacturing capability in Brittany.

TES President Michel Desbard announced: "To give a rounded service to customers in this market, it is imperative that our gateway into manufacturing both for our own design teams and our customers design teams is efficient and effective".

"Therefore, we are combining the capabilities of both plants into a single plant - our facility in Langon".

The acquisition from Thales in December left TES spreading manufacturing across two facilities that are 15km apart.

By combining these sites into a single location they will invest in providing improved services to its customers by expanding the NPI team; improve focus and communication with customers; remove inefficiencies such as communication and travel between the facilities; and strengthen the overall manufacturing capability in France.

Desbard added: "This move is an investment by TES into its strategy by strengthening its manufacturing capability".

"Every employee at Grand Fougeray will be offered a position at Langon; either the same position they currently have or an opportunity to join the new product introduction team".

"The NPI team is core to our strategy of targeting CDM business".

"In the CDM industry, every company struggles to manage the interface between design and manufacturing - whether from internal design locations or from customers".

"The brief of the new team will be to make that interface smooth and efficient while adding significant value to the design and the product", added Desbard.

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