OUR VALUED CUSTOMERS Welcome to Our Customers Section Listed below are some of our current customers each with a brief description of the services Covpress Ltd has provided. Renault As a major player in the design of the x83 van - in a joint venture with GM - Renault remain one of our largest customers. Our staff liaise constantly with our customer contacts in France and continue to support any design changes that may occur. The vehicle is badged as the Renault Trafic. General Motors General Motors is our major customer. We have one press shop dedicated to the production of the x83 van Body in White. Badged for GM as the Vauxhall Opel Vivaro, this vehicle is built in Luton at the IBC plant. Other assemblies are shipped to many destinations around Europe. Nissan Nissan is the third partner in the x83 joint venture, along with GM and Renault. Many of the assemblies that are produced for Luton are also shipped via road to Barcelona where Nissan build the Primastar. PSA Peugeot Citroen We supply PSA in France and South America with pressings and assemblies for production and aftermarket. Jaguar Land Rover Over the last 60 years, the Land Rover range of vehicles has evolved to become a byword for toughness, durability, comfort and elegant style. Our association with Land Rover originally started with the T5 platform (Discovery 3 & Range Rover Sport) but has expanded to include air reservoirs and compressor assemblies for the Range Rover. We are further developing our relationship with Jaguar Land Rover by undertaking Body in White (BIW) assemblies. The comprehensive press range and location of Covpress Holdings to JLRs manufacturing plants and design offices makes us the ideal supply partner for this prestigious brand. Faurecia Our relationship with Faurecia is a relatively new one. The major product that we produce being the cross car beam for the x83 van. Faurecias decision to choose Covpress as a partner to produce this assembly is based on our Body in White and welded assembly expertise. Honda We supply Honda UK facility with many components through their Tier 1 supply base. These include BIW, structural components using the latest high tensile steels, seat panels, heat shields and under body components. Toyota A customer for over 15 years, our business has been developed around the Toyota Production System. Parts supplied include BIW, engine oil pans and fuel tank assemblies. UYT Established in 1996 as a joint venture between Japanese and British manufacturers UYT is an automotive manufacturing facility producing BIW (Body in White) components for its automotive customers (Honda). Our association with UYT commenced in 2000 and has developed through several new model introductions. Following the relocation of NCJ to Coventry our partnership has developed further due to the size and range of presses offered by both NCJ and Covpress. Our tandem lines were designed to support the ongoing trend towards higher strength materials and now produce parts from the latest 780T materials. In addition our transfer and progression presses also manufacture a number of complex BIW parts including laser welded blanks. This is all supported by assembly processes including spot, projection and MIG welding. TS Tech The core business of TS TECH is development and production of seats and other automobile interior products with Honda Motor Co., Ltd being their main customer where more than 70% of Honda automobiles manufactured worldwide are fitted with seats supplied by the TS Tech. Covpress manufactures a range of seating components such as frame backs, cable brackets, plate locks and foot brackets via transfer, progression and tandem processes. Nissin Showa Formed following a joint venture between Showa Corporation and Nissin Kogyo Co. Ltd in March 1999 Nissin Showa UK Ltd was established to serve the European market. As a leading supplier of shock absorbers, power steering systems and brake related parts their main customers are Honda and Toyota. Landis+Gyr Landis+Gyr provide advanced metering solutions to energy utilities throughout the world with our UK customer providing conventional and electronic gas meters, prepayment solutions and complete system solutions. In a world where metering is moving to Smart technology we are a key supplier to this customer. Landis+Gyr are a long established customer of NCJ, however our association with gas meters goes back over 30 years. The product has developed considerably over this time and we have gained considerable expertise and product knowledge. This has enabled us to support the design and development of new meter products by working in partnership with our customers. Taylor Our partnership with Taylors extends over 20 years. As the world-leading manufacturer of metal waste and recycling containers, we produce the panels on large presses. We were involved in design product in their last new bin design. Caterpillar Caterpillar is the worlds largest manufacturer of high speed diesel generator sets and engines. Our relationship with Caterpillar includes FG Wilson and Perkins Engines both of whom operate as separate businesses within the Caterpillar organisation. For Caterpillar we supply a range of fabricated silencers, weighing up to 250kg each, which we export to Caterpillars Griffin facility in Georgia, USA. Perkins Engine Company Formed in 1932 and based in Peterborough, England, Perkins manufactures more than 400,000 engines every year to support customers with thousands of different specifications. In 1997, Perkins was acquired by Caterpillar and today has manufacturing facilities in Brazil, China, United States and the United Kingdom. Perkins Engines are one of our oldest customers and we have produced oil pans and engine timing covers for many years. FG Wilson Founded in 1966, FG Wilson produces generator sets ranging from small standby sets to large units capable of feeding the national grid. The company was acquired by Caterpillar in 1999 and the FGW brand is sold into the power market outside North America. NCJ supplies FG Wilsons facility in Northern Ireland with a range of fabricated Silencers weighing up to 250kgs each. These are fitted to Gensets used in power generation.
Posted on: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 09:35:49 +0000