Over 100 years’ experience of production has led Valeo to being considered as the number one manufacturer in rotating machines for all vehicle segments.
As it stands, one in three cars worldwide are fitted with a Valeo unit, and 4.5 million starters and alternators are produced by Valeo every year. In 1918, Valeo (then Paris Rhone) invented the first starter, the dynamotor, only three years after being founded. This was followed by the founding of Marchal in 1923 and Ducellier in 1937. Moving forward in 47 years all three companies were united under the common brand, VALEO.
In 1989, a new plant was opened up in Isle d’Abeau, Lyon, which specialized in starters, and over the next thirty years, there was a major innovations that culminated, in the past two years, with developments such as Stop and Start, the i-StARS, and the iBSG. More than 43 million Valeo starter generators are currently in circulation across the globe.
OUTSTANDING QUALITY IS VALEO’S MISSION
Over a lifetime, commercial trucks will experience some of the toughest operating conditions a vehicle possibly can.
Under the hood, medium and heavy commercial vehicles are exposed to high temperatures, constant vibrations, and aggressive liquids such as oil, coolants, and cleaning products. On the outside, vehicles undergo highly differing weather conditions and extreme temperatures from cold polar winds to hot desert sun, as well as traversing an array of terrains such as asphalt, mud, dust, and sand, with different states of disrepair and in unexpected traffic situations.
Given these extremely difficult conditions, Valeo develops its starter and alternators for Vehicles with the highest specifications. For instance, new starters have to reach a minimum of 40,000 cycles while alternators must achieve 1,000 hours at 90° and high speed rotation. In addition, all products are 100% tested at the end of the production line. Valeo starters and alternators for Vehicles provide excellent reliability in the toughest operating conditions.
