Solutions for the automotive industry

Most Vallourec automotive tubes and components are produced for the Brazilian market, where the growth outlook is promising.

Working hand-in-hand with customers' main design offices, Vallourec develops customized, innovative solutions for a very demanding clientele. Applications incorporating these solutions include chassis and suspension parts, transmission components, structural parts, passive safety components, shock absorbers, bearings and lorry axles.

Main Vallourec products

• Redraw hollows
• Cold-drawn tubes
• Forged shafts

What are our tubes used for?

In Brazil, Vallourec supplies tubular automotive parts to major car makers such as Fiat, Toyota and Volkswagen. More specifically, the Group produces a wide range of car parts including tubes for diesel injectors, bearing rings and drive shafts, which are used, for example, in the new Volkswagen Golf being manufactured in Brazil.