Thursday, October 1, 2020
INTERVIEW WITH SARIC
What are the strengths of your company?
SARIC defines itself as a major player in the design and manufacture of thermoplastic parts and sub-assemblies by different processes such as Thermoforming, Machining, Folding, Forming, Assembly of complete functions (Plug & Play) and Paint Application. Accompaniment of customers from product design to the delivery of complete functions.
What actions are you implementing for sustainable development?
Use of material plates with a regenerated underlay from our material scraps (setting up of partnerships with our plate extruders).
We are ISO 14001 certified and have obtained the MORE label (MObiliser pour REcycler) issued by the plastics industry federation following the use of regenerated plastics in our production. We place efficiency at the heart of our objectives in order to consume only what is necessary in terms of materials and energy resources.
How do you see the evolution of your profession?
Our business is defined as "Technico-economic solutions provider" in relation to market needs.
This means working upstream with materials manufacturers to offer our customers ever more innovative materials (bio-polymers, highly resilient materials, ....), industrially developing new manufacturing processes (thermo-compression, thermoforming of solid surfaces, etc.) and accompanying our customers from the product design phase to the delivery of complete functions.
Where are your markets located (geography)?
86% French market, 12% European market and 2% North America
What are your outstanding innovations?
Substitution of composite (or sheet metal) functions by thermoformed assemblies for the railway, vehicle, agricultural and lifting machinery, medical, energy and sanitary markets.
What are the organizational changes in your company?
The "Investments & Performance 2020-2025" project led by SARIC consists of an offensive investment plan of 3.6 million euros spread over 2021 and 2022, with the following main objectives
- To gain market share in the mid-range vehicle segment
- To bring new technological solutions allowing to work with more performing composite materials (resistance and lightness) while allowing to bring design to products
- To reach the highest levels of operational excellence (Industry 4.0) with the implementation of an MES (Manufacturing Execution System), Cobotics and process automation, allowing us to offer the market competitive prices, repeatable quality and optimal lead times.
- Improve our energy performance and optimize the carbon footprint of our processes and products while offering technological solutions both process and materials allowing our customers to design more efficient and economical vehicles (Lightness / Strength).
Address :
SARIC : 8000m² in Brittany
AGEMO-PLAST : 3000m² in Rhône-Alpes
AXPRO : 3000m² in Tunisia
Number of employees :
142
Main sectors:
Automotive, agricultural, lifting equipment, aeronautics, railway, medical.
Know-how and production:
Tooling and shaping, thermoforming, machining, forming and draping, assembly, paints