ARaymond is the global partner of choice for automotive OEMs’ and tier-1 suppliers’ fastening and assembly needs. We bring 157 years of experience in product innovation and manufacturing to provide automotive fastening systems that meet - and stay one step ahead of - the automotive market’s rapidly-changing requirements. We constantly analyze the market and work proactively with our customers to keep our finger on the pulse of emerging industry trends - from connected and driverless cars to stricter regulations across the globe - to innovate the solutions car manufacturers are seeking today and down the road. ARaymond offers state-of-the-art fastening and assembly systems delivered just-in-time from our 29 manufacturing plants in 25 countries worldwide.
Industrial excellence worldwide
At ARaymond, we’ve spent over 155 years building a strong reputation for quality. This is backed by our proven ability to partner with our customers to design innovative automotive fastening and assembly components and systems. We cover every step of the product development cycle in-house, from idea to scale-up to mass production, so we’re ideally positioned to ensure quality, cost, and on-time delivery from one of our plants close to you.
Metal transformation
All metal transformation processes are handled in-house at ARaymond — cutting, bending, and stamping. We work with stainless steel, brass, and copper in thicknesses of 0.2 to 6.35 mm and can provide single or multi-layer surface treatments. We master the entire process from design to production, surface treatment, and quality control — and we have the capacity to produce up to 140 million pieces per year.
Plastic injection
We have extensive experience worldwide in overmolding and bi-injection (multi-material) molding processes compatible with more than 300 thermoplastic materials. ARaymond’s decades of industrial expertise means you can trust us to complete on-time delivery of high-volume plastic part orders — up to 200 million units per year for a given part.
Tube extrusion
For the European market, we design and manufacture extruded, thermoformed, beaded, or braided tubes and coils for various applications. These include braking systems, cooling circuits, and air suspensions with superior physical and mechanical performance levels.
Assembly
ARaymond’s manufacturing plants offer manual assembly, semi-automated assembly, cycle-time optimized automated assembly, and motion assembly — with an average throughput of up to 24,000 parts per hour.
Worldwide supply chain management
As the world has learned in recent years, effective and sustainable supply chain management, is essential for suppliers to survive and thrive in the automotive industry.
With 29 plants in 25 countries around the world, our advanced supply chain management expertise ensures the quality we promise and works to make our customer’s experience as seamless as possible.
ARaymond’s agile in-house production, inventory, and shipping teams stand ready to meet the growing demands of our OEM and Tier-1 partners and to ensure the continuity of their business.
Driving innovation together
Innovation is at the very core of our story. Since our beginning, we’ve worked to create meaningful and sustainable value for our stakeholders. This means anticipating the future and going above and beyond to get to the heart of current needs.
Our innovation centers around the world work hand in hand with our customers to define, design, test, and develop advancements for the world of fasteners and assembly systems. These are geared to make processes more efficient, enhance the quality of products and systems, integrate sustainability requirements, and save on costs when required.
ARaymond innovation centers are focused on progress. This means searching for, testing for, and finding new ways to improve both the quality and sustainability of our customer’s experience.
Innovating responsibly
Committing to our environmental and social responsibility is the common denominator to all our business at ARaymond.
To give our customers the opportunity to join these efforts, we provide environmentally friendly solutions including:
Recycled materials
Alternative, environmentally friendly, or bio-sourced materials
Resource preservation
Ease of repair, serviceability, ease of assembly and extended product life cycle
Circular economy
Lifecycle analysis, eco-design proposals, disassembly and circular solutions proposals
About ARaymond
With more than 8 500 employees in 25 countries around the world, the ARaymond Network designs manufactures, and markets assembly and fastening systems.
Founded in 1865, this family business based in Grenoble, France, and the inventor of the press stud, has always put human values at the heart of its success.
ARaymond, is based on the conviction that the well-being and empowerment of its collaborators are essential to its continued success.
Guided by innovation and sustainable value creation, the ARaymond Network is today one of the global leaders in fastening and assembly solutions for the automotive, energy, agriculture, and healthcare markets.