Tigro Automotive: a story of tradition!

Located in the province of Limburg, Tigro Industries is lucky to be surrounded by one of the largest concentrations of automotive related industries in the world. Not only the historical vehicle assembly, but also the engineering, testing and modern distribution techniques, give this region a very strong sector related knowledge.

Thanks to the central location in the heart of the Benelux automotive business, it's logical that Tigro serves some major clients operating worldwide in the automotive sector. We manage their distribution, storage en handling of goods needed for just-in-time production and other business objectifs. Therefore, Tigro has been given the opportunity to gain a lot of knowledge in the automotive field and can proudly show a track record of succesful services to major customers in all these fields of expertise. In addition, the company collaborates with a qualified ISO/TS 16949 Lead Assessor.

Safety, quality and flexibility are the main assets of Tigro Industries.

Some other information about our nearby customers in the automotive industry:

The automotive assembly industry is the main industry in our province Limburg, employing 15,000 people.

Ford Motor Company assembles the Mondeo, S-Max and Galaxy in Genk, as well as wheels for most Ford vehicles in Europe.  Ford is currently completing a EUR 715m investment which modifies the plant's assembly systems.  Ford Genk exports 97 % of production to 60 countries worldwide. A state of the art suppliers park links first tier suppliers to the assembly plant by a large conveyor.
The plant's has an annual production capacity of 300,000 vehicles. Ford Genk exports 97 % of its products to 60 countries worldwide, and is also the press facility for Ford in Europe.

In a radius of 150 miles from Limburg 6 assembly plants can be reached as well as bus, coach and special vehicle makers. Together, they assemble 1.6 million vehicles every year ; the world's densest concentration of automotive assembly plants and hence a perfect location for any subcontractor in the automotive industry.

Examples of automotive subcontractors in Limburg are Belplas, Collins & Aikman Automotive Trim, Intier Automotive Systems, Johnson Controls, Kautex Textron, Lear Corporation, Rieter Automotive, Tenneco, Yazaki, Zender and ZF Getriebe.

Flanders' Drive (www.flandersdrive.be) is an innovation cluster that has the strategic goal to strengthen the product development capacity of automotive suppliers in Flanders and the Mheuse Rhine Triangle. The organization manages an engineering and test facility in Lommel (just a few miles away from Tigro Industries) with know-how in all aspects of vehicle development (physical and virtual), focused on the complex mechanical design and development process.

The organization's impressive membership list includes many international companies such as ACT Research, Alcatel Bell, AMI Semiconductor Belgium, Bekaert, Bosal Research, Donaldson Europe, Epiq Sensor-Nite, Hayes Lemmerz, IMEC, LMS International, Melexis, Monroe Engineering and Technical Center, Nitto Europe, Philips Sound Technologies, Siemens, Toyota Motor Europe, ZF Getriebe,...