Presentation & History

Presentation & History

Global supplier of gearboxes and automotive components

Nearly 700 employees divided by type of activity in
4 Poles

Development
Sales & Marketing
Industrial
Corporate services
1967
1968
1988
1998
2006
2012
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2015
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2020
2021
2022
2023
Construction de General Motors Strasbourg
- Creation of the General Motors Strasbourg factory.
Transmission 3 vitesses
- Production launch of the 3-speed automatic gearbox.
50 ans de PUNCH Powerglide : transmission 4 vitesse
- Production launch of the 4-speed automatic gearbox.
-1st contract signed with BMW.
Transmission 5 vitesses
- Production launch of the 5-speed automatic gearbox for General Motors, BMW and SGM (Shanghai General Motors).
Transmission 6 vitesses
- Production launch of the 6-speed automatic gearbox.
Personnes autour de la transmission 6 vitesses.
- Development of the 6-speed automatic gearbox for new customers.
Inauguration 8 vitesses
- PUNCH Motive International takes over the Strasbourg site.
- Cooperation agreement with ZF for the manufacture of the 8-speed transmission.
Transmission 8 vitesses de côté
- Production launch of the 8-speed automatic gearbox for ZF.
- Visit from Emmanuel Macron, current President of the French Republic, to announce the doubling of 8-speed gearbox capacity.
- Creation of a subsidiary in Tianjin, China.
- New customers for the Chinese market.
Trois collaborateurs avec un input shaft en main
- Manufacture of the input shaft for the 8-speed transmission.
- Production of the 6L gearbox for a first Chinese manufacturer.
- Launch of the 6LP2 hybrid project.
- Trophy for "Best Industrial Performance" awarded by the Plateforme de la Filière Automobile et Mobilités en France (PFA).
Petite fille qui regarde une course de karting lors des 50 ans du site de PUNCH Powerglide
- celebrates its 50th anniversary.
- Production of the 6-speed Stop & Start.
- Production of the 500,000th 8-speed automatic gearbox.
- Excellence mobilité" award from Alsace Innovation.
Collaborateurs autour de la Millionième transmission 8 vitesses
- Production of the millionth "Made in France" 8-speed transmission.
DHT (Produit)
- Development of new eDrive technologies in DHT.
- New logistics building for 20,000 m² of floor space.
Vue aérienne zone 8 vitesses Génération 4
- 47 million investment in a new production line for 8-speed sub-assemblies for hybrid vehicles.
Véhicule à hydrogène
- Tech Day, presentation of the hydrogen-powered pickup prototype.
- Commitment to a CSR approach and first certification.
- Creation of the Joint Venture (JV) between Marelli and PUNCH.
2 millionième transmissin 8HP à côté d'une voiture BMW
- Production of the 2 millionth 8-speed transmission.
- CSR certification for the second year running.
- Production contract signed with Nidec PSA E-Motors for the manufacture of electric axis components.
- 10 years of PUNCH in Strasbourg.
- Contracts with Marelli EPT Strasbourg for the supply of aluminum gears, shafts and housings.
- Contract with the Stellantis group for the production of LVP 8-speed generation 4 carriers.
- Obtention of the TISAX certification.
- PUNCH Powerglide Strasbourg becomes Dumarey Powerglide Strasbourg.

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