HEF Groupe
Created in 1953
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Location
Rue Benoît Fourneyron, 42160 Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France
Andrézieux-Bouthéon
France
Employees
Scale: 1001-5000
Estimated: 389
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industry 4.0 Value proposition
Engineering of surface materials
HEF Group: world leader in surface materials engineering
The HEF group is a world-renowned expert in surface materials engineering to support societal and lifestyle changes in two areas: tribology and photonics.
From Saint Etienne - a land of industrial innovation and design - to the world - (80% of the activity is carried out internationally), the HEF group is developing a vertical integration model from R&D to industrialization. At the forefront of innovation and disruptive technologies, the group is mainly present in the mobility, construction, new energy, defense and medical sectors...
The HEF group, two-thirds of whose capital is held by its employees, is a pioneer in the field of social innovation to accompany its rational growth.
The group is committed on a daily basis to preserving the environment, through decarbonization in the mobility sector, new energies and new surface functions, but also in the transformation of its production tools.
Today, HEF has 4 divisions: IREIS (R&D), HEF Durferrit, Techniques Surfaces and HEF PHOTONICS, 90 industrial sites in 21 countries and 3,200 employees, 200 patents filed (since the creation of the group).
PVD/PECVD Coating, Nitriding, Bushings & Friction components, Tribology, Photonics, R&D, Innovation, Decarbonization, Hydrogen mobility, new energy, Traitement de surface, Hydrogen technologies, Photonics, laser femtoscond, and smart powdersOriginal language
Engineering of surface materials
HEF Group: world leader in surface materials engineering
The HEF group is a world-renowned expert in surface materials engineering to support societal and lifestyle changes in two areas: tribology and photonics.
From Saint Etienne - a land of industrial innovation and design - to the world - (80% of the activity is carried out internationally), the HEF group is developing a vertical integration model from R&D to industrialization. At the forefront of innovation and disruptive technologies, the group is mainly present in the mobility, construction, new energy, defense and medical sectors...
The HEF group, two-thirds of whose capital is held by its employees, is a pioneer in the field of social innovation to accompany its rational growth.
The group is committed on a daily basis to preserving the environment, through decarbonization in the mobility sector, new energies and new surface functions, but also in the transformation of its production tools.
Today, HEF has 4 divisions: IREIS (R&D), HEF Durferrit, Techniques Surfaces and HEF PHOTONICS, 90 industrial sites in 21 countries and 3,200 employees, 200 patents filed (since the creation of the group).
HEF, ingénierie des matériaux de surface et traitement de surface
HEF, expert mondial de l’ingénierie des matériaux de surface autour de 3 domaines : tribologie, photonique et technologies de l’hydrogène.
https://hef.group/
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