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Delfingen Industry is a global automotive supplier specializing in protection solutions for on-board networks and technical tubes for fluid transfer, marketing its products to car manufacturers, equipment suppliers and industrialists. Delfingen is present on 4 continents with more than 30 locations including 23 production sites and 9 R&D centers. The company has more than 3800 employees.

Delfingen Industry is a French multinational listed on the Paris stock exchange (Euronext Growth). Its head office is located in Anteuil in the Doubs department.

Delfingen has been a major player in plastics processing since 1954. The company designs and supplies solutions :


 * For the automotive market: sleeves and protection systems for electrical wiring harnesses, tubes and hoses for passenger cars, commercial vehicles and heavy goods vehicles; technical tubes for fluid transfer in vehicles; profiles and fastening components for automotive seats and interior trim.
 * For industrial markets: insulation sleeves and protective tubes (energy, housing, electrical equipment, etc.), high-performance technical textiles (mobility and safety, environment, medical, lifting, etc.).

In 2018, Delfingen generates 80% of its sales revenue in the automotive sector. As a second rank equipment manufacturer, Delfingen supplies global automakers such as Delphi, Lear, Plastic Omnium, Schaeffler, Sumitomo, Yazaki, etc.

History
In 1954, Emile Streit, native of Radelfingen (in the canton of Berne, Switzerland) creates the company Sofanou in Anteuil (in the Doubs, in France).

His son, Bernard Streit, joined the company on August 1st 1973. He became president in 1984 and initiated a strategic shift: Sofanou moved from the artisanal era to the industrial era. The company specializes in the extrusion of corrugated sheaths for the protection of on-board electrical harnesses for the automotive industry.

Internationalization began in 1992 with the first foreign acquisitions (in Spain and Portugal), and the company also began to grow in Europe. In 1996, the Group was listed on the Second Market of the Paris Stock Exchange, and entered the American market in 1998.

During the 2000s, the Group extended its global presence to North Africa (Tunisia et Morocco), Eastern Europe (Slovakia, Romania), South America (Honduras and Mexico) and Asia (Philippines).

In 2007, Sofanou changed its name to Delfingen, in tribute to its Swiss origins.

At the end of the 2000s, Delfingen positioned itself in emerging countries with the opening of a site in Brazil, the creation of a commercial office in Shanghai and a factory in China. The development in Asia continued in 2013: the company acquired Kartar Wire in India and Hengbang in China.

In 2014, Delfingen acquired the German companies Langendorf and MBG, and also opened a factory in Thaïland.

The following year, Gérald Streit, son of Bernard Streit, who joined the Group in 2011, took over as CEO of Delfingen. During the same year, the company continues its expansion in the Philippines, Chine, and in the Indian market.

During 2016, Delfingen opens a new production facility in Tangier, Morocco, as well as a fourth plant in China in Chongqing. . Delfingen also acquires the Drossbach North America Group with a plant in Trenton (Ontario, Canada) and a warehouse in Stow (Ohio, USA).

At the end of 2020, Delfingen will take over the European assets of its main German competitor Schlemmer GmbH.

Location
The head office is located in Anteuil, in Franche-Comté.

Delfingen has 38 locations worldwide dedicated to product development, innovation, production, logistics and marketing, spread over 21 countries on 4 continents: Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Honduras, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Thailand, Tunisia, UAE, USA.

Sales figures
Revenues in €M


 * CA 2022 : 420,0 M€
 * CA 2021 : 350,0 M€
 * CA 2020 : 241,9 M€
 * CA 2019 : 230,5 M€
 * CA 2018 : 214,0 M€
 * CA 2017 : 204,0 M€
 * CA 2016 : 175,8 M€
 * CA 2015 : 172,2 M€
 * CA 2014 : 151,7 M€
 * CA 2013 : 124,7 M€
 * CA 2012 : 122,4 M€
 * CA 2011 : 112,5 M€