Tailor-made fluid management solutions and rubber hoses for the automotive and mobility industry
Tristone Flowtech Holding SAS
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About Tristone Flowtech
The TRISTONE Group is a globally active automotive supplier specialized in fluid management solutions (Flow Technology Solutions) for the mobility industry. The company develops and manufactures tailor-made fluid solutions for media such as air, water, hot and cooled fluids – in particular rubber hoses and connected fluid routing components. The services include engineering, testing and validation (thermal shock, pressure, vibration and material testing) as well as statistical process control in series production. The group was founded in 2010 through a carve-out from Trelleborg and operates production plants in Europe, America and Asia, including sites in France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Turkey, Mexico, China and India. The operational headquarters is Tristone Flowtech Germany GmbH in Frankfurt am Main, while the group headquarters is located in Carquefou near Nantes (France). Target markets are USMCA, Europe, China, India, Korea and Brazil.
- Site
- Carquefou Cedex, France
- Processes
- Fluid Management Solutions (Flow Technology), Tailor-made fluid solutions (air, water, hot, cool), Engineering, Testing/Validation (thermal shock, pressure, vibration, material testing), Statistical process control, Support/Sales/Technical Support
- Materials
- Rubber compounds, Engineering & Validation, Statistical Process Control
- Certificates
- Certified to major automotive quality standards (not specified)
- Founded
- 2010
- Industries
- Automotive industry, Mobility, Mobility
- 01
Align design with the customer
- 02
Prototype building
- 03
Validation (thermal shock, pressure, vibration, material testing)
- 04
Series production with statistical process control
- 05
Ongoing audits and feedback into development
Materials and Processes
Rubber compounds
Compounds are qualified in-house against thermal, chemical and mechanical requirements and serve as the base material for fluid hoses.
Engineering & Validation
Development and testing of tailor-made fluid solutions including thermal shock, pressure, vibration and material testing.
Statistical Process Control
Process monitoring on every production line to detect deviations at an early stage.
Components
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Quality
Quality assurance begins in the design phase: every product undergoes design validation, material testing, statistical process control and continuous audits. Before release, thermal shock and endurance test cycles, pressure and burst pressure tests as well as vibration and fatigue simulations are performed; all plants follow a group-wide quality system and are certified to the most important automotive quality standards.
| Evidence | All sites (group-wide) |
|---|---|
| Certified to major automotive quality standards (not specified) |
History
- 2010
Foundation of the TRISTONE Group through a carve-out from Trelleborg; Tristone Flowtech Holding SAS in France; operational headquarters in Germany; first production sites incl. Cirié (Italy)
- 2012
New plant in Delicias, Mexico
- 2013
Engineering & Sales Office in Detroit, USA
- 2014
New production plant in Suzhou, China
- 2015
Engineering & Sales Office in Pune, India
- 2016
Sales Office in Seoul, Korea
- 2017
Engineering & Sales Office in Nottingham, UK; completion of the conversion of the Cirié plant, Italy
- 2018
Production site Pune, India; Engineering & Sales in São Paulo, Brazil
- 2019
Shared Service Center in Liberec, Czech Republic, as an independent legal entity
- 2020
Acquisition of a company in Ningguo, China (two production sites)
- 2024
Expansion of production in Wuxi, China; closure of the Suzhou site
- 2025
Second plant in Chihuahua, Mexico; TRISTONE is a key player in the rubber hose market