Automotive component manufacturer Plastic Omnium rebrands as OPmobility, positioning itself as a sustainable mobility and a technology partner to mobility players worldwide.
The new name is an affirmation of its fundamental principles as an agile industrial Group, close to its customers and taking bold technological choices to drive mobility.
Conveying an optimistic vision of the future, OPmobility’s visual identity embodies the Group’s historical roots, its values and its drive for continuous growth.
“Opened to all forms of mobilities, OPmobility will continue to support their transition towards decarbonization,” said the company in a press release.
Leading player in sustainable and connected mobility
Under the new name OPmobility, formely know as Plastic Omnium, the company turns a new page in its history and confirms the acceleration of its strategic transformation as a leading player in sustainable and connected mobility.
In just a few years, Plastic Omnium has implemented an ambitious strategic roadmap leading the Group to diversify its activities through major acquisitions, and to enlarge its customer portfolio and geographical footprint.
With now five business groups as well as a software dedicated activity, OPmobility is expanding all over the world, extending its customer base to all mobility players. This far-reaching transformation has led Plastic Omnium into becoming OPmobility.
“Almost 80 years after its creation, OPmobility marks a major milestone in the Group’s history. This name pays tribute to our past and our values, while projecting us into the future.
OPmobility accurately translates our profitable growth strategy in sustainable mobility, bringing together our historic automotive activities and our technological diversification, whether in electrification, hydrogen, lighting, or software”, explained Laurent Burelle, Chairman of OPmobility.
“In recent years, the Group has undergone a deep transformation, expanding its activities worldwide and diversifying its customer base, including newcomers in electric mobility. With this new name, we are addressing all the players in sustainable mobility, in every geography. It is a powerful brand name, synonymous with technological and industrial excellence for exploring new horizons”, explains Laurent Favre, Chief Executive Officer of OPmobility.
For Félicie Burelle, OPmobility’s Managing Director: “OPmobility is the affirmation of the vision of an industrial Group valued by all our employee in the 28 countries in which we operate. By changing its name while keeping its distinctive logo, the Group is building on its roots to accelerate into the future. OPmobility expresses our ambition to play a key role in energy transition and the transformation of mobility, in full alignment with our purpose: Driving a new generation of mobility”.
OPmobility – driven by history and innovation
Driven by innovation since its creation in 1946, the OPmobility is today composed of five complementary business groups that enable it to offer its customers a wide range of solutions: intelligent exterior systems, complex modules, lighting systems, energy storage systems and battery and hydrogen electrification solutions.
OPmobility also offers its customers an activity dedicated to the development of software, OPn’Soft.
With economic revenue of 11.4 billion euros in 2023 and a global network of 152 plants and 40 R&D centers, OPmobility relies on its 40,300 employees to meet the challenges of sustainable mobility.
