Author: Dubost Rémy

The ASI is a global multi-stakeholder initiative that aims to promote environmental, social, and economic sustainability throughout the aluminium value chain. By becoming a member of the ASI, Saint Jean Industries commits to respecting and promoting the standards and best practices established by the initiative, thereby reinforcing its position as a socially responsible and environmentally responsible company.

One of ASI’s key priorities is to ensure that aluminium is produced in a responsible manner, minimizing environmental impacts throughout the production process. This includes reducing greenhouse gas emissions, conserving water, and energy, and managing waste responsibly. By adhering to these standards, Saint Jean Industries is helping to reduce its environmental footprint and preserve natural resources for future generations.

Saint Jean Industries is now a member of the ASI, a first step, but would like to be certified on its performance in the coming months. Saint Jean Industries is currently taking all the necessary steps to obtain ASI certification as quickly as possible. Our Vice President Business Development & Advanced Engineering, Hervé Véricel, had the following to say about this membership and the potential certification of Saint Jean Industries soon:

“Saint Jean Industries wants to participate in a cleaner world, using less resources, less energy and less time. To demonstrate this involvement and to help us to reach this target, Saint Jean Industries wants to join ASI and start the process to achieve the Performance Standard Certification for our headquarter in Belleville, France first before deploying this certification all around the world.”

Finally, by working in collaboration with other ASI members, the company is helping to shape a more responsible and environmentally friendly sector, while strengthening its own competitiveness in the global marketplace.

The year 2023 was rich in Techdays for Saint Jean Industries. We organized no less than 5 Techdays. Techdays are a kind of showroom at the customer's premises. We visit our customers to show them all our capabilities, our products, our innovations and, more generally, to maintain the proximity to our customers that we consider essential for our company. From April to October, Saint Jean Industries visited Alpine, Renault, Ferrari, AMG and Hyundai.

A desire to be close to our customers

Techdays are one of the ways we share our know-how and expertise with our customers. Rather than waiting for our customers to come to us, we come to them. Our Techdays are tailor-made events that showcase our latest products, processes and innovations.

Created and imagined in the early 2010s by the marketing department at Saint Jean Industries, Covid-19 had unfortunately put a stop to these events in the wake of the sanitary measures put in place. The year 2023 therefore marked the return of these Techdays in physical form.

The many benefits of Techday

• Comprehensive product presentations: Our experts present almost all our products and their functionalities.
• Interactive presentations: We offer interactive presentations explaining our manufacturing, testing and quality control processes…
• Discussions with our experts: You’ll have the opportunity to talk directly to our engineers and automotive safety experts. They’ll answer your questions and explore your company’s specific needs.

We would like to thank all our different customers for their warm welcome and for all the relevant exchanges.

We are very proud and honored to have been able to revive these face-to-face events, and look forward to running them again in 2024.

Here’s an example from one of our Techdays this year:

From December 5 to 7, 2023, our company will be exhibiting at the Global Automotive Components and Suppliers Expo 2023. This year, GACE 2023 will be held at Messe Stuttgart, located at Messepiazza 1, Stuttgart, 70629 in the city of Stuttgart, Germany, over three days.

The Global Automotive Components and Suppliers Expo is an event that focuses on new manufacturing partners, new technology partners and the evolution of automotive supply chains for OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers and all levels of companies that depend on automotive supply chains1. It is an international trade show for purchasing managers from automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers, component specifiers and engineers2.

Come and meet us on stand “5612” over the three days.

For more information about the event: Global Automotive Components and Suppliers Expo 2023

Busworld Europe has been organising events for the bus and coach industry worldwide since 1971. Busworld Europe is the world’s largest and oldest exhibition specialising in the coach and bus sector. It focuses on coach and bus manufacturers, accessories, public transport and tourism.

It is also the platform where the latest innovations and trends in the bus and coach world are revealed, exhibited and discussed. Projects from the world’s biggest brands to local start-ups.

From 7 October to 12 October 2023, we will be taking part in this event for the first time as a co-exhibitor on the CARA automotive cluster stand. We’ll be showcasing all our innovative solutions and products for the transport and energy industries, with a particular focus on the bus industry.

Come and meet us at the Palais des expositions du Heysel, in Brussels (Belgium) on the CARA stand located in Hall 11 on stand 1137a during these 5 days!

For more information about the event : BusWorld

For several years now, Saint Jean Industries has been a trainer and recruiter of young talent in the field of industry, but not only that…

Saint Jean Industries recently set up Saint Jean University to train young people in certain areas of industry. The concept behind Saint Jean University is simple: experts give training to young people looking to learn and acquire knowledge. We wanted to create this because it’s very important for our company to pass on its knowledge and skills to the next generation. The primary aim of Saint Jean University is really to optimise the training of these young people.

Saint Jean Industries also recruits a lot of young people, in particular by taking on a large number of work-study students each year, to ensure that the next generation of staff is in place, but also, and above all, to ensure that the company remains young, connected and at the cutting edge of technology, with young people who are passionate about what they do, willing to listen and hard-working.

In 2 years, Saint Jean Industries has recruited no fewer than 30 work-study students in very different sectors (boiler making, machining, foundry, HR, marketing, project management). Saint Jean Industries wants to remain competitive, and we know that this will be achieved by recruiting young talent. However, Saint Jean Industries has not forgotten its most loyal employees, because we are first and foremost a family business that wants to keep its employees as long as possible.

Saint Jean Industries doesn’t just offer work-linked training, but also keeps track of its young people and, most of the time, offers to take them on. We really want to put our faith in these promising young people.

Below is a link to our latest YouTube video of our work-study students over the last few years to find out more about their feelings and their experience at Saint Jean Industries (I promise they were honest).

A LA DECOUVERTE DE NOS ALTERNANTS – EPISODE 1 – YouTube

A big thank you to Raphaël Michelon, Mathéo Ducrot, Florian Epenoy and Thibaut Martinez for their contribution to this video and also for all the work done by these young people during their work-linked placement and, for some of them, since they were hired.

If you’re looking for a work-study placement or an internship in one of these sectors for next year, don’t hesitate to contact us at the following address: recrutement@st-ji.com