Proma Group
About Us
We act as a leader company in the production of components for the automotive sector. The firm is specialized in the development and fabrication of seat structures and mechanisms, body assemblies and front end suspension crossbeams.
We develop and manufacture products with a high technological content, leveraging our market long experience and capacity for innovation. Proma intellectual property counts more than 30 international patents.
We work incessantly to create high-performance and light weight solutions for our products and so contributing to general vehicle carbon emissions reduction.
We support our customers also offering worldwide "proximity logistics" service, by locating our plants and good distribution centers as close as to customer delivery point. This approach significantly reduces delivery times and logistics costs in addition to a service reliability increase.
Our History
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1980
First metal stamped parts for automotive industry in South of Italy (Caserta)
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1992
Proma widens client and product portfolio (car jack production consolidation and first seat structures manufacturing)
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1995
First overseas plant in Casablanca
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1998
Door, hood and liftgate hings manufacturing starts
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2001
Acquisitions of southern Italy plants of Lear Corporation for metal structures manufacturing (Pozzilli and Melfi plants)
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2001
Manufacturing operations starts in Spain (Zaragoza) France and Poland (Tychy)
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2007
Opening of a R&D centre
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2008
Start of spare tire jack product line
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2010
Operations start of crash management system with proprietary patents in EMGA region
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2010
JV with work American based automotive partner
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2011
Start of suspension beam product line
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2011
Opening of assembly plant in Serbia (Kragujevac) in partnership with Magneto Group (PMC Automotive Serbia)
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2012
Proma start up its first plant in South America (Brasil- Minas Gerais) and Mexico (JV)
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2016
Enlarging of South American operations with plants in Juathuba (Minas Gerais) - Pernambuco
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2017
Opening of Proma Cordoba plant in Argentina
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2017
Start up of seat manufacturing plant for a major OEM german customer in Poland
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2018
Business expansion with a major french OEM in EMEA region
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2019
Start up of second plant in Morocco
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2021
Start up second plant in Poland (Zory); Assembly & e-coating
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2022
Start up of North America Operation in San Miguel de Allende plant (Mexico)
Values
Proma is pointing all its associates as central to its growing path. We value human resource competences and carrier development as crucial to appropriately and successfully face today and future market challenges. This approach is providing a real added value as it is granting a long-term sustainable competitive advantage. Continuous training and motivation are playing key roles to consolidate a work force with low turnover rate and a large young base.
Leadership, teamwork, initiative, professionalism and commitment are the main values which drive us through the very competitive market challenges.
Teamwork
Within Proma we operate with an authentic desire of cooperating and sharing new ideas among all associates. In everyday activity the commitment and determination of anybody in the Group lead to achieving the overall targets.
Initiative
Working within Proma promotes and stimulates individuals with dynamic and flexible mental attitude. We value people with the ability of generating new ideas and experiencing new solutions which allow real product and process innovation.
Leadership And Professionalism
A true convincement for us it that every single associate work is contributing to the overall Group success; therefore we are continuing investing in staff training to improve personal skills and leadership.
Commitment
Automotive is a tough business demanding strong efforts for any competitors to challenge it. This highly competitive environment is requiring high end individual performances with a strong personal commitment.