Suspensys, one of the global main manufacturers of axle systems and suspensions for commercial vehicles, inaugurates a new phase in its history of evolution and increasement. With the presence of authorities, Randon Companies’ leaders and partners, on April 12th we presented the production unit dedicated to electromobility technologies, settled in Suspensys’ headquarters, in Caxias do Sul.

Being a new enterprise in the electrified products for transport segment in Latin America, Suspensys E-Mobility is a structured company who inserted itself into another new segment: assembly and production of batteries. By its own projects, the unit can attend light and commercial vehicles, agricultural implements, besides other industrial applications, with lots of manufacturing possibilities and proper disposal of the components produced. The factory can receive all the structure needed for the e-Sys’ production, the innovative electric auxiliary traction system developed and commercialized by the company.

With a R$ 60 million investment, the new factory has high technology in production line, automatization in manufacturing process and special high security dispositives, like a fire prevention system that uses a basic salt-based substance instead of water in firefighting. The e-plant works in an area isolated from the rest of Suspensys’ headquarters, maintaining the lines of the other products in axles and suspensions of the company's portfolio. “By the way we structured this factory, we can attend to all types of clients, like automakers and vehicle manufacturers, including customized electronics projects and battery operation management”, explains the Randon Companies Suspensions and Electromobility Director, Eduardo Dalla Nora.

Another investment advantage is the agility of development projects time in relation to competition, for being a national factory with resources and own technology. “We are proud of this project, which is a 100% brazilian engineering realization, with national resources, both from the material point of view and from multidisciplinary teams of professionals involved”, highlights the superintendent-director from the Companies Randon auto vertical business, Ricardo Escoboza.

The inauguration concretizes the factory structuring, which was working in experimental steps since the second semester of 2022, with the beginning of e-Sys system’s fabrication and commercialization. In Suspensys E-Mobility there is also an area prepared for the installation of the auxiliary system in the road implements of the Randon Hybrid R model that leave the factory already with the component, and also for adaptation of implements and buses that receive the set after they are manufactured. As a signal of the acceptance of the market for the innovative technology, the company projects to accelerate e-Sys production, reaching four systems per day.

About Suspensys

Recognized by the pioneerism in innovative products and more than 25 years of performance, Suspensys Company still connected at worldwide vehicular and electromobility technology trends. Highlighting the first regenerative auxiliary electrical axle in production of the Latin American market, the e-Sys. It has a diversificated mechanical and pneumatic axle and suspension portfolio, for commercial vehicles, besides the assembly and production of batteries for all the types of light and heavy vehicles, except motorcycles.

Inserted in the market in more than 40 countries and leader in Latin America, Suspensys counts with more than a thousand employees and is present in Brazil – with units at Rio Grande do Sul and Rio de Janeiro –, and Mexico too. The company provides products for assembly lines of the largest manufacturers of trucks, buses and semi-trailers for customers in the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia.

About Randon Companies

With more than 70 years of history, the Randon Companies reached global presence and leadership at the semi-trailers, railway wagons, auto parts and services segments. The organization has its headquarters in Caxias do Sul, counting 31 industrial units and is present in more than 120 countries, always prioritizing the proximity and trust with its publics, appreciation for people and sustainability profit.

The company has as purpose to connect people with wealth, generating prosperity and do this by means of the companies Randon Implements, Fras-le Mobility, Castertech, Suspensys, Master, JOST Brazil, Randon Technology Center (CTR), Randon Ventures, Conexo, Auttom, NIONE, Randon Consortiums, Randon Insurance and Randon Bank. The Randon Companies work for the social transformation with initiatives realized by the Elisabetha Randon Institute and incentive scientific researches and the search for new technological solutions with the support of Hercílio Randon Institute.

The company is part of B3 Level 1 of Corporate Governance, appearing between the biggest Brazilian private enterprises. Read more in: www.randon.com.br.