About us
Company
Anvis (antivibrations systems) is a globally active group of companies specializing in antivibration systems and rubber-metal solutions for both transport (automotive, railway, marine) and industrial applications such as water supply, power generation, chemical industry, food industry among others.
Tailor-made solutions to customers’ needs are designed, developed and manufactured thanks to efficient R&D.
The customer structure includes original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in automotive ( VW, AUDI, FORD, SEAT, RENAULT, NISSAN, MAN, PEUGEOT CITROEN) and first tier (direct supplier to an OEM / supplier pyramid); railway industries (ALSTOM Transport, BOMBARDIER, SNCF, RATP, SNCB, KORAIL…) as well as key actors in industry (EDF, General Electric, Framatome, Naval Group, MAN Solutions, Solvay, PAM….).
History
A long story of success in vibration engineering
Long-time experience, application know-how, development and material expertise are founded in the history of the company. Beginning with the company “Société Française B.F.-Goodrich” and later “Kléber-Colombes”, a global specialist for technical decouplers emerged in the span of 100 years:
1910 Production begins at the Decize plant (Kléber-Colombes)
1942 Manufacturing of drive belts begins
1946 Production of technical elastomer components (Kléber-Colombes)
1978 Creation of WOCO S.A.S in Epinal S.A member of WOCO group
1982 Takeover of the Kléber-Group by Michelin
1987 Woco Epinal starts producing Rubber-to-metal components
1999 Company is renamed Michelin AVS
2000 Joint Venture Woco Michelin AVS
2007 ARQUES acquires WOCO MICHELIN AVS renamed Anvis Group
2008 WOCO Decize SAS renamed Anvis France Decize
WOCO SAS renamed Anvis France Epinal SAS
2010 Anvis Industry SAS becomes a subsidiary of Anvis France Decize
2013 Tokai Rubber Industries (TRI) assumes 100% ownership of the Anvis Group
2014 Change of name from TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES to SUMITOMO RIKO ltd
2017 Anvis industry S.A.S. renamed to SumiRiko Industry France S.A.S.
Anvis France EPINAL S.A.S renamed to SumiRiko AVS France S.A.S.
2020 HAHN GmbH takes over SumiRiko Industry France S.A.S and SumiRiko Epinal creating the new Anvis Group.
SumiRiko Industry France S.A.S. renamed to Anvis Decize S.A.S
SumiRiko AVS France S.A.S. renamed to Anvis Epinal S.A.S.