Safran will invest €120 million to expand hemispherical resonator gyroscope production at its Montluçon site, with the goal of tripling output by 2032. Reuters reported the plan after comments by chief executive Olivier Andriès to La Tribune.
The project forms part of a broader €1.4 billion capacity initiative and is expected to create more than 150 jobs. HRGs are GPS-independent navigation sensors used in inertial navigation applications.
The announcement is the latest confirmed development on Safran’s sensor production expansion and places Montluçon at the center of the group’s long-term industrial capacity build-up.