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Thanks to its unique know-how, Alpine can legitimately position itself as a premium manufacturer. This expertise is the focus of the fifth episode of the “Alpine, 70 Years” series, which was launched at the beginning of the year to celebrate the brand's 70th anniversary.

As Sovany Ang, VP Product Performance at Alpine points out, it is essential for a manufacturer to assert a strong identity in a sector as competitive as the automotive industry. Drawing on the expertise of its teams and partners, Alpine can affirm its distinctive position as a premium French manufacturer.

This positioning is reflected in the local production in France, symbolized by the Manufacture Alpine Jean Rédélé in Dieppe. In this episode, the factory's director, Nicolas Renaud, discusses all the measures taken to maintain the highest possible level of quality, while Capucine Lorenzi, Chief Operating Officer at Alpine, explains the high standards applied by Alpine in selecting its technical partners and suppliers.

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00:00The French savoir-faire is an atout in the economy.
00:13The quality is not negotiable.
00:30After the French savoir-faire, there are a lot of things for Alpine.
00:44It is a heritage, a culture and what we do.
00:49It is from where we come, who we are and what we propose to our clients.
00:55Our French savoir-faire concept is one of the three pillars of Alpine.
01:05We translate it daily into our production.
01:09The production of our cars A290, A390 and A110
01:14are respectively made at A110 at Dieppe.
01:17A390 will be in production at Dieppe and A290 at Douai.
01:22The production of Dieppe is a symbol because it is the historic site of Alpine.
01:28The first Alpine started to be built in a garage
01:32that is to hundreds of meters from the current site.
01:34The site is currently in 1969.
01:37And since 1969, the Alpine are built in this production,
01:41at the same place where we are.
01:42In the manufacturing, we have 365 employees
01:46working and working to ensure the production of all the volumes
01:50with its level of quality quality premium.
01:53We develop a whole French industry ecosystem for our Alpine
02:06and can be able to offer these cars made in France.
02:09It is a knowledge-faire in innovation.
02:11It is to be able to develop new codes for our cars.
02:15Why is it important for our clients?
02:17First of all, because Alpine is part of the heritage of French cars
02:23and it is a national pride for the French clients.
02:28But it is also part of our identity.
02:31And in the world of today,
02:33to be able to conquer,
02:34to be able to look for new clients,
02:36to be able to build a very well established competitors,
02:40to be able to build a strong identity.
02:43In addition, we have clients in some markets
02:47who have an affinity with French culture,
02:51for whom French industry has a meaning.
02:54For example, in Japan,
02:55we see fans of Alpine
02:56who are a very strong community for the brand.
03:00In our clients' studies abroad,
03:02we also see that the art to live in French,
03:05the travel on the French route
03:07during the vacances,
03:09it is an atout,
03:11something that they project on the front of our cars
03:15with pleasure.
03:24The first criteria chosen by Alpine
03:27is the knowledge of our suppliers,
03:29independent of their geographical location.
03:33We need a knowledge that allows us to position ourselves
03:39in a premium sector.
03:41The quality is a must.
03:43The quality is not negotiated.
03:46It is one of the points on which
03:50there was a strong role of training.
03:52A Alpine school has been created.
03:54The base and fundamental
03:56is that of the Renault Group
03:58which we have added all the specificity
04:00and all the requirements
04:02that are superior to what we can do abroad.
04:04We work with preferential partners.
04:08We have co-developed our cars with Michelin,
04:11which is at the point on the savoir-faire.
04:15We have a very strong collaboration
04:17with Michelin
04:19and I would say even
04:20an historical collaboration.
04:22Michelin and Alpine
04:23collaborate together
04:25since the 1960s.
04:27Fin 1967, Alpine participes
04:32au 24 Heures du Mans
04:33avec les pneus slick de Michelin
04:37qui d'ailleurs seront fortement repris
04:39par la Formule 1.
04:411978, toujours au 24 Heures du Mans,
04:44victoire d'Alpine avec le pneu radial de Michelin.
04:48Lors de la renaissance de la 110,
04:50Alpine refait appel à Michelin.
04:53Plus de deux ans de collaboration
04:55entre les deux entreprises
04:57qui sera renouvelée
04:59pour les modèles A290 et A390
05:03et la nouvelle plateforme.
05:04On a aussi noué un partenariat
05:06avec Devialet pour le son premium
05:08avec qui là aussi on retrouve
05:10des affinités de marques
05:12qui permettent aux deux marques
05:13de se nourrir l'une l'autre
05:14et qui représentent l'excellence
05:16technologique dans le savoir-faire
05:18de l'ingénierie du son
05:19et avec qui on a travaillé
05:20sur le son premium
05:21d'A290 et A390.
05:25Une partie de notre culture Alpine,
05:31très forte, c'est la sportivité à la française
05:34et il y a une culture sportive en France.
05:36On voit, on a des pilotes
05:38très talentueux en Formule 1
05:40et puis en endurance aussi
05:41et ça, ça fait partie d'Alpine.
05:43Ça nous permet aussi de développer
05:44une spécificité dans le monde sportif automobile.
05:47Sous-titrage Société Radio-Canada
05:57C'est parti !
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