The Italian companies

A.D.R. (Italy)
The parent company is situated in the historic site of Uboldo, where a new and modern Research Centre operates, created by the ADR-RPF Group to develop cutting-edge products, innovative manufacturing methods and to research new materials and the latest technologies. The extremely modern plants allow flexibility and automation and they mainly produce fixed, steering and suspension axles of varying capacity.

C.L.M. (Italy)
ADR’s spin-off company, CLM, produces and markets wheel rims which were the first products developed by the Group. It operates in factories located in San Pietro al Natisone, Friuli and produces 4”-10” diameter wheel rims for agricultural and industrial use
Tyred wheels are among CLM’s products and are offered in a range which includes all of the leading brands. CLM is investing heavily in the automation of the production plants and in the development of WPS, its Polish subsidiary.

The European companies

Colaert Essieux (France)
COLAERT ESSIEUX joined the Group in 1990 and boasts over a century-long history. It was founded in 1905 and mainly produces traditional, hydraulic and pneumatic suspensions. Situated in Northern France, it is known as the undisputed leader in the French market but operates all over Europe. COLAERT ESSIEUX, historic French factory, has been able to combine tradition, image, quality and development.


ATW (Poland)
ATW was born in 1996 after the takeover of a branch of an important Polish state-owned trailer producing company in Southern Poland. It produces a wide range of axles and axle shafts not only for agricultural use but also for road and industrial use with a capacity of between 300kg and 32 tons per axle. It also markets its own products all over Central Eastern Europe. It also supplies parts and unfinished products to its partners.


W.P.S. (Poland)
Controlled by CLM, WPS was set up only recently in 2006. WPS produces wheels and brake shoes of various sizes and is located in Poland, near ATW. New products may be added in the future as the new company develops.



Tyremart (Great Britain)
The English company, located in the centre of Great Britain was born as a retailer of COLAERT products and related parts on the British market. Its takeover by the Group was completed in 2000 and TYREMART has since undergone commercial and industrial development.
It started exploring and selling to new markets and it also began onsite production in order to adapt ADR, COLAERT and ATW products to the specifications required by the British market.

The International companies

A.D.R. Stersa (Brazil)
ADR STERSA is a joint venture set up by ADR in 2002 with local partners on the outskirts of San Paolo, Brazil. It aims to develop and sell ADR products and to improve and innovate transporting techniques of cane sugar, one of Brazil’s main agricultural products.




Changshu Saci (China)
CHANGSHU SACI is a joint venture with local Chinese partners set up by ADR in the early 2000s in order to make raw and unfinished parts for all of the Group's companies. It is situated on the outskirts of the city of Changshu and currently employs around fifty people in a factory of around 8,000m2.



Qingdao ADR (China)
ADR’s latest initiative was given the go-ahead during 2006 as the latest investment on the Chinese market. It aims to build, in stages, a warehouse of around 60,000m2 for producing everything from parts to finished products, from semiaxes to road axes. It has two objectives: to sell to partners and to develop the Chinese industrial axle market.


The Group currently consists of nine factories situated in Italy, France, England, Poland, China and Brazil which altogether cover an area of 140,000 m2. They employ approximately 800 people and sell their products in 45 nations, with an average annual growth rate of 10%.
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