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At Inalfa our goal is to be the absolute number one pioneering company in our industry, producing high quality user-centred roof systems for the automotive and truck industry. Our customers rely on us 100% to deliver the best quality product in the world. They believe in our products, vision and our ideas about the future. To achieve this level of trust, we aspire to deliver quality and business excellence in all we do.

We believe that cross-functional collaboration is a critical part of continuous improvement between our different Inalfa departments, suppliers and customers.

Within our global operating model we therefore thrive on diversity, bringing people together with different ideas, backgrounds and cultures. Collectively we create and build the most advanced roof system solutions. Our governance model is linked to customer’s milestones, and aims for on time delivery of high quality roofs. At all stages we are focused to meet and exceed customer’s requirements.

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Innovation

Innovation is a top priority within Inalfa and of critical importance to contribute to our continued success. At Inalfa we know that innovation does not happen overnight. We therefore devote time and effort to generate something actually innovative that will really make a difference in the lives of our customers and their end-users.

Business development

At Inalfa, we put the customer first in everything we do. Therefore, business development activities at Inalfa extend across different departments, including sales, sales design teams, advanced engineering, marketing, project management, product management and vendor management. Networking, negotiations, partnerships and cost-savings efforts are also involved.

Engineering

Inalfa Roof Systems employs approx. 450 R&D specialists. Most of them are located in Venray (the Netherlands), Auburn Hills (USA), Shanghai (China) and Mado-Myeon (Korea). Worldwide all Inalfa companies’ and customers’ systems are linked, enabling our R&D specialists to serve clients directly and to make use of Inalfa’s worldwide R&D capacity and knowledge.

Purchasing

Purchasing of systems and parts is an essential activity at Inalfa Roof Systems. We focus on value-based purchasing rather than only on the traditional objectives of cost savings and efficiencies. Inalfa therefore aims to attract suppliers who want to be in business with us for a long period and work with us on tackling challenges such as competitiveness, quality, innovation and flexibility.

Inalfa Purchasing is organized in a centralized function through its International Purchasing Department (IPD), which has decentralized presence, with staff available in all regions where Inalfa operates. As such we have embed procurement holistically across the whole company to realize sustainable performance enhancements in costs, quality, risk management and growth.

We use our supply base for both innovation and performance improvement. In this way, the department can efficiently support project development and local activities in close cooperation with R&D and Operation teams worldwide, while also complying with the framework provided by the Inalfa Group Strategy.

For more information about working with Inalfa Roof Systems, we refer to the following separate documents in our download section:

– General Terms and Conditions of Purchase
– Supplier Quality Manual
– Supplier Logistic Manual
– Supplier Code
– Global Packaging Dunnage Standards

Validation

An important part of our product development process is the intensive and thorough validation of roof systems against the required specifications of the customer, legal requirements and the Inalfa Engineering Standards.

During the early design phase, Inalfa uses 3D CAD kinematics and virtual verification methods (CAE) to verify lifetime usage under all conditions of the roof systems in a vehicle environment. After these virtual analyses, the first partly hand-made proto roofs and the first serial roof systems, built on the production line, are tested in the Validation Center and test circuits.

Our Validation Center is a specially developed test laboratory where the robustness of the roof systems is checked under extreme climate conditions, like high-low temperatures, humidity, water management, sunlight and corrosion. Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH) also play an important role in the product validation phase to ensure high quality roof systems.

The Validation Center has restricted access and covers a surface of around 1600 m² at HQ alone; equipped with many climate chambers, vibration tables, noise chambers and special areas for rain simulation, wind load simulation, sun simulation and corrosion testing. We have fully equipped validation centers in each region.

Production

Inalfa Roof Systems is a single source provider, operating manufacturing facilities in major automotive markets all over the world. Our facilities are located in the Netherlands, Slovakia, Poland, USA, Brazil, Mexico, South Korea and China.
Hardware and capital equipment, needed to assemble and inspect the Inalfa roof systems, are purchased worldwide from strategic supply partners and then assembled into complete roof modules at our facilities. Sub-assemblies include the entire structural frame and mechanism, as well as exterior panels and sealing systems, electronics and power units through to roller blinds, interior finish and trim components.

Each complete roof module assembled on the Inalfa production lines is functionally inspected as to compliance. The modules are then packaged and shipped to the customers for rapid, on-line installation into their vehicles. At all stages, everything possible is done to meet the customer’s production requirements effectively and reliably.

Quality

Inalfa Roof Systems is committed to providing high quality products & services and to fulfilling its customers’ highest expectations worldwide. Inalfa consistently fosters an atmosphere of problem prevention and continuous improvement of processes, both within its own organization and at supplier and third-party supplier level. Inalfa Roof Systems adheres to a formal quality system that fully conforms to all IATF 16949, ISO 27001, ISO 14001 and VDA 6.3 standards as well as a number of supplementary customer requirements. The facilities in Korea have been awarded with the OHSAS 18004 certification.

Inalfa Roof Systems is committed protecting the environment of our employees, customers and the community. Through our Environmental Management System, we periodically establish objectives and targets that enable us to continually improve our processes. We are committed to prevent pollution and complying with applicable legal and other requirements that relate to our Environmental Management System.