Valeo is a French global automotive supplier headquartered in France, listed on the Paris Stock Exchange (CAC Next 20 Index).

[7] The 1960s saw the start of the company's international development, first in Europe, especially in Spain and Italy, and then all over the world: Brazil (1974), the United States (1980), Tunisia (1984), South Korea and Turkey (1988), Mexico (1989), China (1994), India (1997), Central and Eastern Europe (Poland and the Czech Republic in 1995, Romania in 2002, Slovakia in 2004) and Egypt in 2005, to total 33 countries at the end 2018.

[8] In 2017, Valeo presented its low-voltage prototype electric vehicle at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

[9] In February 2021, Valeo announced that it will invest $5 million to open a new assembly plant in Bessemer, Alabama, which is expected to create 70 jobs.

[19] Original equipment sales growth by destination region: Valeo, its directors and its corporate medical function have been indicted after a decade-long penal procedure in 2006 for homicide, unintentional injury, and failure to assist a person in danger regarding its former use of asbestos which caused the death of hundreds of employees over many years.

[36][37] Since, the Valeo Group has set up high health-security standards and has been thoroughly monitoring employees and retired personnel.