DETROIT, Jan. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Faurecia
(http://na.faurecia.com), North
America's sixth-largest automotive supplier, returns to the
North American International Auto Show in Detroit this week with nearly three dozen new
technologies and processes that help reduce vehicle weight while
enabling automakers to offer more capability and performance to
consumers.
Pursuing a "Less Is More" perspective, Faurecia features systems
and components that weigh less, helping improve mileage and
decrease emissions. At the same time, these technology advancements
provide more comfort and roominess for passengers, more flexibility
for vehicle designers and more natural materials for improved
sustainability. Faurecia is dedicated to driving well-being for
vehicle occupants, the environment and the automotive industry by
making "less" a central goal and "more" a consistent result.
A wide range of new approaches to fashioning vehicle systems
will be exhibited and demonstrated at Faurecia's display in the
Crowne Plaza Detroit Downtown Riverfront, directly across from
Detroit's Cobo Center. New
applications of technology and materials inside, outside and under
the vehicle will be highlighted in products from all four of the
company's business groups: Faurecia Interior Systems, Faurecia
Emissions Control Technologies, Faurecia Automotive Seating and
Faurecia Automotive Exteriors.
"At Faurecia, we consider our Driving Well-Being approach to be
a reinvention of the way the auto industry views traditional
components and systems," said Faurecia North America President
Michael Heneka. "We are harmonizing
desirable technology for the vehicle with the advanced
manufacturing processes that bring them to life, all with the goal
of demonstrating that less really can mean more for our customers
and consumers."
A centerpiece of the Faurecia exhibit is its Less Is More
demonstrator that shows how Faurecia can integrate its innovations
into a lighter, more comfortable vehicle with such inventions
as:
- Thinner, roomier seats built on hybrid frames.
- A fiberglass composite rear floor and trunk.
- A one-piece, injection-molded window lifter.
- A lift gate made entirely of carbon-fiber composites that
weighs only half as much as a conventional steel lift gate.
Other Faurecia exhibits introduce a full-size premium trunk
floor surface composed of lightweight natural wood materials, an
industry award-winning active glove box that replaces separate
knee-impact airbags, and a rear seat that folds flat and fully
re-opens with just the touch of a button.
Faurecia extends its leadership in the use of natural materials
within vehicle interiors to incorporate high-performance natural
fibers into the instrument panel, center console and door panels.
It also exhibits three new approaches to producing a lighter
cross-car beam using composites, hybrid materials or cold-metal
transfer welding techniques.
Other Faurecia inspirations can be seen in:
- A universal docking station with Bluetooth and near-field
communication capabilities.
- A family of new technologies to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions
from diesel engines.
- A compact exhaust-heat-recovery system now extended from
hybrids to all-gasoline engines.
- Technologies to control the levels and types of sound emitted
by exhaust systems.
Faurecia is making its second appearance at the annual North
American Auto Show with its exhibit January
12-15.
About Faurecia
Faurecia is the world's seventh-largest automotive equipment
supplier, with four key business groups: Automotive Seating,
Emissions Control Technologies, Interior Systems and Automotive
Exteriors. In 2013, the Group posted sales of $24 billion. As of December 31, 2013, Faurecia employed 97,500
people in 34 countries at 320 sites, including 30 R&D centers.
Faurecia is listed on the NYSE Euronext Paris stock exchange and
trades in the U.S. over-the-counter (OTC) market.
In North America, Faurecia had sales of $6.25 billion in 2013. It employs more than
20,000 people at 47 locations in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
Connect with Faurecia North America at
www.facebook.com/faureciaNA, www.twitter.com/faureciaNA, and
www.pinterest.com/faureciaNA.
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