AUBURN HILLS, Mich.,
May 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Faurecia
innovation experts today joined other industry thought leaders,
offering their insights on trends impacting vehicle human-machine
interface (HMI) and lightweighting strategies at the WardsAuto
Interiors Conference at Cobo Center in downtown Detroit, Michigan.
Tamim Belhaj, product line
director for center console, HMI and mechatronics for Faurecia
North America Interior Systems, spoke during Panel 1, "Reimagining
the HMI." Belhaj offered expertise on the trends and possibilities
that new technologies are presenting in the HMI space. He focused
on two underlying forces creating disruption in the automotive
interior: ever-increasing connectivity and vehicle autonomy.
Brett Schnur, innovation project
leader for Faurecia North America Interior Systems, presented
during the Panel 9 breakout session, "Lightweighting the Interior."
An expert on advanced materials that increase performance, style
and efficiency, Schnur discussed three key Faurecia contributions
to interior lightweighting:
- Faurecia's Cross Car Beam, which can provide weight savings of
up to 40 percent
- NAFILean, a natural resin fiber for lean design
injection
- Lignolite+ and NFPP+, Faurecia's proprietary lightweight
compression-molded materials
In addition, Faurecia's John
Perraut, director of engineering for Faurecia's Innovation
Global xWorks team, moderated Panel 7, "Learning from Other
Industries." Perraut focused on how automotive companies can
improve and evolve interiors by stepping outside of their
established comfort zones and looking to other industries for
inspiration and ideas.
"Some of the ways in which we engage with other industries is
through tech scouting, attending consortiums and participating in
industrial co-ops and start-up incubators," said Perraut. "We can
look to other industries for inspiration in partner technologies
evolving across different fields, like the fashion and medical
fields, for instance. Sometimes, even nature can guide and set the
pace for consumer expectations. It is definitely an exciting time
to be in the realm of innovation."
Faurecia is a Platinum Sponsor of the 2015 WardsAuto Interiors
Conference.
About Faurecia
Faurecia is the world's sixth–largest
automotive supplier, with four Business Groups: Automotive Seating,
Emissions Control Technologies, Interior Systems and Automotive
Exteriors. In 2014, the Group posted sales of $25 billion. As of December 31, 2014, Faurecia employed 99,500
people in 34 countries at 330 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 $6.2 billion in 2014. 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 and www.twitter.com/faureciaNA.
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