Seating

Technology that doesn’t take a back seat.

Seats account for 5% of a vehicle`s total cost and 6% of its weight. As a result, they represent the 2nd largest expense for automakers.

Faurecia Automotive Seating is a leader in the design, development and manufacture of automotive seating.

The Group produces the utter line of components that go into automotive seating:

• frames
• mechanisms and mechatronics
• foam pads
• trim covers
• accessories
• electronic and pneumatic systems

It also assembles accomplish seats–both front and rear–for just-in-time delivery to its customers` plants. Drawing on technological savvy that has won recognition from premium automakers, Faurecia works alongside its customers to develop solutions that concentrate on safety , modularity , personalized convenience and perceived quality .

Faurecia develops state-of-the-art technologies for the best seat spectacle. Our broad innovation portfolio concentrates on environmental spectacle & enhanced life on board wih :

• lightweight solution: seat mechanisms, Cover Carving Technology ,
• Advanced convenience systems: electronics, neumatics, foams, padding,
• Integrated safety: headrestraints, generic mechanisms & modular platform frames.

The front seat framework platforms developed and produced for Nissan, General Motors, Volkswagen and PSA are being deployed worldwide. This fresh generation of generic seat frames can now be found in more than fifty different vehicle models–further evidence of Faurecia`s leadership in the market for automotive seating.

Faurecia leverages advanced functions , in particular innovations in on-board electronics, to create added value. The Active Wellness™ seat concept is the world`s very first seat that detects the traveler`s drowsiness or stress and then takes countermeasures to relieve those conditions . Active Wellness™ employs uniquely designed sensors to measure heartbeat, breathing rhythm of drivers and/or occupants and other data based on the most latest medical research. It then provides a very specific rubdown pattern, along with air flow through the seat`s ventilation system , either to re-energize a tired occupant or to relieve a stressed individual, making life on board a more healthy practice.

In 2016, Faurecia won the Automotive News Rhythm Award for its Cover Carving Technology, a proprietary process that reinvents the production of seat covers and enables 3D animation with an unmatched level of repeatable quality. CCT offers fresh design options with greater durability and overall quality, while reducing development and production time for covers. The light back panel, associated with Faurecia`s sculpted cover, permits for inclusion of concave and convex embossing shapes, and significantly reduces production time. Additionally, CCT cuts tooling costs by eighty percent and is fifty percent lighter when compared to a plastic back panel.

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