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ZF unveils ‘SHI’ new cockpit

January 30, 2020 by Sam Francis

Automotive systems supplier ZF has unveiled a new driving environment, or “cockpit”, as car interiors are increasingly called these days. 

The companies say the new “Safe Human Interaction Cockpit” enables human drivers and electronic drivers enhances to work better together.

This “seamless” integration enables “enhanced safety” and easy operation of complex driving systems, wether they are human-controlled or autonomous, say the companies. [Read more…] about ZF unveils ‘SHI’ new cockpit

Filed Under: News, Transportation Tagged With: active, assistance, class, cockpit, control, driver, drivers, driving, enables, faurecia, human, safety, seat, shi, systems, vehicle, zf

Mobile Industrial Robots to supply AMRs to Faurecia

April 5, 2019 by Anna

Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR), the industry first mover and market leader in autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), has announced a global strategic collaboration with one of the world’s leading companies within automotive technology, Faurecia, to deploy AMRs in its manufacturing plants worldwide.

Faurecia has investigated and tested different solutions for automating its in-house transportation for years in order to optimise productivity and internal workflows.

The company has now partnered with MiR to rethink the internal logistics in its production sites globally and make their logistics processes more efficient using autonomous mobile robots.

[Read more…] about Mobile Industrial Robots to supply AMRs to Faurecia

Filed Under: Logistics, News Tagged With: autonomous mobile robots, faurecia, mir, mobile robots

Faurecia takes 100 per cent control of Parrot Automotive sooner than planned

July 10, 2018 by Sam Francis

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Faurecia and Parrot have finalized a proposal which will see the take-over of 100 per cent of Parrot Automotive by Faurecia, ahead of schedule.

The company says the transaction “underlines the importance of Parrot Automotive in Faurecia’s Cockpit of the Future strategy”.

This refers to the general trend of developing what are called “digital cockpits” or virtual dashboards” for new cars and vehicles.

Faurecia says the takeover will “accelerate the development” of infotainment solutions based on the Android operating system by Parrot Automotive and the development of an open platform integrating the different connected systems and functionalities of the vehicle interior.  [Read more…] about Faurecia takes 100 per cent control of Parrot Automotive sooner than planned

Filed Under: Industry, Manufacturing, News Tagged With: digital cockpit, faurecia, parrot automotive, virtual dashboard

Faurecia to build $60 million manufacturing facility in Kansas City

February 27, 2018 by Sam Francis

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Car interiors manufacturer Faurecia is to build a $60 million, 250,000 sq ft facility in Kansas City. 

The company says the new factory will create 300 jobs.

Tim Cowden, president and CEO, Kansas City Area Development Council, says: “Kansas City offers a strong competitive advantage to growing manufacturing operations, particularly in the automotive industry.

“We are very proud to welcome Faurecia to our robust automotive cluster and look forward to the company’s success in our region.”  [Read more…] about Faurecia to build $60 million manufacturing facility in Kansas City

Filed Under: Industry, Manufacturing, News Tagged With: car interiors, faurecia, manufacturing

Faurecia opts for IBM Cloud to drive digital transformation

September 22, 2017 by Sam Francis

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Faurecia, one of the world’s leading automotive suppliers, has selected IBM Cloud to provide the platform and support for a major business transformation designed to accelerate digital manufacturing.

Managing an ever-growing global enterprise of manufacturing and sales, Faurecia’s digital transformation is centered on seamlessly generating and communicating data, including data on production quality and manufacturing processes, to drive efficiency and productivity, while making production processes more visible and controllable.

Faurecia selected IBM to build a global cloud solution to collect, manage and analyze data from every production machine across the company.  [Read more…] about Faurecia opts for IBM Cloud to drive digital transformation

Filed Under: Industry, News Tagged With: cloud, faurecia, ibm, predictive maintenance

Faurecia and ZF agree strategic partnership on autonomous vehicle technology

August 25, 2017 by David Edwards

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ZF Friedrichshafen and Faurecia, both global systems suppliers for cars and trucks, will cooperate in a strategic partnership for the development of disruptive and differentiating interior and safety technologies for autonomous driving, or advanced driver assistance systems.

Within this special advanced engineering partnership the two companies will identify and develop innovative safety and interior solutions linked to different potential occupant positions.

Patrick Koller, CEO of Faurecia, says: “This partnership will mark another important step for Faurecia in the development of an innovation ecosystem for technology solutions for the Cockpit of the Future.

“Our strong combined customer intimacy and our common vision will enable us to provide a unique technology offer ensuring the safety of the vehicle occupants in various autonomous driving use cases.”  [Read more…] about Faurecia and ZF agree strategic partnership on autonomous vehicle technology

Filed Under: News, Transportation Tagged With: adas, autonomous driving, faurecia, zf

Faurecia launches $64 million smart factory in Columbus, Indiana

October 15, 2016 by David Edwards

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Picture credit: Faurecia via DBusiness.com

Faurecia has unveiled a $64 million “digital factory”, or smart factory as some call it, which the company says showcases the future of manufacturing.

Faurecia says the Columbus, Indiana-based emissions control technologies plant represents the industrial giant’s digital transformation.

Faurecia, which is a leading automotive technology supplier, says the $64 million Columbus South plant is a “data-driven manufacturing facility”.  [Read more…] about Faurecia launches $64 million smart factory in Columbus, Indiana

Filed Under: Industry, Manufacturing, News Tagged With: advanced, columbus, control, data, digital, emissions, facility, factory, faurecia, industry, manufacturing, plant, south, technologies, vehicles

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