Published

Faurecia, Liuzhou Wuling Expand Partnership

French auto supplier Faurecia SA has formed a second joint venture with China’s Liuzhou Wuling Industry Co. to develop and produce interior components.
#interior

Share

French auto supplier Faurecia SA has formed a second joint venture with China’s Liuzhou Wuling Industry Co. to develop and produce interior components.

The new Faurecia Liuzhou Automotive Interior Co. will supply instrument panels, center consoles, door panels and acoustic products to SAIC-GM-Wuling Automotive Co. and other carmakers. Located in Liuzhou, the joint venture targets annual sales of 1.3 billion yuan ($200 million) from 3 plants by 2022.

The joint venture follows an earlier one for seating systems between the two companies that was announced in July. That venture, Faurecia Liuzhou Automotive Seating Co., will build complete seats, frames and other seat components at Liuzhou Wuling’s existing plants in Chongqing, Liuzhou and Qingdao.

Established in 2007, Liuzhou Wuling is jointly owned by Guangxi Auto Group Co. and Wuling Motor Holdings Ltd. The venture supplies a variety components and engine systems, generating annual sales of more than 10 billion yuan ($1.5 billion).

RELATED CONTENT

  • Honda Re-Imagines and Re-Engineers the Ridgeline

    When Honda announced the first-generation Ridgeline in 2005, it opened the press release describing the vehicle: “The Honda Ridgeline re-defines what a truck can be with its true half-ton bed payload capability, an interior similar to a full-size truck and the exterior length of a compact truck.” And all that said, people simply couldn’t get over the way there is a diagonal piece, a sail-shaped buttress, between the cab and the box.

  • 2018 Chevrolet Bolt EV Premier

    There are two ways to consider the Chevy Bolt. One is the car. The other is the environment it exists in.

  • Lincoln Corsair Takes Flight

    “We wanted to create a dramatic, youthful Lincoln with terrific harmony.” And with the Corsair, they’ve accomplished what they set out to do.

Gardner Business Media - Strategic Business Solutions