Futuris’ continues to expand its presence in North America with the recent acquisition of CNI; merging years of experience in automotive seating and interior trim.
The result is a new regional design headquarters located at Eleven Mile Road in Oak Park, Michigan. The 36,300 square foot facility will house a team of regional office and Technical staff to take full advantage of a new trend in direct sourcing of seat and interior components by the automakers in North America.
Futuris’ COO for North America, John Wehrenberg, believes ‘The Oak Park facility is about creating a world class technology center to position us to become a major player in the seats and interior business area in the US.’
‘The investment being made in the Oak Park building will greatly improve our capability
and presence in the US automotive and truck markets.’, says Wehrenberg, ‘Our customers have urged us to expand in the Detroit area and have already awarded us new contracts with the understanding that we would be adding to our local capabilities in the region.’
Strategic investments are being made in state-of-the-art sewing equipment, digital cutting, trim pattern technology; urethane foam capabilities and molding as well as plastic prototype capabilities. The new equipment will significantly expand Futuris’ development capabilities to provide world class seats, soft trim and interior components.
Futuris is an innovative and award winning company. From world class facilities in North America, China, Thailand and Australia, Futuris designs, engineers and manufactures solutions for the global transportation industry. Futuris specializes in automotive interiors with a focus on seating and interior trim. Futuris provides a fully integrated design and development solution from concept to production for some of the world’s leading vehicle producers including GM, Ford, Tesla, Faraday and Future, Toyota, Chery, JAC, SAIC and Brilliance.
Futuris is owned by US based Clearlake Capital.
