Carving out personalised seating with sculpted covers

With a growing demand for individualisation from end-users, the pressure is on for suppliers to come up with new ways of designing traditional systems within the car. In this sense, seating is currently one of the focal areas of innovation. If the seat is not comfortable, does not look aesthetically appealing or does not have the required functionality, the likelihood is that the consumer will not buy the car.

Faurecia is one of the leading global suppliers of seating systems and components, and has developed an innovative sculpted cover. Traditionally, the shape of the seat cover is achieved by attaching loose material at several points to a foam pad. The creation of a sculpted cover however, involves new techniques and technologies.