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Press Release
Auburn Hills, Mich., October 15, 2015
Faurecia Seating and Emissions Control Technology innovations named 2016 Automotive News PACE
Awards Finalists
Two breakthrough technologies from Faurecia Automotive Seating and Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies
have been named among the 28 finalists for the prestigious 2016 Automotive News PACE Awards:
Cover Carving Technology: Faurecia’s Sculpted Cover offers design freedom, style and enhanced durability where
personalization is achieved through trim cover and foam pad diversity. The Faurecia-patented manufacturing process
used in the Sculpted Lightweight Panel requires 80 percent less tooling cost versus a traditional plastic back panel
and enables concave and convex embossing shapes, marking and sewing lines. The lighter panel saves up to 1.8 kg
(50 percent) per car set versus plastic back panels. In the 2016 Renault Talisman, the Sculpted Lightweight Panel
offers an additional 3 centimeters of rear-passenger leg room.
Adaptive® Valve: Faurecia is the market leader for valves used in cold-end exhaust components. The Adaptive
Valve enables the use of smaller silencers to achieve benchmark noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) and reduces
exhaust mass by up to 30 percent. By canceling the low frequencies generated by cylinder deactivation, the Adaptive
Valve enables this fuel-saving technology without the driver hearing any cues that the engine has changed from eight
cylinders to four.
“We’re honored to have Faurecia technologies recognized as finalists for next year’s PACE Awards,” said Faurecia
North America President Mark Stidham. “We’ve long recognized that the current, evolutionary automotive trends that
have led to minor improvements in fuel efficiency and weight savings will need to give way to revolutionary changes
in order to meet 2025 CAFÉ standards. The Cover Carving and Adaptive® valve technologies are strong examples of
Faurecia leading automotive design and innovation while meeting consumer quality and safety expectations.”
Sponsored by Ernst & Young, Automotive News and the Transportation Research Center, the annual PACE Awards,
known globally as the “Oscars of innovation,” recognize superior innovation, technological advancement and
business performance among automotive suppliers. PACE Award winners are selected by an independent panel of
judges and will be announced at an event opening SAE Week at the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit on April
11, 2016.
About Faurecia
Faurecia is the world's seventh–largest automotive supplier, with four Business Groups: Automotive Seating,
Emissions Control Technologies, Interior Systems and Automotive Exteriors. In 2014, the Group posted sales of $25
billion. As of December 31, 2014, Faurecia employed 99,500 people in 34 countries at 330 sites, including 30 R&D
centers. Faurecia is listed on the NYSE Euronext Paris stock exchange and trades in the U.S. over-the-counter
(OTC) market.
In North America, Faurecia had sales of $6.2 billion in 2014. It employs more than 20,000 people at 48 locations in
the U.S., Canada and Mexico. For more information, visit: www.faurecia.com.
Contacts
Tony Sapienza
Director, Communications
Faurecia North America
Tel: +1-248-606-1775
[email protected]
Jennifer Korail
Airfoil Group
For Faurecia North America
Tel: +1-248-304-1429
[email protected]