Faurecia North America has announced plans for a new headquarters building in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
The division says it is North America’s eighth largest automotive supplier and the sixth largest globally and that since 2010 it has opened 15 new plants and tech centres in the US, Mexico and Canada, almost doubling the size of its NA workforce to more than 20,000. The region now accounts for 30% of Faurecia’s global sales. In Michigan alone, that growth has taken the form of six new locations since 2010 and a total of 13 sites that collectively employ more than 4,000 people.
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That success, the company says, has led Faurecia North America to begin construction this month on a new headquarters building that also will house technical centres for Faurecia Automotive Seating and Faurecia Automotive Exteriors.
“As the auto industry has reinvented itself over the past few years, Faurecia has been a notable success story,” said Faurecia North America President Mike Heneka.
“We have grown substantially and now we are ready to extend our technical centres and headquarters operations to further support that growth. Our new location presents a distinctive opportunity to build from the ground up in a way that most suits our needs and to centralize our technical teams and administrative functions.”
The technical centres in the new facility will carry out prototype development, testing and light assembly activities to further Faurecia North America’s commitment to pioneering advanced vehicle systems to meet the auto industry’s evolving needs.
“Faurecia has called Auburn Hills its home for 10 years, and we enjoy an excellent relationship with the city’s leadership team,” Heneka said. “They have been a strong partner in the momentum we have generated, and we are pleased to be expanding our presence in the city.”
