Johnson Controls has opened a new crash test facility at its Automotive Seating headquarters in Plymouth, Michigan.
The 6,000-square-foot operation houses a Seattle Safety ServoSled, which allows the automotive supplier to offer standardised safety testing of seats globally through collaboration with its other testing facilities located in Burscheid, Germany, Changchun and Shanghai, China and Yokohama, Japan.
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“The investment in this new North American crash test facility reinforces our commitment to innovation and technology as well as the safety of our products,” said group vice president and general manager of Johnson Controls Automotive Seating’s global Complete Seat and Supply Chain group, Jeff Williams.
“There are only 44 ServoSleds worldwide and only ten in the United States. Johnson Controls has one of the largest sled testing networks globally.”
