DETROIT, Jan. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Adient (NYSE:
ADNT), the world's largest automotive seating supplier, will
showcase its many solutions to personalize vehicle seating at the
2018 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS).
Adient's comprehensive portfolio ranges from original designs to
high-quality comfort technologies that enable automakers to easily
differentiate their brands and models.
Here are just a few that will be on display at the auto
show:
Seat covers
Since the seat surface comes into contact with the driver's body
at all times, it receives the most wear and tear. Adient's new
removable seat covers protect vehicle seats from dirt and stains.
An integrated zipper makes the covers easy to remove for washing
and also allows designs to be changed, adding a level of
personalization to the vehicle interior.
Another individualization option for seats is Adient's
proprietary, in-house digital ink-jet printing capabilities. This
state-of-the-art technology enables automakers to offer various
designs with unique colors, patterns and images, delivering brand
differentiation and exciting personalization alternatives.
UV lighting
Adient's UV fabric lighting adds a new element of design to
interior ambience. This innovative solution uses LEDs as the light
source to illuminate the seat covers and door insert fabrics when
entering the vehicle. It works with any printable design in
combination with Adient's in-house digital ink-jet printing
technology.
High-quality leather surfaces
Adient's 3D CNC sewing capability is a proven production
technology that provides a 3D sculpted and crafted appearance for
leather and artificial leather seat covers. Surface materials are
produced with a semi-automated CNC sewing process that allows
high-quality decorative precision seams and sophisticated 3D
sculpting. This method can be combined with other Adient design
technologies, such as leather perforation and thermal adjustment,
to create unique surface designs that increase the comfort of the
seats while allowing heating and cooling to work effectively.
Alternative luxury materials
Artisyn™ fabric is an alternative product to real suede (back
side of leather), providing a luxury impression by increasing
design and color variations and a leather-like appearance. Artisyn
delivers benefits of a sustainable, recyclable material coupled
with a high-quality, luxury look using a lighter material with
higher breathability at a lower cost. Artisyn is an excellent
material for post-tuning processes like embossing, high-frequency
welding, laser engraving, screen printing and perforation.
Soft back panel
The back of the front seat is often not an area that highlights
unique features. Adient's newly developed soft back panel
technology changes that. Our new soft back panel combines the
advantage of lightweight construction with a soft surface and
proprietary technology that retains its 3D shape without relying on
plastic injection. This increases the amount of legroom for
passengers in the back seats. Adding to its flexibility, the
lightweight back panel can be covered with fabric, vinyl or
leather.
Comfort and configurability enhance productivity for rear
seats
Adient's flexible seats for the second row combine comfort with
lightweight construction. The integrated safety belts and rails
recessed into the vehicle floor allow the back seat to move, making
numerous seating configurations possible. In addition, the use of
aluminium and steel reduces the weight of the rear seats by up to
15 pounds.
Adient – which became an independent company in 2016 after a
successful spinoff from Johnson Controls – is a NAIAS event sponsor
and exhibitor. Its exhibit showing these and other personalization
solutions will be open to the media and invited guests in Cobo
Center's Room 310B Jan. 15-18.
NAIAS, one of the world's premier automotive exhibitions, open
to the media and industry officials on Jan.
15. It will open to the public on Jan. 20. For more information, visit
www.naias.com.
About Adient:
Adient is a global leader in automotive
seating. With 85,000 employees operating 238
manufacturing/assembly plants in 34 countries worldwide, we produce
and deliver automotive seating for all vehicle classes and all
major OEMs. From complete seating systems to individual components,
our expertise spans every step of the automotive seat making
process. Our integrated, in-house skills allow us to take our
products from research and design all the way to engineering and
manufacturing – and into more than 25 million vehicles every year.
For more information on Adient, please visit adient.com.
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