FAURECIA
Founded 1997
Headquarters Nanterre, France
Location 274 sites and 30 R&D centers in 34 countries
CEO Yann Delabrière
Business Groups Automotive Seating, Emissions Control Technologies, Interior Systems and Automotive Exteriors
Employees 94,000
Sales €17.4 billion in 2012
Listed on NYSE Euronext Paris stock exchange
Shareholder PSA (Approx. 57,4％）
HISTORY
1914
Bertrand Faure opens a workshop to produce seats for trams and Metro trains. His company is known as the Bertrand Faure Group or BFG.
1929
BFG acquires Epéda spring patent and begins production of seating systems for the automotive market.
1945
Peugeot begins production of automotive components, bicycles, and motorcycles through subsidiaries Aciers et Outillage Peugeot and Peugeot Cycles.
1987
Aciers et Outillage Peugeot and Peugeot Cycles are merged to form ECIA; Faure acquires Delsey and Luchaire.
1988
BFG is acquired in a LBO backed by Michelin, Michel Thierry, Peugeot, and others to block a takeover attempt by Valeo.
1991
BFG acquires Rentrop in Germany.
1997
BFG agrees to be acquired by ECIA, forming Faurecia.
HISTORY FAURECIA JAPAN KK
1992
Founded Faurecia Japon KK at Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
2004
Moved to Kohoku-ku, Yokohama
2005
Faurecia Japon KK and Faurecia Interior Systems KK are merged to form Faurecia Japan KK
2005
Interior Div. awarded Mazda Quality Guarantee System Certificate
2010
Moved to Naka-ku, Yokohama
2012
Moved to Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama