Adient Completes Expansion of China Technical Center to Drive Product Innovation

Adient, a global leader in automotive seating, celebrated the completion of its China Technical Center expansion in Chongqing. The event was officiated by Adient President and CEO Jerome Dorlack, APAC Executive Vice President James Huang, along with APAC and China leadership teams and China Technical Center employees.

This expansion represents a significant investment in Adient’s long-term growth in China, reinforcing the company’s commitment to product innovation. The upgraded center is now equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, including a sled test lab and a MAST test lab, enhancing the company’s engineering design, testing, validation and product development capabilities.

The center offers a collaborative, flexible, and digitally advanced environment for the Adient China engineering team, driving the development of innovative automotive seating solutions that cater to both local trends and global automotive demands.

“China is the world’s largest automotive market and a key growth engine for Adient,” Mr. Dorlack said. “Our expansion here reflects our commitment to integrating global leading technologies with local market needs, ensuring we continue to deliver exceptional products and services to our local and global customers, and drive innovations in electrification and smartification. We are confident in the future of China’s automotive industry, and this expansion underscores our continued investment in the market.”

The upgraded technical center, equipped with world-class facilities and resources, will foster greater innovation and accelerate technological advancements. It will work closely with Adient’s other global technical centers to lead innovation in the automotive seating industry.