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Faurecia to show new automotive systems at Detroit Show

12 Jan '16

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Faurecia, one of the world's largest automotive suppliers, with four business groups: automotive seating, emissions control technologies, interior systems and automotive exteriors, is set to show an array of advancements in automobiles designed to promote sustainable mobility and enhanced life onboard the vehicle, that will ultimately help automakers improve the well-being of drivers and their environment, at the Detroit Auto Show, from January 11 to 14, 2016 at the Crowne Plaza Detroit Downtown Riverfront hotel, across from Cobo Center.

For its third appearance at the Detroit Auto Show, Faurecia will display a seating system that can improve the driver's physical and mental condition, a device to convert exhaust heat into electricity for hybrids, a live garden of natural materials used to produce interior components, and other unique solutions to some of the industry's most pressing challenges. Together these technologies represent new ways to make cars and trucks cleaner and lighter and new methods to enhance the driving experience.

Faurecia will show Active Wellness, the world's first automotive seat that goes beyond detecting the physical and mental status of drivers and/or occupants and invokes countermeasures to restore individuals to a healthy driving condition. Active Wellness employs uniquely designed piezoelectric sensors to measure heart rate and breathing rhythms. It then uses this information to apply a specific massage pattern, combined with heating or cooling adjustments to the seat's ventilation system, to relax a stressed occupant or re-energise the driver, according to a press release.

The company will show sculpted seat cover, made without foam-to-cover attachment. It is developed into two product applications: Sculpted Light Back Panels for the back of front seats and Sculpted Covers to replace traditional covers.

With its Intuition demonstrator, Faurecia will unveil Human-Machine Interface (HMI) advancements that incorporate full black-panel screens; high-resolution active matrix organic LED (AMOLED) screens; smart functional surfaces; new types of connectivity with mobile devices; automated comfort systems; and new decoration materials, at the expo. Intuition uses switchless technology that converts aluminium, wood, plastic or fabric materials into smart surfaces.

The company will show new air vents with DecoVent, which offers full design freedom by integrating the mechanical elements of the vents behind the visible surface. DecoVent replaces classic visible air-vent vanes with a single horizontal or vertical blade and a totally hidden mechanism. (GK)

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