What Faurecia North America makes

Faurecia is the seating, interiors, clean mobility, and electronics arm of FORVIA, the automotive technology group formed in 2022 by the merger of Faurecia and HELLA. In North America the company runs four business groups. Seating designs and assembles complete vehicle seats, frames, and seat mechanisms. Interiors produces instrument panels, door panels, and cockpit modules. Clean Mobility builds exhaust and emissions-control systems for light and commercial vehicles, along with hydrogen and fuel-cell components. Clarion Electronics develops displays, driver-assistance electronics, and connectivity modules. The company says it equips one in two vehicles worldwide and serves more than 80 automotive clients.

The North American operation is organized around 22 productive sites, 7 research and development centers, and 1 shared services center across 29 US locations, per the company's own figures, with a regional headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Plants named in public coverage span clean mobility sites in Columbus, Indiana and Dexter, Missouri, seating plants in Cottondale, Alabama and Cleveland, and interiors work in Blue Springs, Missouri. FORVIA supplies most major OEMs and operates as a Tier 1 supplier, meaning it ships finished modules directly onto automaker assembly lines rather than components to other suppliers.

Financial performance

Faurecia does not publish a standalone North America income statement; the figures below are for its listed parent, FORVIA, which trades on Euronext Paris under FRVIA.PA. FORVIA reported sales of about €27.0 billion in 2024, roughly flat against 2023, and held that level in 2025. Operating margin was 5.2% of sales in 2024 and improved to 5.6% in 2025, up 40 basis points. Group headcount was about 136,700 at the end of 2024, with older coverage placing North American employment near 20,000.

The balance sheet is the number to watch. FORVIA carried €6.0 billion of net financial debt at the end of 2025, down €0.6 billion year over year, for a net-debt-to-EBITDA ratio of 1.7 times versus 2.0 times a year earlier. The company has set a target of 1.5 times leverage by the end of 2026. In 2025 FORVIA booked a net loss of roughly €2.1 billion, driven largely by an impairment tied to its Interiors business rather than by operating cash losses; operating income stayed positive and the operating margin rose. Buyers weighing supplier stability should read the improving margin and falling leverage alongside that one-time loss.

Ownership and history

Faurecia's automotive lineage runs to Bertrand Faure, founded in France in 1914, and the modern Faurecia group took shape through Peugeot's supplier businesses in the 1990s. In 2022 Faurecia acquired a controlling stake in the German lighting and electronics maker HELLA and rebranded the combined group as FORVIA, headquartered in Nanterre, France. FORVIA is a listed company and one of the ten largest automotive suppliers in the world.

The group is in the middle of a portfolio reshaping. In April 2026 FORVIA agreed to sell its Interiors Business Group to funds managed by Apollo at an enterprise value of €1.82 billion, with closing targeted by the end of 2026. The Interiors unit represented about 18% of group revenue, roughly €4.8 billion in 2025, across 59 production sites and more than 31,000 employees worldwide, so the sale materially changes what Faurecia North America will manufacture going forward. In North America, Francois Tardif became Executive Vice President for the region in February 2025, and Colleen Haley was named President of Seating for North America in October 2025.

Certifications and quality

Faurecia operates to IATF 16949, the automotive quality-management standard, across its manufacturing sites, which is the sector norm for a direct Tier 1 supplier serving OEM programs. Its plants also report ISO 14001 environmental certification. As with most large multi-plant suppliers, certification is held at the site level rather than as a single group certificate, and buyers qualifying a specific plant should confirm that plant's current certificate and scope. FORVIA runs production part approval and advanced quality planning as standard practice on new programs.

Known customers

Faurecia's customer relationships are largely governed by program confidentiality, which is standard for a Tier 1 supplier. FORVIA states publicly that it equips one in two vehicles worldwide and serves more than 80 automotive clients, and its North American exhaust, seating, and interiors plants have historically supplied the Detroit Three and their assembly plants in the region.

Specific active program awards are not published on a plant-by-plant basis. Buyers should treat the above as sector-level relationships rather than confirmed current contracts.

Sourcing evidence

Faurecia's consolidated US import record, which aggregates its seating, interiors, and clean-mobility entities under more than 260 name variants, shows 36,975 ocean shipments from February 2015 through September 2026, with the most recent on September 20, 2026. By HS chapter the mix leads with automotive parts, seating and furniture components, plastics, and iron and steel articles, the profile of a module builder importing parts and tooling for in-region assembly. Cumulative ocean shipping spend is estimated near $39 million over the period, an order-of-magnitude figure rather than an audited one.

Six shown of the top suppliers on record. Origins are led by Germany (about 11,000 shipments), China (about 8,600), France (about 4,500), and India (about 3,900), reflecting a European-anchored intra-group flow plus Asian component sourcing.

The trailing-twelve-month volume tells the more useful story: 785 shipments in the last year against 1,690 in the prior year, a decline of about 54%. That drop is consistent with FORVIA localizing North American production and preparing to divest its Interiors business rather than with a loss of activity, but buyers should note the trend. Coverage caveats apply. These are US ocean-freight records only; air, truck, and rail movements, including most cross-border flows with Mexico, do not appear, some records name freight intermediaries rather than manufacturers, and product categories come from declared manifest codes, which are noisy. Absence of a record is not evidence of absence. For buyers modeling regional footprint, the pattern is relevant to both nearshoring and tariff exposure decisions.

Frequently asked questions

What does Faurecia North America make?

Faurecia North America manufactures automotive seating, interior systems such as instrument and door panels, clean-mobility exhaust and emissions-control systems, and electronics including displays and driver-assistance modules. It operates as a Tier 1 supplier, shipping finished modules directly to automaker assembly lines.

Who owns Faurecia?

Faurecia is part of FORVIA, the automotive technology group formed in 2022 by the merger of Faurecia and HELLA. FORVIA is a publicly listed company headquartered in Nanterre, France, and trades on Euronext Paris under the ticker FRVIA.PA. Faurecia North America is the group's regional operation, headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

What is FORVIA's revenue?

FORVIA, Faurecia's parent, reported sales of about €27.0 billion in 2024 and held that level in 2025, with an operating margin of 5.6% in 2025. The company does not publish a separate North America income statement. Group employment was roughly 136,700 at the end of 2024.

Where is Faurecia North America headquartered?

Faurecia North America is headquartered at 2800 High Meadow Circle in Auburn Hills, Michigan, a facility of about 278,000 square feet that opened in 2014. The company reports 22 productive sites, 7 research and development centers, and a shared services center across 29 US locations.

Who are Faurecia's customers?

Faurecia serves major automakers globally and says it equips one in two vehicles worldwide across more than 80 clients. In North America it has historically supplied Stellantis, Ford, and General Motors programs through its seating, interiors, and clean-mobility plants. Specific current program awards are governed by confidentiality and are not published plant by plant.

Is Faurecia selling any of its businesses?

Yes. In April 2026 FORVIA agreed to sell its Interiors Business Group to funds managed by Apollo at an enterprise value of €1.82 billion, with closing targeted by the end of 2026. The Interiors unit was about 18% of group revenue in 2025, so the transaction changes the mix of products Faurecia North America will manufacture going forward.

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