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, United States.

History

Adient was founded as a

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from Johnson Controls in 2016, establishing its legal domicile in

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, Ireland. Johnson Controls had entered the automotive seating business in 1985 by acquiring Hoover Universal. In September 2017, Adient acquired the

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-based automotive seat manufacturer Futuris from Clearlake Capital, which added 15 facilities in Asia and North America, including one facility based in Newark, California, and which was anticipated to increase the company's revenue by $0.5 billion annually. In 2016, Adient announced plans to move its global operating headquarters to the Marquette Building in

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, but canceled those plans as of June 2018. In January 2018, a

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was formed by Adient (50.01%) and

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(49.99%) to develop and manufacture airliner seats for new installations or

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, a $4.5 billion market in 2017 which was then forecast to grow to $6 billion by 2026, to be based in

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near

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and distributed by Boeing subsidiary Aviall, with its customer service center in

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. In February 2020 Adient announced it agreed to sell its 30% stake in Yanfeng Global Automotive Interior Systems to Yanfeng Automotive Trim Systems for US$379 million. In March 2020, Adient entered into an agreement to sell its automotive fabrics manufacturing business to Sage Automotive Interiors for $175 million. As of 2022, Adient employed 70,000 people across 200 manufacturing/assembly plants, in 30 countries.It is unclear whether this number includes assets acquired through Futuris.

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