At CES last week, Plastic Omnium announced OP’n Soft, a new activity dedicated to the development of software for the supplier’s own products and services. 120 employees are predicted this year; 250+ by 2025, to focus on mobility solutions as the CASE megatrends carry on gaining traction—connected; autonomous; shared, and electric.
Plastic Omnium CEO Laurent Favre said at the CES demo that OP’n Soft “will enable Plastic Omnium to offer [our] customers a unique range of integrated solutions and services, such as merging radar data processing software with lighting technologies. This is an exciting new adventure for Plastic Omnium, and a wonderful opportunity for our teams to unleash their tech creativity”.
The new business activity will implement Aspice certification and Autosar platforms that make it easier for PO customers to access plug-and-play applications. PO also will leverage the latest AGILE methodologies and the benefits of DevSecOps3 in developing and supporting these future products and services.
All these initiatives prepare the PO Group effectively for making great strides towards developing the software-defined vehicle; meeting the constantly-evolving challenges of vehicle cybersecurity, and anticipating future global certification standards for embedded software and its periodic updates.
