Philippe Aumont

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Philippe Aumont is a highly experienced executive with almost 40 years in the automotive interior supplier industry. Both engineering & business graduate, completed by many general management programs. He acted as Chief Technology Officer at Faurecia Seating, between 2011 and 2017. Previously he worked for Roth Frères, Johnson Controls and Faurecia, with various position in R&D, Marketing, Strategy, new product development, Open Innovation, start-ups, university, and earlier in JIT, Production, Program Management, Costing, Sales… with permanent assignment in France, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany, and frequent travels in the US, Japan, China & India. Philippe is board member at SIA (Society of Automotive Engineers in France), and Ecole Centrale de Nantes (Engineering school). Philippe is passionate about automotive product and business model reshuffling (Autonomy, Connectivity, New Energy, Environment, and Car sharing), Innovation culture, organization, Technology scouting, Start-ups, Occupant-centric Design (Comfort, Perceived Quality, HMI, Cognitive…)

Forvia at Mondial: Materials For Decarbonization

The French Automotive Platform (PFA) organized a booth called the Fabrique de l’Electrique (to manufacture electric), an immersive space where they showed solutions to decarbonize mobility, demonstrated how electric motors work (whether battery or hydrogen-powered), and showed new bio-sourced and/or recycled materials. They also presented an educational wall under the Materi’act banner (the Forvia JV…

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Savoir Faire Paris, Leather Seat Waste Turns Into Shoes

Next to the Cadillac booth, and in partnership with them, Savoir Faire Paris organized a small workshop corner to produce custom sneakers, using offcuts from Cadillac leather seats. The company is a startup with expertise in the art of custom sneakers. It was a good and educational demonstration of circular economy. At the same time,…

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French Majority Call Cars Source of Pleasure

Ipsos conducted a study in partnership with the Mondial about the French and their passion for automobiles. While automobiles are increasingly stigmatized, Paris Mondial 2024 focuses on the passion for automobiles and wishes to celebrate it. Could this be perceived as a clash, or is it in harmony with the deep motivations of the French?…

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THK Design Exercise for High-Tech Components

Japan’s THK unveiled their LSR-05 EV prototype at the 2024 Paris auto show. The intent was to present THK components in-situ, including all in-house technology in everything from the electric powertrain to the charging system to the suspension and even the seats. However, this prototype is a real design exercise, managed by former Nissan design…

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DVN-Interior Interview: Novares Plastic

Novares is a French company of plastic experts based in Velizy Villacoublay, near Paris. They design complex components and systems for virtually every automaker in the world, and many tier-1s, and manufacture them with innovative, cutting-edge techniques for greener, lighter-weight cars in pursuit of the CASE megatrends—Connected, Autonomous, Shared, and Electric. Novares is inside 1…

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