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…)

Automotive Interiors 2024: Quick Review

The Automotive Interiors Conference 2024 took place recently in Bad Nauheim, Germany, on 25-26 June. The conference had five focus topics, reflecting major domains of innovation within car interiors, and we note their alignment with the consistent rubrics of DVN Interior Newsletters and Workshops. Interior concepts: current design trends, safety concepts, adaptive and flexible interior…

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Magna To Supply Configurable Seats for Chinese OEM

Magna has won their first contract to deliver a configurable seating system to a Chinese automaker. This new seating system, which includes features like highly-rotable front seats and long rails, is designed to provide a flexible and spacious in-cabin experience. The configurable system integrates power swivel seats with nearly two meters of powered long rails,…

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Autoliv Airbags Made of Recycled Polyester

Autoliv is introducing airbag cushions made of 100-per-cent recycled polyester, which significantly reduces their greenhouse gas footprint. In collaboration with key supply chain partners, Autoliv says they have developed yarns, fabrics, and cushions made out of recycled polyester for use in airbag production. The completed testing of the new material demonstrates that the airbag cushion…

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Alpine A290: Comfort and Tech at High Speed

Alpine images Alpine unveils their first battery-electric B-segment vehicle, a high-performance hatchback that focuses more on practicality than trying to compete with combustion-engine cars. Its UK debut was timed to headline the iconic brand’s presence at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. It’s built on Alpine parent company Renault’s BEV-specific AmpR Small platform, as a five-door,…

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Leoni’s Recyclable Automotive Cables

Leoni, based in Nuremberg, Germany, is an important cable and harnessing maker. Their new Limeverse products are 100-per-cent recyclable automotive cables. Plastics in cables represent a significant amount of plastic weight which needs to be taken care of, from a sustainability standpoint. The highlight of Limeverse is the special insulation material developed by Leoni, using…

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Car Interior in China, EAC Enmore Conferences

EAC 2024 took place in Suzhou, China, on 21-22 June. It included expositions and conferences about new energy vehicles, smart cabins and smart driving. EAC and DVN co-hosted a lidar event. DVN at EAC: L-R Luc Bourgeois, Paul-Henri Matha, Eric Amiot, Philippe Aumont EAC (Enmore Automotive & Intelligent Vehicle Exhibition) focuses on new energy and…

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