Yanfeng Automotive Interiors

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Yanfeng Global Automotive Interior Systems Co., Ltd.
legal form Limited Company
founding 2nd July 2015
Seat Shanghai , China
management Steve Meszaros (CEO)
Number of employees 33,000
sales 7.3 billion euros (2017)
Branch Automotive supplier
Website yfai.com

Yanfeng Automotive Interiors (YFAI) is a global automotive supplier. The company, based in Shanghai, China, develops and manufactures interior components for vehicles. These include instrument panels and cockpit systems as well as door panels, center consoles and overhead control units. Yanfeng Automotive Interiors employs 33,000 people at 110 development and production sites in 20 countries. The turnover in 2017 was around 7.3 billion euros.

history

Yanfeng Automotive Interiors was founded in 2015 as a joint venture between the Chinese automotive supplier Yanfeng Automotive Trim Systems and Adient , the world's leading supplier of automotive seats (formerly Johnson Controls' seat business ). Today, Yanfeng Automotive Interiors is one of the 50 top-selling automotive suppliers worldwide.

Corporate structure

The Chinese automotive supplier Yanfeng Automotive Interiors specializes in vehicle interiors. The product spectrum ranges from instrument panels, cockpit systems, center consoles and door panels to decorative paneling elements and interior lighting through to functional surfaces. The global company is headquartered in Shanghai, China. There are also headquarters (technology centers) in the three regions of China and Asia-Pacific, Europe and South Africa and North America.

Corporate management

The company is run by an international board of directors: Steve Meszaros (CEO), Yuan Xinhua (Director of Production), Michael Kleinheksel (Director of Finance) and Yiru Su (Director of Sales). The Management Board is supported by three regional teams made up of managers from the three regions of China and Asia-Pacific, Europe and South Africa, and North America.

Locations

With 110 locations in 20 countries, Yanfeng Automotive Interiors is active worldwide. The network for production and development extends from North and South America through Europe and South Africa to the Asia-Pacific region.

Europe & Africa

Yanfeng Automotive Interiors has had its European headquarters with around 600 employees in Neuss since it was founded in 2015, from where 15 other locations in Europe and South Africa are controlled. The company employs a total of around 8,200 people in Europe. In Germany there are 2,000 employees. In addition to the European headquarters in Neuss, this also includes the two production sites in Lüneburg and Neustadt an der Donau.

Asia Pacific

Yanfeng Automotive Interiors is headquartered in Shanghai, China. The automotive supplier also operates one of its four innovation centers here with a focus on design and concept development.

North and South America

In the North and South America region, Yanfeng Automotive Interiors operates two of its four innovation centers in Holland (Michigan, USA) and Sunnyvale in California's Silicon Valley in addition to its production sites.

Products

Yanfeng Automotive Interiors specializes in vehicle interiors. The product spectrum ranges from cockpit systems, center consoles and cladding elements to functional surfaces.

In detail, the products are divided into the following areas.

  • Cockpits
  • Instrument panels
  • Door panels
  • Center consoles
  • Overhead control units
  • Decorative cladding elements
  • Intelligent, functional surfaces
  • Interior lighting

Research and Development

In total, the innovation area of ​​Yanfeng Automotive Interiors has around 150 employees worldwide who work in four innovation centers - Neuss (Germany), Shanghai (China), Holland (Michigan, USA) and Sunnyvale (California, USA).

The aim of the innovation centers is to bring together all research and development functions under one roof. In addition to consumer and market research, this also includes industrial design and product and process innovation as well as the "User Experience" area. In addition to the traditional interior business with door panels, center consoles and instrument panels, the development teams also deal with the interior of the future, which is increasingly being shaped by the use of new materials and technologies. These include, for example, functional, intelligent or adaptive surfaces that enable a new style and functions in the interior.

Yanfeng Automotive Interiors is also working on this together with external development partners. The company's own Business Incubator focuses in particular on the integration of new technologies into the vehicle interior. These include, among other things, HMI interfaces, light and display elements. Yanfeng Automotive Interiors exhibited at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt a. M., for example, together with KOSTAL, a provider of mechatronic HMI components, presented a module that enables the seamless embedding of user interfaces in 3D-shaped glass. This means that modern control elements and switches can also be integrated into freely shapeable glass surfaces for larger decorative parts of the vehicle interior.

Individual evidence

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