Adient appoints Ingo Fleischer as its new vice-president (Seating) for EMEA

Adient, the leading global supplier of automotive seating, has appointed Ingo Fleischer as the new head of operational business in the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East, Africa), effective immediately. The company has 50 production plants and approximately 21,000 employees in the region.

In his new role as vice-president (Seating) EMEA, Fleischer is responsible for managing the business and production processes for
complete seats, foam and trim in one of Adient's most important global markets. In this position, the 48-year-old industrial
engineering graduate will further expand Adient's successful operational business. He will focus on increasing efficiency and
productivity within the region's production network and in particular on building strong customer relationships with leading automakers.
Fleischer will continue to manage the commercial vehicle business line.

Fleischer has been with Adient since 1997. He has held numerous technical and managerial positions during this time - from quality
assurance and production to coordinating global product launches. He has also demonstrated his strategic skills and innovative strength in the management of key customer and business areas. As the vice-president – Global Specialty Seating, Ingo Fleischer most recently managed Adient's successful development of seating solutions for commercial aircraft and commercial vehicles. He was instrumental in the founding of Adient Aerospace, a joint venture with Boeing. Fleischer was also recently responsible for managing the Adient Recaro Automotive Seating premium brand.

Fleischer takes over his new role from Brian Grady, who was previously responsible for Adient's operational EMEA business. Grady has been appointed Adient's Vice President Commercial and will manage the company's global business, marketing and development processes.

With 85,000 employees operating 238 manufacturing/assembly plants in 34 countries worldwide including India, Adient produces and deliver automotive seating for all vehicle classes and all major OEMs. The company says, from complete seating systems to individual components, its expertise spans every step of the automotive seat making process. Its integrated, in-house skills allows it to take its products from research and design through to 
engineering and manufacturing and into more than 25 million
vehicles every year. 

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