Adient announces sale of its fabrics business

PLYMOUTH, MICH., Oct. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Adient, a global leader in automotive seating, announced today that it has closed its previously announced sale of the company’s automotive fabrics manufacturing business, including its lamination business, to Sage Automotive Interiors, an Asahi Kasei company, on Sept. 30, 2020. 

The sale aligns with Adient’s continuing strategy of focusing on its core, high-volume seating business. Cash proceeds received from the sale totaled approximately $175M.  

About Adient:
Adient is a global leader in automotive seating. With approximately 80,000 employees in 34 countries, Adient operates 220 manufacturing/assembly plants worldwide. We produce and deliver automotive seating for all major OEMs. From complete seating systems to individual components, our expertise spans every step of the automotive seat-making process. Our integrated, in-house skills allow us to take our products from research and design to engineering and manufacturing – and into more than 23 million vehicles every year.  For more information on Adient, please visit adient.com

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