Lear Appoints Bradley Halverson To Board Of Directors
Halverson is an experienced director who currently serves on the boards of Sysco Corp. and Custom Truck One Source.
Lear Adds Production To Make 500,000 Face Masks A Week
Five million masks made globally by Lear in 2020 for donation and use by employees.
Lear Publishes Interactive Safe Work Playbook
Available on Lear.com as a free download to all organizations dealing with COVID-19 work stoppages.
Lear Board Members Named To WomenInc. Magazine’s 2019 Most Influential Corporate Directors
Kathleen Ligocki and Dr. Mary Lou Jepsen are included among the top women executives, influencers and achievers contributing their leadership on corporate boards of S&P 500 Big-Cap publicly held companies, as identified by WomenInc. Magazine, a leading publication dedicated to covering women’s achievements in business.
Xevo Partners With Hyundai To Offer Customers In-Vehicle Commerce
Xevo Market is a merchant-to-driver interaction platform and a powerful new media channel for automotive and mobile commerce. The platform will allow customers with compatible Hyundai vehicles to engage and interact with their favorite merchant brands and services through an easy-to-use interface on the in-vehicle touchscreen and Hyundai’s mobile app.
Lear Appoints Aerospace Industry Veteran Carl Esposito As President Of E-Systems
Most recently, Esposito served as president of the Electronic Solutions Strategic Business Unit for Honeywell Aerospace, a division of Honeywell International Inc., where he oversaw strategy, product development and sales for the $5 billion business.
Lear Headquarters Hosts National Tour Promoting Diversity And Inclusion
The “Check Your Blind Spots” tour bus is equipped with virtual reality and gaming technologies to help people recognize and minimize unconscious bias in their lives. Multimedia scenarios explore topics such as race, bias and harassment through simulated phone calls, in-person conversations and other interactions while conducting typical life activities.
Lear Revises Full-Year 2019 Outlook, Reports Preliminary 2nd Quarter 2019 Results
The company indicated that its financial results in the first half of 2019 were negatively impacted by continued declines in industry production volumes and other macroeconomic headwinds, including continued weakening of global currencies against the U.S. dollar.
Lear To Acquire Connected Car Software Provider, Xevo
Xevo’s technology is currently available in more than 25 million vehicles located primarily in the U.S., with significant opportunity for expansion not only in North America, but also in Asia and Europe, according to Lear.
Lear Invests In Israel-Based Maniv Mobility Venture Capital Fund
The investment, which is being made through Lear Innovation Ventures (LIV), enables future collaboration and deepens Lear’s involvement in the mobility technology ecosystem.
Lear And Gentherm Launch Joint Development Partnership For Thermal Seating Solutions
Their partnership will focus on advanced development of a highly integrated, modular heat and cool solution for Lear’s Intu seating system.
Lear Celebrates Grand Opening Of Flint, Michigan, Seat Manufacturing Facility
Lear’s Flint seating plant is the first major automotive supplier manufacturing facility constructed in Flint in more than 30 years.
