Lear Corp. Nears Deal for Delphi Automotive Systems' Seat Unit.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  February 26, 1998 ;     455 words ......Business News Feb. 25--In buying the seating business of General Motors Corp., fast-growing...of intent to buy the 7,000-employee seating business of GM's Delphi Automotive Systems...agreement by late June. Taking the GM seating business could give Lear an advantage because...

Visteon Corporation Announces Cooperative Agreement to Exit Seating...

PR Newswire;  March 5, 2003 ;     535 words ......Corporation today announced it will exit its seating business located in Chesterfield, Mich. The...Company. Ford will source current model seating business at Chesterfield to Johnson Controls...Visteon has previously identified its seating business as non- core. Exiting that ...

Visteon Posts $167M 2nd-Quarter Loss

AP Online;  July 18, 2003 ;   TAREK EL-TABLAWY, Associated Press Writer;   330 words ......associated with leaving its Chesterfield seating business. The loss of $1.33 per share compares...costs associated with the exit of its seating business and continued implementation of its...announced in March it would be leaving the seating business through an agreement with Ford ...

GM deal on pounds 736m-a-year asset close.

The Birmingham Post (England);  February 24, 1998 ;     199 words ......manufactures in the Midlands, last year put the 7,000-employee seating business up for sale along with two other parts businesses - coil...to sell the lighting business was still weeks away. The seating business was viewed by industry analysts as the largest and most...

Visteon Corporation Reports Second Quarter Results; Completes Exit Of Its...

PR Newswire;  July 18, 2003 ;     787 words ......charge associated with the exit of its seating business located in Chesterfield, Michigan...costs associated with the exit of its seating business and continued implementation of its...finalized the agreement to exit our seating business and made further progress on our European...

DELPHI DEAL GIVES LEAR LION'S SHARE OF GM SEATING BUSINESS FOR NOW.

Automotive News;  September 28, 1998 ;   Sherefkin, Robert;   511 words ......Corp.'s purchase of General Motors' seating business for $250 million may have been more...Delphi Automotive Systems worldwide seating business, and can expect a decent return on...are more likely than ever to win new seating business with GM, Goldstein said. The Southfield...

DELPHI DEAL GIVES LEAR LION'S SHARE OF GM SEATING BUSINESS FOR NOW

Automotive News;  September 28, 1998 ;   SHEREFKIN, ROBERT;   511 words ......Corp.'s purchase of General Motors' seating business for $250 million may have been more...Delphi Automotive Systems worldwide seating business, and can expect a decent return on...are more likely than ever to win new seating business with GM, Goldstein said. The Southfield...

GM's Delphi to sell car seating business to Lear Corp. Sale to be done by...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  February 25, 1998 ;   Mark Savage of the Journal Sentinel staff contributed to this report.;   312 words ......parts-making operation plans to sell its billion-dollar automotive seating business by the end of the second quarter, the GM subsidiary and...a letter of intent to allow Lear to buy Delphi's global seating business. The sale is expected to be completed by the end of June...

Bostrom shares slide despite rise in results.

The Birmingham Post (England);  September 10, 1998 ;     177 words ......long-term strategy of investing in a global work-vehicle seating business and a European components manufacturing operation, said...the near future. Plans for the international work-vehicle seating business focus on Bostrom's recent US acquisition, National Seating...

SEEKING LARGER ROLE.(Visteon)

Automotive News;  August 17, 1998 ;     227 words ......President Charles Szuluk's determination to be a force in the seating business. In previous interviews, Szuluk has suggested that he would...Early this year, it tried to buy Delphi Automotive Systems' seating business. The deal would have given Visteon an engineering team...

FAURECIA at Merrill Lynch Global Automotive Conference - Final

Fair Disclosure Wire;  March 6, 2007 ;     787 words ......done in '98 by the acquisition of the seating business of Bertrand Faure and we had an acquisition...number three in the world for the seating business and number three in Europe, and we...overlook of today's situation, in the seating business, we have -- we are able to provide...

Switching seats.(Suppliers)

Automotive News;  March 10, 2003 ;     25 words ...Visteon's exit from the seating business gives work to Johnson Controls for * Ford Focus * Ford Mustang * Ford Expedition * Lincoln Town Car * Lincoln Navigator

LEANER LEAR GETS FIT TO FIGHT: SUPPLIER FEELS PRESSURE FROM GM,...

Automotive News;  December 14, 1998 ;   SHEREFKIN, ROBERT;   471 words ......Now, analysts said, Lear faces growing competition for seating business, and pricing pressure from its largest customer, General...European business grew quickly from acquisitions of the seating business of Fiat, Saab and Volvo. Lear also acquired European suppliers...

Lear gains bombardier seating business.(us newslines)(Bombardier...

Urethanes Technology;  April 1, 2007 ;     234 words ......for Ford Motor Co. and DaimlerChrysler Corp. Lear said the ATV seats it is making offer durability and comfort: This new seating business signals progress in our strategic initiative to further diversify Lear's customer and product segment portfolio and explore...

Visteon Corporation Reports First Quarter Results.

PR Newswire;  April 17, 2003 ;     787 words ......cooperative agreement to exit the seating business and continued to make progress on...cluster on the Ford Ikon. Exiting of Seating Business In March 2003, Visteon announced that...exit its unprofitable and non-core seating business through a cooperative agreement with...