new ford mondeo shows off trw, delphi safety solutions
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New Ford Mondeo shows off TRW, Delphi safety solutions
CHARGE-AIR LINES:CONTITECH
LIGHT ALLOY WHEELS:ATS GROUP
LOCKSETS:HUF HÜLSBECK & FÜRST
EXHAUST HANGERS:CIKAUTXO
ACCELERATOR PEDAL MODULE:CTS AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS
FUEL TANK SEALING:NOLATO
SEAT RECLINERS:KEIPER
TIRES:PIRELLI
SEAT MOTORS:NIDEC MOTORS AND ACTUATORS
TOWBAR:WESTFALIA-AUTOMOTIVE
REAR STABILIZER BARS:ALLEVARD REJNA
HEAD RESTRAINT:GRAMMER
Ford calls its new Mondeo its “most technologically advanced car.”The upper-medium model features Delphi’s adaptive cruise control,which uses radar to maintain a safe distance from the vehicle ahead.The optional feature usually is found only on models from premiumcarmakers. The new Mondeo also offers TRW Automotive’s electronic
stability control as standard equipment. Most carmakers require cus-tomers to pay extra for ESC, which helps keep a car from skidding outof control or rolling over during emergencies. Westfalia-Automotivecontributes the car’s optional fixed and detachable tow bars. The ad-vantage of being detachable is that it does not require a “cut out” on
the bumper thereby obscuring the tow bar from view when not used.The supplier anticipates the fitment rate to be around 15 percent.Mondeo sales start in June.
Steven Wingett
IGNITION STARTER SWITCH:METHODE ELECTRONICS
WINDSHIELD:PILKINGTON
CYLINDER HEAD:HYDRO ALUMINIUM
OIL FILTER:SOGEFI FILTERDIVISION
ADHESIVE TAPES:SCAPA
EGR:BORGWARNER
OXYGEN SENSOR:BOSCH
GRILLE OPENING REINFORCEMENT:PLASTAL
TURBOCHARGER OIL FEED LINE:TELEFLEX
COWL GRILLE:RÖCHLING AUTOMOTIVE
OUTSIDE MIRROR ACTUATOR:EATON
GEAR SHIFTER:EISSMANN GROUP
ACC:DELPHI
BRAKE PEDAL MODULE:KSR INTERNATIONAL
FRONT AXLE SHIMS:EAGLE-PICHER WOLVERINE
UNDERBODY HEATSHIELDS:SEVEX
AIR DUCTS:REHAU
VACUUM PUMP:WABCO
SEAT BELT REMINDER:IEE
STEERING WHEEL:TAKATA-PETRI
CYLINDER BLOCK CASTING:EISENWERK BRÜHL
MANUAL TRANSMISSION FLUID:CASTROL
SUNVISORS:GRUPO ANTOLIN
REAR WHEEL ARCH LINERS TEXTILE:BORGERS
ROOF RACK CROSS RAILS:ADVANCED ACCESSORY SYSTEMS
ESS:TENNECO
REAR DOOR GLASS :SAINT-GOBAIN SEKURIT
COCKPIT ASSEMBLY:IAC GROUP
TAILGATE:STABILUS
Car Cutaway
Fiat gives Ceresa more responsibility
TURIN Gilberto Ceresa, 41, is thenew head of information and communication systems for the
Fiat group and itsauto division.
He takes overresponsibilitiespreviously held bytwo people.
Ferruccio Luppigives up his role asthe group’s inter-im head of infor-mation and com-munication sys-tems. He remainshead of Fiat’s busi-
ness solutions subsidiary.Vincenzo Giannelli leaves Fiat
Group Automobiles’ informationand communication systems division to become chief financialofficer of Fiat Powertrain Technologies.
Information and communicationsystems is the second departmentthat Fiat group CEO Sergio Marchionne has combined underone person at the group level.
Last July he made Gianni Codathe head of purchasing for Fiatgroup in addition to his job as purchasing boss for Fiat Group Au-tomobiles. The auto division in-cludes the Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Lanciaand Fiat LCV brands.
Marchionne believes that inte-grating functions will help reducecosts and increase synergies.
Ceresa, who keeps his job as thegroup’s executive council coordina-tor, joined Fiat in 1989.
He has a degree in electronic engineering from Turin PolytechnicUniversity.
Luca Ciferri
Imazu has dualrole at Nissan
Hidetoshi Imazu, 57, became chair-man of Nissan Europe and execu-tive vice president of manufacturingand supply chain management forNissan Motor Co. Ltd. on April 1.
Previously he was senior vicepresident, vehicle production engi-neering at the Nissan Motor Co.
Imazu replaced Hiroto Saikawa,53, who succeeded Nissan CEOCarlos Ghosn as chairman of Nis-san’s management committee forthe Americas.
Imazu moved to Nissan MotorManufacturing UK Ltd. in 1999 tobecome the deputy managing direc-tor responsible for engineering,quality assurance and finance.
In 2002, he was appointed seniorvice president responsible for man-ufacturing and industrial engineer-ing. He was named senior vice pres-
ident of vehicle production engi-neering in 2006.
Imazu, 57, has a degree in engi-neering from the Kyushu Instituteof Technology in southern Japan.
Staff report
Bentley boss Paefgen adds Bugatti duties
Bentley ChairmanFranz-Josef Paef-gen, 60, has addedthe Bugatti brandto his duties, saidVolkswagengroup, whichowns both car-makers.
Paefgen, 60, re-places ThomasBscher, who leftthe company “bymutual agree-
ment” at the end of the last month.Bscher had been president of
Bugatti since December 2003. Paefgen headed development of
the Bugatti Veyron supercar whileleading the carmaker’s engineeringfrom 2003 to 2005.
Paefgen also headed the Audibrand from 1998 to 2002.
Mark Stevens
King will speakfor Aston Martin
David King is the new head ofproduct communications and mo-torsport at Aston Martin.
Previously, King was the Britishsports car maker’s chief programengineer. In that post, he led theDB7 Vantage, DB9 and V8 Vantageprograms, contributing most re-cently to the V8 Vantage Roadster,DBS and Vantage N24 race car.
King joined Aston Martin in1995.
Staff report
HSO Motors addsex-Hyundai manager
Eberhard Niering will become vicepresident of HSO Motors Europeeffective April 1.
HSO Motors is the European im-porter for cars made by BMW’sChina partner Brilliance JinBei Au-tomobile.
Niering, 54, will head product de-velopment and aftersales for theLuxembourg-based company.
Niering previously held manage-ment roles in Germany with Mit-subishi and Seat. In the early 1990s,he helped HSO Motors Managing
Director Hans-Ulrich Sach launchHyundai in Germany.
Staff report
Scheele named chairman of Key Safety Systems
DETROIT Nick Scheele, formerpresident of Ford Motor, has beennamed chairman ofnewly acquired KeySafety Systems.
The suburbanDetroit airbag andseat belt maker waspurchased byCrestview Partnersin partnership withcompany manage-ment, according toa company state-ment. Terms werenot disclosed.
David Barkholz
Tenneco makes Europe changes
Tenneco of the US has named JosepFornos, 54, vice president and gen-eral manager of emission control,Europe. He had been vice presidentand general manager of ride con-trol, Europe. Fornos replaces UlrichMehlmann, 47, who left to becomepresident and CEO of NeumayerTekfor Group, of Germany.
Karel Van Bael, 61, has beennamed interim general manager ofride control, Europe. He replacesFornos while Tenneco searches fora replacement. Van Bael remainsthe unit’s executive director.
Staff report
Ford of Europe has named JanBrentebraten to the newly createdposition of director of flexfuel andalternative-fuel vehicles strategy.
Brentebraten will be responsiblefor leading Ford’s flexfuel and al-ternative-fuel vehicle sales andmarketing activities in Europe.
Ford’s flexfuel vehicles are de-signed to run on a blend ofbioethanol and gasoline sold asE85 or just gasoline.
Before taking the new job,Brentebraten was the carmaker’s di-rector of European import and ex-port operations. Since joining Fordin 1978, he has held many sales andmarketing positions, includingmanaging director of Ford Scandi-navia and president of Mazda Mo-
tor Europe. Ford has a controlling33 percent stake in Mazda.
Staff report
Brentebraten: At Ford since1978.
Paefgen headeddevelopment of the Veyron .
Ceresa leadsFiat’s IT team.
Scheele ledJaguar duringthe 1990s.
Ford names boss for new-fuel unitPersonnel
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