Automotive tech company Visteon has opened an office in Warwick to be closer to key client Jaguar Land Rover.
Visteon has opened an office at Warwick Innovation Centre, part of the University of Warwick Science Park, as it aims to grow its partnership with Gaydon-based JLR.
Michigan-based Visteon delivers electronic components to many major automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), including infotainment systems, instrument clusters and battery management systems.
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JLR is one of its biggest customers and Visteon supplies equipment to all Jaguar and Land Rover production vehicles.
Visteon employs more than 10,000 people in 17 countries and reported sales of $3.76bn in 2022.
Andy Morton, JLR customer unit business director and site lead at Visteon, said: “In the past, electronic components for cars, such as AM/FM radios, were simple to supply. A lot of the time, the same device could be sold to a wide variety of OEMs.
“However, over the last few years, systems in cars have become more integrated and specific to particular OEMs, which means companies like ours have to work with them much more closely”
Ian Scott, managing director of Visteon for the 海角视频 and vice president of its European Customer Group, said: “The move to the Warwick Innovation Centre will ensure our team will be best placed to work with JLR to produce high-quality electronic systems for its latest range of vehicles.
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“The fellow automotive companies based here and its links to the University of Warwick were also very attractive, and will mean we can access cutting-edge research in the industry alongside great talent coming out of the university.
“And in an industry that is moving faster and faster, the fact that it only took six months from our first enquiry to opening the office here is fantastic. We are confident our new office at the Warwick Innovation Centre will be the perfect place to develop our customer business relationships.”
Jane Talbot, centre manager at the Warwick Innovation Centre, said: “It’s been fantastic to welcome Visteon to the Warwick Innovation Centre, and they’ve settled in very quickly.
“The Warwick Innovation Centre is home to many cutting-edge companies within the automotive sector, so we’re delighted Visteon has joined them.”