On March 18 at the Wolfe Research Virtual Autos Summit, Lear Corp. CEO Ray Scott said he is considering moving some production back to the U.S. as a tariff mitigation plan for the company, which imports USD 2.8 billion worth of parts from Mexico each year.
“With the modular solution we have, we could move that and sc

On February 5, Lear Corp.announced a key engineering integration with General Motors, beginning in Q2 2025. A first of its kind, the ComfortMax Seat integrates thermal comfort technologies into trim covers, providing occupant comfort and well-being, superior thermal management and improved manufacturing efficiency.
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On February 4, Lear Corp. announced it has purchased StoneShield Engineering, a privately held system integrator based in Castelo Branco, Portugal that specializes in the design and development of automation technology for the wire harness industry. StoneShield Engineering’s areas of expertise include robotics, autom

It was announced the inauguration of a new Kyungshin Lear plant in the Mexican state of Sonora. Kyungshin Lear is a joint company between Kyungshin Corporation and Lear Corporation.
The plant required an investment of USD 11 million and will create 1,370 new jobs during its first phase with the possibility of creatin

On July 25, GM confirmed that its Wentzville plant has restarted after a nearly three-day strike at the Lear factory in Missouri that supplies seats for GM's midsize pickups and vans after the UAW reached a tentative agreement with Lear.
GM was forced to idle the Wentzville Assembly plant on July 22 because the worke

On July 22, GM announced that production at its midsize truck plant in Wentzville, Missouri, is down as it awaits the end of a labor dispute at the plant's seat supplier plant owned by Lear Corp.
GM spokesperson Kevin Kelley said the plant "was impacted by part shortages resulting from a labor dispute at one of our s

Lear Corp. announced that it completed its acquisition of WIP Industrial Automation (WIP), without disclosing terms of the transaction. Lear previously announced it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire WIP in April.
WIP, based in Valladolid, Spain, develops, integrates, and deploys cutting-edge technolo

Lear Corp. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire WIP Industrial Automation (WIP), a privately held systems integrator based in Spain that specializes in advanced automation solutions for industrial applications. 
The transaction is expected to close by Q3 2024. 
WIP, a long-time Lear supplie

The Federation of Metallurgical Workers Employees (FIOM) announced that Lear Corporation has rejected the possibility of transferring other production to the Grugliasco plant in Turin. Lear intends to carry out reindustrialization at the same factory, aimed at repurposing the discontinued facility for future operatio

Multiple sources reported that Lear Corporation will apply an Employment Regulation File (ERE) to close its plant in Almussafes. It will impact 159 workers. It will close its plant in 2024 due to the end of production of the van Ford Transit Connect and the uncertainty of new models in the future. 
(Based on multiple

Lear announced that it will exhibit its connector system at electronica China 2023 to be held from July 11 to 13 in Shanghai. At the event, the company will exhibit such products as power battery connection units, high-speed data transmission connectors, plastic and metal parts, fuse boxes, and high- and low-voltage

Lear announced the completion of a production expansion of Shenyang Lear Automotive Systems Co., Ltd. (Shenyang Lear), its subsidiary. With a land area of about 51,333 square meters, a floor area of 28,000 square meters, and a total investment of CNY 200 million, the new plant area will mainly be used for the constru

Lear Corporation (Lear) announced plans to open a Connection Systems plant in Morocco in the third quarter of 2023 that will manufacture injection molded parts and engineered plastics for automakers, suppliers, and Lear's E-Systems and Seating business units. Lear is repurposing a 5,300 square-meter facility in Tangi

Lear Corporation (Lear) announced another step toward its carbon neutral future to help meet the climate change goals of itself and its customers. Lear is partnering with Germany-based Klockner & Co. and its subsidiary, Becker Stahl-Service GmbH, to provide CO2-reduced steel. The sustainable alternative to convention

Lear Corp. (Lear) announced that it has completed its acquisition of I.G. Bauerhin (IGB), further expanding the company's suite of in-vehicle comfort technologies. IGB, headquartered in Gruendau-Rothenbergen, Germany, is a privately held supplier of automotive seat heating, ventilation, active cooling, steering wheel

The European Commission approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of IG Bauerhin GmbH (‘IGB') of Germany by Lear Corp. (Lear) of the US. IGB is a supplier of automotive seat comfort components, including seat thermal heat mats and seat ventilation systems. The Commission concluded that recent entries

Lear Corp. inaugurated its USD 34 million Torreón 2 Plant, which will generate direct 4,000 jobs.The company said that the new facility will be Lear’s largest-area plant area in the world, and will create 8,000 jobs in the region. (Mexico-Now article on April 20, 2020)

Various media sources reported that Lear Corporation (Lear) is expanding its manufacturing footprint by 268,000 square feet at the former Cadillac Stamping Plant where it began just-in-time seating operations to supply GM’s Factory Zero in late 2022. Lear is now the sole tenant of the 684,000-square-foot space on Det

Lear Corp. is working to sell its three manufacturing plants in Russia within the first half of 2023, almost a year after suspending operations due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Before the war began last February 24, Lear operated seating plants in Russia with about 1,000 employees, generating about USD 100 millio

Lear announced it is planning to manufacture battery disconnect units and other vehicle electrification sub-systems for advanced batteries at a facility in Independence Township, Michigan. Half of the facility the 120,000-square-foot plant will supply battery disconnect units for GM, while the rest will be used for w