Ficosa International, S.A. / Headquarters

Company Profile

■URL

https://www.ficosa.com/

■Address

Gran Via Carlos III, 98 - 08028 Barcelona, Spain

Business Overview

-The Company is a manufacturing group headquartered in Spain involved in the research, development, production and marketing of vision, safety, connectivity and efficiency systems for passenger, commercial, and industrial vehicles. The Company primarily focuses on rear-vision systems such as interior mirrors and side mirrors.

-The Company is comprised of two business groups, Traditional Products and New Technologies. The business groups are further organized into seven different business units listed below:

Rear-view Systems: Develops and manufactures rear-view mirrors and vision systems for forward, backward, and lateral views.
Command and Control Systems: Develops and produces systems which interact between the driver and the vehicle, such as shifters, parking brakes, and drive cables.
Underhood Systems: Develops and produces fluid and ventilation systems installed under the hood of the vehicle.
Electronics Manufacturing Services: Develops, tests, and produces electronic components, products, and systems for vehicles.
Commercial Vehicle: Develops, manufactures, and commercializes all products for buses, trucks, and industrial and commercial vehicles.
ADAS: Develops and produces systems to assist drivers during the driving process.
E-mobility: Focuses on developing and manufacturing electric powertrain technologies and connected infrastructures for electric vehicles and fleets.

-The Company’s is a global leader in automotive rear-view systems. Of the Company’s business units, rear-view systems comprise the largest percentage of the Company’s total sales.

Shareholders

-In July 2017, Panasonic Corporation completed its acquisition of an additional 20% stake in the Company. Panasonic now owns 69% of the Company’s issued shares, making the Company its consolidated subsidiary retroactive to April 2017. The Pujol Family owns the remaining 31% as an industrial partner.

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Products

Rear-view systems
-Exterior rear-view mirrors
-Exterior rear-view mirrors with integrated light signals
-Integrated antennas in rear-view mirrors
-Interior rear-view mirrors
-Intelligent rearview monitoring systems (IRMS)
-Prismatic mirrors for interior rear-view mirrors
-Automatic dimming systems
-Power folding actuators for exterior rear-view mirrors
-Glass actuators
-Electronic mirror management system with memory and automatic return functionality
-Mirror demisters
-Temperature sensors
-Spherical glass
-Electro-chromatic glass
-Carbon fiber or chrome mirror housings
-Rear-view mirrors for trucks
-Rear-view mirrors for buses

Advanced communications systems
-Integrated antennas

Window integrated antennas
Sunroof integrated antennas
Composite roof integrated antennas
Windshield integrated antennas
Spoiler integrated antennas
Antennas integrated in telematic modules

-Navigation antennas
-Short range antennas
-Telematic control units
-V2X modules
-Cellular-V2X systems
-Smart connectivity modules with wireless and ethernet connections
-ERA GLONASS e-call systems
-Emergency call human machine interfaces

ADAS systems
-Parking assist camera and vision systems
-Vehicle recognition systems
-Stereo obstacle detection systems
-Backover protection systems
-Crossing traffic systems
-Rear end collision warning systems
-Surround view systems
-In-car camera monitoring systems
-inCabin interior camera and radar monitoring solutions
-Embedded overlays for camera monitoring systems
-Megapixel camera for surround view and mirror replacement applications
-TotalVision blind spot detection system for commercial vehicles
-Somnoalert driver state monitoring system
-Adasens software for vision and image processing
-Child presence detection systems
-Camera monitoring system for eMirror
-Cameras

E-mobility systems
-Battery pack systems
-e-BOX high-voltage battery monitoring and activation system
-Battery management systems
-On-board chargers
-DC-charging box with charger manager
-Junction boxes

Command & control systems
-ATX automatic gearshift systems
-MTX manual gearshift systems
-Shift-by-wire systems
-Gearbox actuators
-Gearbox ECUs
-Shifting system trims
-Parking brake systems
-Parking brakes with automatic release
-Brake cables

Underhood systems
-Windshields and headlamp washer systems
-Wash pumps
-HotWasher - heated windshield washer circuit
-Sensor and camera cleaning systems combining water and air flow
-Extendable washer fluid tanks
-Telescopic nozzle systems
-Windshield washer reservoirs tanks
-Air induction systems
-Cabin air canalization tubes
-Deposit flowmeters
-Valves
-Taps
-Nozzles

Door & seat systems
-Cushions
-Front seat driver user interface
-Lumbar systems
-Lumbar support systems / Suspension mats
-Backrest supports
-Seat modules
-Lumbar and lateral support
-Back suspensions
-Door latch mechanism with cables
-Roof opening systems with cables
-Hood opening systems with cables
-Seat cables and handles
-Fuel and trunk release cables

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History

1949	Mr. Jose M. Pujol and Mr. Jose M. Tarrago found the Company Pujol y Tarrago specializing mainly in the manufacture of control cable spare parts.
1974	The Holding Company, Serco, S.A., was created, and two years later it changed its name to Ficosa, S.A.
1983	Factories were opened in El Burgo de Osma (Soria)
1987	The Holding Company Ficosa, S.A. changed its name to Ficosa International, S.A.
1988	Established Ficosa International GmbH (Germany), Ficosa International S.A. (France), Ficosa International, Ltd. (UK) and Ficosa International, S.R.L. (Italy)
1989	Acquisition in France of Maurice Lecoy, S.A.
1991	Established Fico Cipa, S.A.R.L. in France. Fico Triad was founded for the research, development and production of gearshift systems for automobiles.
1992	Established Ficosa International, Lda. in Portugal.
1993	Created the first company in the American continent, Ficosa North America, S.A. de C.V., located in Mexico.
1996	Established Ficosa North America Corporation in the United States.
1997	Established Ficosa do Brasil and Ficosa Argentina. Established Tata Ficosa Automotive Components in India.
1999	Purchased of the company in Germany, Metallwarenfabrik Wilke, a factory producing mirrors for buses and industrial vehicles.
2000	Signed a cooperation agreement with Japanese groups Uni Flex and Otsuka Koko.
May 2000	Reached a purchase agreement with the rear view mirror division of the Italian-based company Magneti Marelli, which belongs to the Fiat Group.
Nov. 2000	Acquired a 50% stake in the components manufacturer Fico-Cipa (France).
2002	Established a joint venture in China with Shanghai Benyuan. The Company and Fractus established Advanced Automotive Antennas (A3), a joint venture.
2004	Established Ficosa International (Shanghai) Automotive Components Co., Ltd. Opened its new Technological Center in Barcelona (Spain).
2005	Inaugurated its second production plant in India with Tata. Acquired Advanced Automotive Antennas (A3) shares from Fractus.
2006	Established a technical center and a manufacturing facility in China
Sep. 2006	Inaugurated its new plant in Poland. At the Dabrowa Gornicza plant, the Company manufactures exterior and interior rear-view mirrors, gear shift levers, parking brake levers and tanks.
2007	Inaugurated its third production plant in India with Tata.
Feb. 2007	Strategic alliance with Zavod Avtocomponent of Russia
Apr. 2009	Established a joint venture company "ADASENS Automotive GmbH" with Omron.
2011	Acquired U.S. rear view mirror manufacturer, Camryn Industries LLC.
2013	Divested 50% stake in ADASENS Automotive GmbH, a supplier of image recognition technologies, to Denso Corporation.
Sep. 2014	Signed an investment agreement with Panasonic Corporation to enter into a capital and business alliance. Under the agreement, Panasonic Corporation will take a 49% stake in the Company.
Jun. 2015	Completed transaction in which Panasonic Corporation acquired a 49% stake in the Company.
Jul. 2017	Completed transaction in which Panasonic Corporation acquired additional 20% stake in the Company and consolidated it.
2018	Founded Ficosa India Engineering Centre (FIEC) as the Company's technology hub in India.
Mar. 2018	Announced that it has established itself in Africa for the first time, opening a new production centre in Rabat (in the Technopolis free zone), Morocco.
Oct. 2018	Announced the inauguration of its new e-mobility hub, a pioneering centre at a national and international level for electric mobility technology.
Jan. 2020	Ficosa North America announced it is closing its plant in Shelbyville, Kentucky and consolidating production at its plant in Cookeville, Tennessee.