# Boeing and Adient form Adient Aerospace joint venture for airplane seats

Boeing and Adient announced the formation of Adient Aerospace, a joint venture to develop, manufacture and sell airplane seating products. The operational headquarters and initial production plant will be in Kaiserslautern, Germany.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2018-01-16
- Where: Kaiserslautern, Germany, Germany
- Status: announced
- Products: airplane seating products
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Adient Aerospace](https://endata.com/companies/29404.md)
- [Boeing](https://endata.com/companies/685.md) (partner)
- [Adient](https://endata.com/companies/17892.md) (partner)
- [Adient Aerospace](https://endata.com/companies/29404.md) (partner)
- [Adient Aerospace](https://endata.com/companies/29404.md) (target)

## Sources

- [boeing.mediaroom.com](https://boeing.mediaroom.com/2018-01-16-Boeing-Adient-Launch-New-Company-to-Design-and-Build-Airplane-Seats), 2018-01-16: "Adient Aerospace will develop, manufacture and sell a portfolio of seating products to airlines and aircraft leasing companies."
- [adient.mediaroom.com](https://adient.mediaroom.com/2018-01-16-Adient-Boeing-Launch-New-Company-to-Design-and-Build-Airplane-Seats), 2018-01-16: "Adient Aerospace will develop, manufacture, and sell a portfolio of seating products to airlines and aircraft leasing companies."
- [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/adient-boeing-launch-new-company-to-design-and-build-airplane-seats-300583366.html), 2018-01-16: "Adient Aerospace will benefit from the world-class engineering teams and innovative cultures at both companies, as well as shared expertise in managing complex, global supply chains."
- [aerospaceglobalnews.com](https://aerospaceglobalnews.com/news/boeing-moves-into-airline-seating-with-new-joint-venture/), 2018-01-17: "Boeing and Adient have announced the formation of Adient Aerospace, a joint venture that will develop, manufacture and sell a portfolio of seating products to airlines and aircraft leasing companies."
- [compositesworld.com](https://www.compositesworld.com/news/boeing-adient-launch-effort-to-design-build-aircraft-seats), 2018-01-29: "Seats have been a persistent challenge for our customers, the industry and Boeing, and we are taking action to help address constraints in the market."
- [textilemedia.com](https://www.textilemedia.com/about-us/latest-news/category/mobiletex/?start=576), 2018-03-08: "Automotive seating supplier Adient and aircraft maker Boeing have announced the formation of Adient Aerospace, a joint venture that will develop, manufacture and sell a…"

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