# Boeing and Adient to form joint venture for airplane seats

Boeing and Adient have agreed to form a joint venture to develop and manufacture airplane seats. Boeing will hold a 49.99% minority stake in the venture.

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

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [cnbc.com](https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/16/boeing-to-form-joint-venture-with-adient-to-develop-airplane-seats.html), 2018-01-16: "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."

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