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

Adient and Boeing announced the formation of Adient Aerospace, a joint venture to develop, manufacture and sell airplane seating products. Adient holds 50.01% and Boeing 49.99%. Headquarters and initial production plant will be in Kaiserslautern, Germany.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2018-01-17
- Where: Kaiserslautern, Germany, Germany
- 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)
- [Adient Aerospace](https://endata.com/companies/29404.md) (target)

## Sources

- [mexico-now.com](https://mexico-now.com/adient-boeing-launch-joint-venture-to-develop-and-manufacture-airplane-seats/), 2018-01-17: "Adient, plc and Boeing today 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."

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