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Faurecia's Chrysler deal puts pressure on Lear, JCI.(News)(Johnson Controls Inc.)(Brief Article)

Automotive News Europe,  July, 2003  by Miel, Rhoda

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Byline: Rhoda Miel

A big new contract with Daimler-Chrysler's Chrysler group shows that Faurecia is ready to challenge North America's giant interior specialists in their home market.

The deal announced July 8 should boost Faurecia's North Amer-ican business to $1.8 billion (E1.6 billion) by 2006. The French supplier said it would supply car seats and seat frames, dashboards, door panels and exhaust systems to Chrysler.

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