Derek Connolly

Mp & L Manager @Adient

Liverpool, GB

We lead the market in complete seat systems, serving every major automaker around the globe, offering smart solutions that provide safety, sustainability, comfort and style. We provide world class seat systems and components for all vehicle classes and offer safety, functionality, and comfort. At Adient, every year we supply one in every six automotive seats, and components for more than 25 million carsOur vision: to improve the experience of a world in motion.From the Liverpool plant we provide seating sets and internal products for the prestigious Evoque and Discovery Sports vehicles assembled at Jaguar Land Rover Halewood. The product that we make matches the prestige of the marque, with a high degree of complexity, performance, functionality and comfort.We are excited to have been nominated to design, source and assemble the seat sets for JLR\'s new range of electric vehicles which will be assembled at the soon to be all electric vehicle assembly plant in Liverpool. Securing cutting edge, technologically advanced, environmentally aware vehicle manufacture in the North West for the next decade. Over £1 million of components daily are sourced from 4 continents, to service a JIT heartbeat of 70 seconds, with only 5 hours lead time.