Post on 29-Jul-2018
Biopolymers
Partnerships to Speed Commercialization
Laurence Dufrancatel, PhD, Senior Material Expert,
Biomaterials Development Manager
Bio World Congress 2013
Montreal - May 18th, 2013
2 A global player in the automotive industry – March 2013
94,000 employees
320 sites
34 countries
Group revenues: €17.4 billion
30 R&D centers
5,500 R&D engineers and technicians
460 patents filed in 2012
Annual R&D investment: €943 million
Faurecia overview
2012 key figures
N°6 worldwide equipment
supplier
18. Calsonic Kansei
17. Toyota Boshoku
14. Yazaki
13. Lear
12. TRW
10. Delphi
11. Valeo
9. ZF
8. Hyundai
7. Johnson Controls
6.
5. Aisin Seiki
4. Magna
3. Continental
2. Denso
1. Bosch
20. Autoliv
19. Cummins
15. BASF
16. Sumitomo
6th largest automotive
equipment supplier
(2011 revenues €bn)
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3 A global player in the automotive industry – March 2013
Automotive
Seating
€4.9 bn 37%
27%
24%
12%
Interior Systems
€3.6 bn
Emissions
Control
Technologies
€3.2 bn
Automotive Exteriors
1.6 bn
Sales increasingly well balanced by region and by activity
Product sales by region Product sales by activity
27%
5%
10%
56%
2% South
America
Asia
Europe
Rest of the world
North
America
NORTH AMERICA
40 plants
6 R&D centers
21 400 employees
€3.6 bn product sales
EUROPE
152 plants
14 R&D centers
53 400 employees
€7.4 bn product sales
SOUTH AMERICA
22 plants
3 R&D centers
5 800 employees
€0.6 bn product sales
ASIA
52 plants
7 R&D centers
11 300 employees
€1.4 bn product sales
A strong presence in all automotive regions
A global player in the automotive industry – March 2013 4 D&D centers not included
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Focus on Interior Systems
30,900
people
90
production sites
8
R&D centers
23
countries
€3.6 bn
product sales
Cockpits
Acoustic
modules
Door
panels
Instrument
panels
Global supplier on all FIS modules
Door
modules
Decoration 2012 Total Sales by Customer
Continue to strengthen innovation potential
with strong partnerships
Innovation is key
R&D investment: € 943m (5.4% of sales) - Innovation budget: € 110m
5,500 engineers and technicians in 30 R&D centers - 300 experts
Academic partnerships – 4 Chairs implemented :
with Supélec for mechatronics & electronics
with Ecole Centrale de Paris & TU Munich for manufacturing lines & logistics
with TU Dortmund for metal materials & process
with German Universities for Chemicals & Biomaterials will be signed this year
FIS Innovation Portfolio managed in 8 Directions:
•Open 65 projects by FIS - Open Partnerships 71
•Innovation focused on customer needs & USP: attractive
interiors, weight, green, HMI solutions
For Faurecia Interior Systems,
Innovation – strong partnerships – Green/light
solutions are key drivers
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Interior Systems Innovation Highlights
Market Drivers Introduction
Green & Light – Faurecia Bio Attitude
Positive Impact on Life Cycle Assessment
Independency from oil market
Global
Impact
Quality of
Ecosystems
Human
Health
Resources
BioAttitude family
Strong partnerships in this area
NAFI
Deployment -
New applications
Recycled /
Recycling
Partnership with
Biomat 100% bio
Biomat 65%BIO
PBS
BIOMAT
Partnership with
Biomass - 20 partners
Sinfoni - 23 partners -
Defibrex -7 partners
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Partnership in NF compounds for injection – NAFI
Develop our own PP + Natural fibers compound
• NAFI: clear answer to lightweight concept
• Weight reduction 25%
• 20% saving on LCA
• Intermediate step to 100% bio
• Unique Faurecia solution on the Market !
• In series production on a program (SOP this month)
1 patent
Target
Develop our 100% bio based polymer for injection
to substitute oil based materials with competitive
price
Air ducts
Top roll
Insert Consortium built & led by Faurecia since 2006
Partnership
•MOU signed with BioAmber : Leadership in bio succinic engineering
Proven technology
Large scale demo plant and one plant in construction
•R&D agreement signed with Mitsubishi Chemicals Leadership in PBS production
Large scale plant
Strong position on bio PBS patents
•R&D agreement signed with AFT plasturgie Strong expertise in NF compounding
Strong patent position
Partnership in Bio polymer development
BIOMAT project
(through JV )
BIOMAT: substitute oil based materials
Develop our own 100% bio-based PBS for injection
Pro
pert
y of
Faure
cia
- D
uplic
ation p
rohib
ited
• USP!
• Capex reuse
• Reduce our oil price dependency Competitiveness guarantee
• Exclusivity, not available on worldwide market
• 2 patents filed
• C02 reduction (CO2 balance)
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Key success factors for partnerships
Win-win scenarii
Market & price alignment
Strategy alignment (ex :Kaïteki MCC initiative)
Access to complementary competencies and technologies
Agreement with clear targets, budgets, planning, responsibilities…
Good expertise and competencies in both parties
Transparency- Knowledge sharing- optimized communication with strong and efficient committees, boosting interactions
• Mastering the complete supply chain needed
• Each partner owns the key of the next door
• Hardest is to fine the good key & the good door
• We are the owner of the key ring and of the last key
To make it happen, we need the complete and robust key ring