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Lear Corporation
US-based Tier-1; 260 facilities in 40 countries; Connection Systems segment focuses on harnesses
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Seating (Largest Segment)
55%E-Systems (Harnesses & Connections)
45%
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Origin2023
Lear Corporation was founded in 1917 in Detroit as American Metal Products Company, making seat springs and components for the automotive industry. Detroit in 1917 was the center of the rapidly growing automobile manufacturing industry, and supplying seat components to Ford, GM, and Chrysler was a natural small-business entry point into the industry. The company grew through the 20th century primarily as a seating manufacturer, eventually being renamed Lear Seating Corporation in 1988. Lear expanded aggressively into automotive electrical systems through 1990s acquisitions — purchasing electrical harness businesses to compete with Yazaki, Sumitomo, and other established harness suppliers — creating a Tier-1 automotive supplier with both seating and electrical competencies. Lear filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July 2009 during the financial crisis and US auto industry collapse, emerging 47 days later in one of the fastest major industrial bankruptcies in US history. The rapid emergence reflected that Lear's seating and harness businesses were fundamentally sound (just over-leveraged through acquisition debt) and that OEM customers needed Lear to continue operating. The Detroit seat spring company of 1917 is now a $20B+ NYSE-listed global supplier that puts both the seat and the electrical systems in the same vehicle across 260 factories in 40 countries.
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