BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$11.2B
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
Visteon Corporation (Visteon or the Company) is a leading global supplier of automotive systems, modules and components to global vehicle manufacturers (OEMs) and the automotive aftermarket. The Company is headquartered in Van Buren Township, Michigan, has a workforce of approximately 33,500 employees and has a network of manufacturing sites, technical centers, sales offices and joint ventures located in every major geographic region of the world. The Company was incorporated in Delaware in January 2000 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company (Ford or Ford Motor Company). Subsequently, Ford transferred the assets and liabilities comprising its automotive components and systems business to Visteon. The Company separated from Ford on June 28, 2000 when all of the Companys common stock was distributed by Ford to its shareholders. In September 2005, the Company transferred 23 of its North American facilities and certain other related assets and liabilities (the Business) to Automotive Components Holdings, LLC (ACH), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. On October 1, 2005, the Company sold ACH to Ford for cash proceeds of approximately $300 million, as well as the forgiveness of certain other postretirement employee benefit liabilities and other obligations relating to hourly employees associated with the Business and the assumption of certain other liabilities (together, the ACH Transactions). ...
Number of Employees 11,000
Contact Information
1 Village Center Dr
Van Buren Township, Michigan 48111
(313) 755-2800
Peer Companies
NAICS Code All Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing: 336399
Recent Events
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Visteon proposes moving pension plans
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VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich., Oct. 28, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Third Quarter Summary -- Product sales...
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Chrysler to pay Visteon as it exits businesses
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Visteon Corporation Names General Counsel
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Business news briefs: Visteon to give up contracts
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Auto parts maker Visteon taps new general counsel
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Visteon to close Eureka plant; loss of 94 jobs
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Local Protesters Target Crumbling Visteon
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Retirees fight Visteon
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Intermap Technologies Reports Second Quarter Financial Results
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HVAC Control reduces system complexity in vehicles.
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Statement from Visteon Corporation Welcoming General Electric to Van Buren Township
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Deadline looms for Carbon
News & Analysis
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Supply line.(Briefs)
Continental to supply Ford SUVs FRANKFURT - German automotive supplier Continental AG will supply stability control systems for five Ford Motor Co. SUVs. Continental Teves' AdvanceTrac electronic stability program and Roll Stability Control will be standard equipment on the 2005 Ford ...
Supply Line.(Briefs)(Brief Article)
Continental supplies brake system to DCX DETROIT - Continental Teves has begun production of its electronic brake system for seven 2005 DaimlerChrysler platforms. Terms of the contract were not disclosed. The system also will be in several U.S. and European automotive platforms...
Suppliers prepare for deeper cuts in 2002.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
The cuts automakers are making in overhead and production are rippling through the supplier industry. Delphi Automotive Systems Corp. is planning job cuts beyond the 11,500 already initiated this year. Other large Tier 1 suppliers such as Visteon Corp., Continental AG and Dana Corp....
4 join the giants.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
The big leagues of global auto parts making added four new giants last year. The Automotive News ranking of the world's top 100 suppliers now sports eight $10 billion-plus companies - twice the number listed one year earlier. Four U.S. suppliers - Lear Corp., Johnson Controls...
VISTEON, TIRE MAKER COURT ITT.
Visteon Automotive Systems and Continental AG appear to be the front-runners in the bidding to acquire ITT Automotive's brake-and-chassis division. A third company, Meritor Automotive Inc., also appears to be in the hunt for the $2.2 billion-a-year operation. ITT Industries Inc. spokesman Tom Glover declined...
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