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[🔴EVENT RESCHEDULED TO NOV. 18 - Mark your calendars] Join us for a live event marking the launch of the Blue Effect! 🚀 Beyond a simple program, it represents a collective effort to accelerate our positive impact on the planet and society. Because at FORVIA, we recognize that climate change poses an urgent threat to our society, and we all have a responsibility to act against it. Our commitments are strong, and our initiatives are well underway. However, to make a real difference, we need to accelerate—together with all our stakeholders. As part of an interdependent system, each of us, at every level, can make a change. 🔍We will dedicate this session to how FORVIA's innovation – focused on using less, better, and longer – ensures that our “designed for Scope 3” products remain aspirational, desirable, and affordable while driving sustainable change. Featuring the participation of Patrick KOLLER, Chief Executive Officer, FORVIA, Victoria CHANIAL, EVP Group Communications, Public Affairs and Sustainability, FORVIA, Elisabeth DELVAL, Group Sustainability VP, FORVIA, and Jaideep Prabhu, Professor of Business and Enterprise at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.

🦋 Butterfly Effect (noun): the phenomenon whereby a minute localized change in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere. Apply it to FORVIA, and you’ve got the Blue Effect. The Blue Effect is a program that we will launch next month, in November, during a LinkedIn Live session. Beyond a program, it is a collective and transformative movement within our Group towards a sustainable future! Because at FORVIA, we recognize that climate change is a major challenge and urgency our society faces today. It is transforming the automotive industry, and we have a role to play in this transition. 📅 Stay tuned and register for the official launch here: https://ow.ly/l7mK50TGVR9

Our demos are on a world tour! 🌍 After their stop in China in July, they continued their journey across India in September, visiting cities like Mumbai, Delhi, and Pune. Each stop provides an amazing opportunity for our teams to present our latest innovations that ensure safe, sustainable, personalized, and affordable mobility for our customers. What ties it all together? They're all designed with scope 3 in mind. We are committed to the principles of reducing, improving, and extending product life, creating repairable and replaceable solutions while integrating bio-based and recycled materials.

Illuminating roads and revolutionizing safety since 1899 💡 Story time! Did you know that FORVIA HELLA was founded in 1899 (under a different name, of course)? Back then, it was a lamp manufacturer. Candle and paraffin lamps, as well as bulb horns were the company’s very first products. But it was the 1908 acetylene headlamp “the HELLA system” (pictured on the left) that became its first iconic innovation. Fun fact: Sally Windmüller, the company’s founder, chose the name to honor his wife Helene (Hella is the short form in German). The product became so popular that the company was later officially renamed HELLA. In 1915, the teams discovered that a rotating coil within a magnetic field could generate electrical voltage to light bulbs. This led to the creation of the first electric spotlight!

🔴New appointment 🔴 Vincent Cousin is appointed as Executive Vice-President, Security, Cybersecurity, Risk & Crisis Management. Prior to joining FORVIA, General Vincent COUSIN was Deputy to the French Defense & National Security General Secretary (SGDSN) after having pursued a career within the French Air Force. He reached the rank of Air Corps General (four-star general). He notably served as the commander of the Air Defense and Air Operations Command (CDAOA). We are honored to welcome General Vincent Cousin to FORVIA’s Executive Committee! https://ow.ly/FWol50TCaJR

We’re launching a new series where you can ask our experts your burning questions about the automotive industry! This month, we’re kicking off with Christophe Aufrère, our CTO, who will dive into the evolution of vehicle electrification ⚡️ and answer your questions in an upcoming video. From CO2 emissions and affordability to the latest in materials, technologies, and hydrogen, the future of electrification raises many important topics. 👇 Drop your question in the comments, and stay tuned for Christophe's insights!

At IAA Transportation, the New Renault Master was named #VanOfTheYear2025! We’re proud to play a part in this success: 1️⃣ We designed the seats, and assemble the front-row seats — from individual seats to benches. And manufacture key elements like seat frames, padding, and covers. 2⃣️ FORVIA offers the dashboard and the wireless charging system. 3⃣️ In its hydrogen version (produced by HYVIA - a Renault Group and Plug Power joint venture), the van features our hydrogen storage systems (up to 9 kg of hydrogen across five tanks!). Which provides outstanding capacity for light commercial vehicles with intensive daily use. 4️⃣ As for the FORVIA HELLA teams, they equip the New Renault Master with technologies such as the Rain-Light sensors. While the rain sensor detects varying rain situations and automatically adjusts the wipers, the light sensor ensures the low beam activates in the dark or when entering tunnels. Nearly all FORVIA’s activities represented in one vehicle! We're proud to work with strong partners like Renault and Hyvia! Congratulations to them for this well-deserved recognition! We can't wait to see this van on the road.

Dans cette vidéo 👀 : l’une des toutes premières voitures équipées d’une mini caméra, dans l’habitacle, détectant la distraction ou la somnolence du conducteur ! Car, depuis cet été, les véhicules neufs vendus en Europe doivent en être équipés. Le système peut aussi analyser l’humeur du conducteur et proposer des solutions adéquates (une musique relaxante 🎵 pour réduire la nervosité, par exemple) Comment ? Nos experts Benjamin Bouyssou et Ayla Vanden Driessche font la démonstration aux équipes du média RTBF de ce système qui implique une caméra infrarouge suivant le regard. Sans rien enregistrer au passage, bien sûr.

Yesterday, we took part in the 13th edition of the “Trophées des Femmes de l'Industrie” 🏆 (Women in Industry Awards) by L'Usine Nouvelle. As a long-time sponsor of the event, FORVIA is proud to support the exceptional journeys of women in the industry. Gender diversity is key to our sector, and it's essential to encourage women to pursue careers in science, technology, and engineering. The industry offers countless opportunities where women truly belong. As a matter of fact, when we began our gender diversity efforts in 2019, made up: 👉 24% of our managers and professionals 👉 and 15% of our Top 300 leaders. We've made significant progress since, now reaching: 🔝 31% of our managers and professionals 🔝 27% of our Top 300 leaders. Our 2030 goals: 🔜35% of women in management and professional roles 🔜 30% in our Top 300. Special shoutout to Ibtissam AZIZ, VP Sales and Programs for our Seating activities, who presented the R&D Woman of the Year award to Laetitia GUERIN-DEREMAUX. At FORVIA, R&D is central to everything we do, from design to production and client interaction, making this award especially meaningful to us. Congratulations to all the nominees across 12 categories for their inspiring achievements!

🔴 FORVIA HELLA’s new rear lamp, a first of its kind in China, is featured in the all-electric luxury C-class sedan Z10 by LYNK & CO, from Geely Auto Group! What makes it unique? This RGB LED rear combination lamp, with full-color light animations 🌈, is the first to go into series production in China. As you may know, individualization and brand differentiation are becoming increasingly important in the Asian market. That’s why the teams have created a rear lamp that particularly aligns with this demand. 👇👇👇 It offers a total of 256 different color variants, creating multi-colored lighting animations. For welcome/goodbye sequences, vehicle locking, or even vehicle charging. While RGB LED technology is already well-known for interiors, applying it to exterior lighting opens up a whole new level of customer experience!