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adient

[ad′ē·ənt]

Etymology: L, adire, moving toward

characterized by a tendency to move toward rather than away from stimuli. Compare abient. adience, n.

adient

adjective A near-extinct term for the tendency to move towards a stimulus—e.g., -centric or -tropic.

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The Adient team has done an incredible job, and we are excited about the company's potential to save lives with this technology," said Aaron Pierce, Managing Director of JF2.

JF2 Capital Invests in Promising Texas-Based Adient Medical

Adient Aerospace's headquarters, technology center and initial production plant will be located in Kaiserslautern, Germany, near Frankfurt.

New Adient, Boeing company to design and build airplane seats

Bruce McDonald, Adient chairman and chief executive officer, said, "Futuris has a rapidly growing book of business that strengthens our position with West Coast customers, improves our utilization rates in North America and expands our business in Southeast Asia.

United States : Ardent to take over Futuris Group

Tom Gould had been with JCI for nearly 30 years before segueing into Adient, where he's now the director, Industrial Design, Research & Craftsmanship.

Adient emerge: this long-time interior supplier is now a brand-new company that's looking at things in a whole different way

Sheryl Haislet, vice president and chief information officer for Adient, said, 'eLPA is an example of how we continue to drive digital advancement by taking manual paper-based solutions and providing mobile-based solutions with improved analytics.

Adient named Digital Edge 50 award winner for 2018

Adient said the acquisition is expected to provide substantial synergies through vertical integration, purchasing and logistics improvements, and by applying the best business practices and process optimization of the Adient Manufacturing System to optimise operational efficiencies.

Adient to Acquire Automotive Seating Supplier Futuris Group in USD 360m Deal

The separation of Adient completes a process begun more than a year ago when Johnson Controls announced its plan to spin off the automotive seating business as part of its multi-industrial strategy focused on making investments in the company's core growth platforms around buildings and energy.

United States : Milestone signifies company's transformation to global multi-industrial leader

CommonHealth comprises Adient, Altum, Carbon, Ferguson, Quantum, Xchange, Conectics, HLS, MBS/Vox, Noesis, ProCom, Qi, and Solara.

CommonHealth Agencies Win Numerous Jersey Awards

Auto Business News-December 11, 2017--Minority Business USA honours Adient

Minority Business USA honours Adient

The board of directors of Adient plc (NYSE:ADNT) authorised an ordinary shares cash dividend of USD0.

Adient announces dividend of USD0.275 per ordinary share

Johnson Controls, Inc has unveiled that the name of its automotive seating and interiors business would be Adient, following the entity is spun off into a new publicly traded company in October 2016.

United States : JOHNSON CONTROLS reveals new name for Automotive Seating And Interiors Business

CommonHealth comprises HLS, Adient, Altum, Carbon, Conectics, Ferguson, MBS/Vox, Noesis, ProCom, Qi, Quantum, Solara and Xchange.