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Textron Automotive has achieved strong organic growth and
market-leading positions in vehicle interiors and fuel systems.
Automakers are shifting system design and engineering
responsibility to suppliers – creating new opportunities for us to
add value and grow profits. Today, at Automotive Trim, we supply
complete, fully assembled cockpits – not just instrument panels.
And at Kautex, we supply total fuel systems, right down to the fuel
tank. Our status as a full-service supplier stems from a strategy of
virtual integration – establishing partnerships with some of the
world’s leading automotive manufacturers and suppliers. These
alliances broaden our technology base, systems capabilities and
market reach, while keeping the company lean and flexible.
At our new Advanced Design and Integration Center in Michigan,
employees work side by side with our customers’ engineers using
linked computer systems. Together they collaborate on advanced
designs for future interiors that incorporate new technologies
and reflect consumers’ changing preferences.
With every new vehicle program, our interior specialists explore
new uses of material, color, texture, aroma and sound to create
unique, integrated vehicle environments. Through strategic
alliances and key supplier partnerships, we can combine interior
components, maximize space and save weight – all while
enhancing convenience and appeal for drivers and passengers.
This kind of innovative thinking is a requirement in the competitive
auto industry. And now we’ve started to license the valuable
intellectual assets that result from our commitment to product and
process innovation – creating an entirely new revenue source for
our company. The first step: licensing our proprietary IntelliMold
injection molding technology to companies in other industries.
11 TEXTRON 2000 ANNUAL REPORT
CREATING POWERFUL BRANDS ACHIEVING ENTERPRISE EXCELLENCE
Forge close relationships with global Original
Equipment Manufacturers and offer them an
integrated systems approach.
Focus on high-value, integrated components, such
as cockpit and plastic fuel tank systems – areas
where we have leadership positions.
Combine technology with craftsmanship to enhance
consumers’ driving experience.
Establish “virtual” relationships with other automotive
suppliers to provide cost savings and efficient
solutions to customers.
Market vast intellectual property to generate new
revenue streams.
Continue to attack costs, defects per million and
inventory turns through Textron Quality Management.
AIRCRAFT
AUTOMOTIVE
FASTENING SYSTEMS
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS
FINANCE