27 Jan FORD OTOSAN VIRTUAL SEAT SOLUTION APPLICATIONS IN SEAT COMFORT DESIGN
Ford Otosan R&D organization has the capability and infrastructure to design, develop and test the entire vehicle, including the engine, from A to Z, until it becomes a commercial product. It develops advanced technologies in order to offer products that compete in the Turkish market as well as in potential markets such as Europe and North America.
Ford Otosan R&D focuses on innovative ideas in engine, engine systems, body and interior development projects as well as fuel economy, emission optimization, driver support systems, test processes and analytical methods.
ONATUS, which produces high-tech software solutions, engineering and consultancy services for Ford Otosan R&D, the largest R&D organization in the Turkish automotive industry, and constantly updates its experienced expert staff in the context of technological developments in line with customer demands and expectations, has proposed VSS (Virtual Seat Solution) software to Ford Otosan to predict potential problems in seat design and development activities with simulation-based software technologies.
Ford Otosan (Ford Otomotiv Sanayi A.Ş.) is a publicly traded company in which Ford Motor Company and Koç Holding hold equal shares. Since 2004, Ford Otosan has been among the top 3 exporting companies in Turkey, and has been the automotive sector export champion for the last 8 years and Turkey’s export champion for the last 4 years. In 2018, it became Turkey’s export champion with 5.7 billion dollars worth of vehicle and parts exports to 94 countries. Ford Otosan, which operates in 3 main centers with its Gölcük and Yeniköy Plants in Kocaeli, İnönü Plant in Eskişehir, Sancaktepe R&D Center and Spare Parts Warehouse in Istanbul, employs nearly 11,000 people. Ford Otosan is the most valuable automotive company in Borsa Istanbul.
Ford Otosan has the largest and most competent R&D organization in Turkey’s automotive sector with a staff of 1,200 R&D engineers. The global engineering center for Ford’s heavy commercial vehicles, related diesel engines and engine systems is the support center for Ford’s light commercial vehicle design and engineering.
Founded in 1959, Ford Otosan is the largest commercial vehicle production center in Ford Europe with a production capacity of 455,000 commercial vehicles, 75,000 engines and 140,000 powertrains as of the end of 2018. Kocaeli and İnönü Plants are ranked among Ford’s “Best Vehicle Production Centers” in evaluations among Ford plants.
Ford Otosan, which has a long-standing business partnership relationship with its dealers, is represented all over Turkey by strong names that have embraced this partnership and add value to it. It also provides maintenance, repair and service services through expert authorized services all over Turkey. Along with its Ford Trucks business unit, Ford Otosan also assigns distributorships and dealerships abroad and provides service and spare parts through its dealerships.
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