Aircraft
Boeing-Adient JV Open for Business
Adient Aerospace names Alan Wittman CEO

The joint venture between Boeing and automotive seat maker Adient has begun operations under the leadership of CEO Alan Wittman following final regulatory approval granted this month by the European Commission. The new company, called Adient Aerospace, has begun developing a line of seats for new airplane and retrofit configurations in Kaiserslautern, Germany, and a new customer service center has opened in the Seattle area. Adient Aerospace plans to first develop lie-flat business class seating for widebody airplanes.