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Lear’s
president
and
chief
executive
officer
Matt
Simoncini
began
the
grand
opening
event by
welcoming
guests
Detroit
Mayor
Mike
Duggan,
WSU
president
Dr. M.
Roy
Wilson
and CCS
president
Rick
Rogers.
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Lear
Corporation
Opens
New
Innovation
Center
in
Detroit
SOUTHFIELD,
MI -
Lear
Corporation
(NYSE:
LEA), a
leading
global
supplier
of
automotive
seating
and
electrical
systems,
opened a
world-class
Innovation
Center
today in
downtown
Detroit
located
at 119
State
Street
in
historic
Capitol
Park.
At this
Center,
Lear
plans to
develop
new
automotive
products
and
technologies,
incubate
non-automotive
business
opportunities,
collaborate
with the
College
for
Creative
Studies
(CCS) on
the next
generation
of
automotive
seating
and
vehicle
interiors
and work
with the
Wayne
State
University
(WSU)
School
of
Engineering
to
develop
applications
for
connected
cars and
alternative
energy
vehicles.
Lear’s
president
and
chief
executive
officer
Matt
Simoncini
began
the
grand
opening
event by
welcoming
guests
Detroit
Mayor
Mike
Duggan,
WSU
president
Dr. M.
Roy
Wilson
and CCS
president
Rick
Rogers.
“We are
very
excited
to be
opening
a new
Innovation
and
Design
Center
in
downtown
Detroit,”
said
Matt
Simoncini,
President
and CEO
of Lear
Corporation.
“We plan
to
leverage
the
rapidly
developing
infrastructure
in the
Central
Business
District
as well
as the
concentration
of arts,
science,
and
technology
assets
in the
Capitol
Park
area to
fully
participate
in the
transformation
that is
underway
in the
automotive
business
and to
take our
Company
to the
next
level.”
Detroit
Mayor
Mike
Duggan
commented,
"Lear's
investment
in this
new
center
is
another
example
of how
Detroit
is
building
on its
history
of
innovation
in
automotive
design.
Thanks
to their
partners
at Wayne
State
University
and the
College
for
Creative
Studies,
Lear
will be
able to
provide
young
Detroiters
with
practical
hands-on
experience
to
prepare
them for
careers
in this
cutting-edge
field."
Planned
as a hub
for art,
creativity,
automotive
advanced
concept
development
and
hands-on
learning
for
Detroit
college
students,
the
building
at 119
State
Street
will
serve
multiple
purposes
including
focusing
on
innovation
and
design,
inside
and
outside
the
automotive
industry;
working
closely
with
nearby
WSU and
CCS; and
supporting
community
organizations.
With
almost
90% of
its
furniture
designed
or built
in
Detroit
and
other
Michigan
locations
and
featuring
noted
local
graffiti
artists,
the Lear
Innovation
Center’s
35,000-square
feet
will
include
an open
first
floor
gallery
and
showroom,
modern
office
environments
and work
spaces
designed
to
promote
creativity
as well
as a
rooftop
garden
for
special
events.
Lear
purchased
the
historic
(vintage
1887),
six-story
119
State
Street
building
located
in the
city’s
resurging
Capitol
Park
neighborhood
last
September.
It has
been
restored
close to
its
original
Victorian
Romanesque
exterior
design,
while
interior
renovations
exude an
industrial,
raw,
authentic
Detroit
style
and
aesthetic.
About
Lear
Corporation
Lear
Corporation
(NYSE:
LEA) is
one of
the
world's
leading
suppliers
of
automotive
seating
and
electrical
distribution
systems.
Lear
serves
every
major
automaker
in the
world,
and Lear
content
can be
found on
more
than 350
vehicle
nameplates.
Lear’s
world-class
products
are
designed,
engineered
and
manufactured
by a
diverse
team of
approximately
140,000
employees
located
in 36
countries.
Lear
currently
ranks
#154 on
the
Fortune
500.
Lear's
headquarters
are in
Southfield,
Michigan.
Further
information
about
Lear is
available
at
www.lear.com
or
follow
us on
Twitter
@LearCorporation.
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