| | The savoir-faire of a global automotive equipment supplier As a global player in the automotive industry, Faurecia now counts all the world?s major automakers among its customers. With sales of almost ?11 billion in 2005, the Group ranks second among automotive suppliers in Europe and ninth in the world. Faurecia?s 60,000 employees in 28 countries are guardians of the company?s expertise in the design and production of six major vehicle modules, namely seats, cockpits, door panels, acoustic packages, front ends and exhaust systems. Faurecia passes on this expertise to its customers by forging an ever closer working relationship with them throughout the vehicle design, development and manufacturing phases. The Group?s Research and Development policy enables it to design and make available to automakers the kind of innovations that set their products apart and that the end-user expects. Sales by module  Sales by country  Sales by customer | | Instrument panel, Mercedes-Benz Class S | |