Learn About the Latest Trends in InteriorsWhen you register to attend the world's premier conference focused on the automotive interior, you'll get to reserve your spot in several sessions that drill down into some of the hottest topics in interiors today. Which will you choose?
P1 - Lightweighting Interiors
P2 - Creating the Ultimate User Experience P3 - Autonomous Interiors 2.0 P4 - Interior Crash Safety Systems for Autonomous Cars P5 - Creating a Quiet Interior Environment P6 - Manufacturing World-Class Interiors P7 - Designing the Cockpit of the Future P8 - Materials Innovations Materials P9 - New Concepts and Tech for Enhancing Interiors
Want to attend for FREE?Planet M is inviting technology seekers from OEMs and suppliers to participate in private, one-on-one supplier discovery meetings.
The first 20 to enroll in the meetings will attend the full conference for free. Limited number of slots available. Click here to learn more and apply!
FCA's Chris Benjamin
to Keynote We're thrilled to announce that Chris Benjamin, Head of Fusion Studio & Jeep, Passenger Car and UV Interior Design, will deliver a keynote address at the WardsAuto Interiors Conference on May 30 in Detroit.
Benjamin leads advance packaging and interior development programs while maintaining responsibility of the interior design direction for Jeep, Chrysler, Dodge, and Fiat passenger cars and utility vehicles for FCA – North America.
Prior to his appointment, Benjamin served as the Head of Interior Design where he led the interior design development of the all-new 2017 Chrysler Pacifica and 2016 Chrysler 300. Benjamin joined the company in 2013 from Volvo Car Corporation where he held a series of design positions with increasing responsibility since 2007.
Significant elements of his professional and academic background include:
2017, Head of Fusion Studio & Jeep, Passenger Car and UV Interior
2015, Head of Interior Design, FCA – North America
2013, Chief Designer, Chrysler Brand Interiors, FCA – North America
2010, Design Director, Volvo Cars 2007, Senior Designer, Volvo Cars
2006, Lead Designer, BMW Designworks
2001, Senior Designer, Mercedes-Benz
1999, Designer, Mercedes-Benz Benjamin holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in transportation industrial design from the College for Creative Studies in Detroit (1999).We'll soon announce our second keynote as well as presenters for our series of nine breakout sessions. Keep checking the event website for more details.
Sign up now for the 2018 WardsAuto Interiors Conference to save $100 off your registration. Reserve your seat to see keynotes from top OEM designers, meet winners of the Wards 10 Best Interiors Awards, network with your peers and make new connections.
Who Will You Meet?
The Wards Auto Interiors Conference attracts a who's who from the world of vehicle interiors. Nearly 700 attended in 2017, creating the perfect environment to meet up with your colleagues from OEMs and suppliers and make new connections.
More than 200 companies represented in 2017: 3M
ABC Group.
ABI Tape
Able Industrial Products
Accuride International
Action Fabricators
ADAC Automotive
Adchem Corporation
Adhezion
Adient
Advanced Innovative Solutions
AIF / HISCO
Albis Plastics Corporation
Alcantara Spa
AluMag Automotive
American Autocoat
American Renolit Corporation
American Stitichco
Americhem
Apex Engineered Systems
Arconic
Atotech USA
Auld Technologies
AW Technical Center U.S.A.
BASF Colors & Effects
Bechem Lubrication Technology
Bentley Motors
BMW of North America
Bosch
Bostik
Boyd Corporation
Braskem America
Calty Design Research
Cascade Engineering
CGT
Changan US R&D
Commercial Vehicle Group
Components marketing Group
Consolidated Metco
Continental Automotive Systems
ContiTech NA
Covestro
Creative Foam Corporation
Delphi
Denso
Digital Data Solutions
DNP America
Dometic Corporation
Dovercourt Finishing Group
Dow Chemical
Dow Corning Corp
DSM Engineering Plastics
DuPont
EAC
Eastman
EDAG
Eissmann Automotive Detroit Development
Evonik Corporation
ExxonMobil Chemical
Faurecia
FCA
Federal Mogul
Ford Motor Company
Freudenberg Performance Materials
Furturis Automotive Gemini Group | General Motors
GHSP
Gleicher Manufacturing Corp
Graham Muir Sales
Grand Rapids Controls
Grupo Antolin
GTI Graphic Technology
Gyrotron Technology
Haartz Corporation
HB Fuller
HELLA
Henkel
HFI
Hirosawa-USA
Hisco
HLH Mold Technology Co Ltd
Honda
Hope Global
Hyundai Motor America
IAC Group
INOAC
Intertek
Inteva Products
Intuit Group
ITW
Jacobs & Thompson
Janesville Acoustics
JobsOhio
John Deere
JR Manufacturing.
Katzkin Automotive Leather
Kenmar
Kent Manufacturing
Kipp GmbH & Co KG
Kleiberit Adhesives
Knauf Insulation
Kraton Performance Polymers
Kurz Transfer Products
Lacks Enterprises
Lear Corporation
Lectra
Leggett & Platt Automotive Group
Leon Interiors
LEONHARD KURZ Stiftung & KG
LINCOLN MOTOR COMPANY, FORD
M&C Stokvis
MacDermid Enthone
Magna Seating
Magnum Tapes & Films
Marquardt Switches
Marubeni Specialty Chemicals
Maserati North America
Mayco International
Mazda North American Operations
McCarthy Group
Mercury Products Company
Methode Electronics
Midori Auto Leather
MINI USA
Mitsubishi International
Mobis Moriroku Technology North America
Morris Associates
Multek Flexible Circuits
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National Manufacturing.
Nexteer Automotive
Nifco America Corp.
Nisann Technical Center North America
Northcoast Research
Nova Steel
Nye Lubricants
Omron Automotive Technologies
OPTIS North America
OSRAM Opto Semiconductors
Pak Lite.
PCS Company
Phillips Tube Group
Phillips-Medisize Corporation
Plastic Plate
PPG
Premier International
Prespoint Capital
Production Spring
Quarton Media
Recaro automotive
Red Spot Paint
Robert Bosch
Root & Associates
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics
Schmidt-Bowman
Schock Metal America
Sika Corporation
SMI
Spectrum Industries
SRG GLOBAL
Staehle + Hess USA
Stahl Corporation
Standex Engraving
STRATTEC
Strouse Corporation
Subaru Research and Development
SUHNER Mfg.
Sundberg-Ferar Design Studio
Sunstar Engineering Americas
SynTouch
Tachi-S Engineering USA
Taica Corporation
Taica North America Corporation
TEAGUE
TECHNO POLYMER AMERICA
Techno Polymer America
The Lincoln Motor Company
The Woodbridge Group
ThermoAnalytics.
Toray
Toyota
Toyota Boshoku
Trinseo
TS Tech Americas
TSG
VALEO
VentureSource
Vulcan Spring & Mfg.
WEGU Manufacturing
Welformed
Woodbridge Group
Yanfeng Automotive Interiors
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Be a part of the industry's MUST-ATTEND event laser-focused on the auto interior, which features:
OEM Keynotes top designers Presentations from OEMs and top suppliers Wards 10 Best Interiors Awards CeremonyExhibits from leading technology providersNetworking with designers and executives
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