Adient drives ahead to expand growth in non-automotive revenue

China will play a key role in Adient's strategy of expanding its non-automotive revenue to $1 billion per annum by 2021, thanks to the country's ongoing transportation infrastructure development, said a senior executive of the company.

Adient, the world's largest automotive seating supplier based in the United States, spun off from Johnson Controls, is aiming to expand its revenue beyond its traditional automotive business, according to Darlene Knight, Adient vice-president and head of China operations, and she added that "part of that revenue will be from China.

"There are many opportunities for Adient in China's development of transportation, including railway and aviation," said Knight.