A group of automotive tier suppliers has partnered with manufacturers in a unique effort to make a difference in supplying polyurethane cushions for automotive seating. The mandate of the panel is to continually evolve automotive seating foam specifications to establish commonality in test methodologies, to eliminate non-valued added requirements and to establish best practices for measuring seating foam performance.
The team is made up of experts in the field, which include raw material suppliers, polyurethane foam molders and seat fabricators as well as material engineers from Ford, General Motors and Chrysler. Over 300 years of industry experience are represented on the panel.