Forvia CEO: 'We needed to grow' as an independent company

For Patrick Koller, since 2016 CEO of Faurecia, now Forvia, the past year has brought significant changes. The supplier was divested from Stellantis following the merger of controlling shareholder PSA Group and Fiat Chrysler to form the new company. And Koller outbid several competitors to win control of the German lighting and electronics supplier Hella. Finally, following the closing of the Hella deal, the supplier  announced its name change to Forvia. Koller spoke with Automotive News Europe News Editor Peter Sigal about being a fully independent company at Forvia’s headquarters in Nanterre, France, west of Paris.