Visteon Corporation

Type: Public
On the web: http://www.visteon.com
Employees: 33,500
Employee growth: (19.3%)

Visteon is the futuristic-sounding name Ford Motor bestowed on its automotive components unit when it was spun off in 2000. A leading auto parts maker in the US, the company restructured its product offerings into three primary groups: Electronic Products (audio systems, driver control systems, infotainment systems, lighting, powertrain and feature control modules); Climate Control (climate systems and powertrain cooling systems); and Interior Products (cockpits, door modules, consoles). Ford accounts for about one-third of sales; Visteon also sells to aftermarket customers. The company gets around 70% of its sales outside the US. Visteon filed for Chapter 11 protection from creditors in 2009.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2008:
Sales: $9,544.0M
One year growth: (15.3%)
Net income: ($681.0)M

Officers:
Chairman, President, and CEO: Donald J. (Don) Stebbins
EVP and CFO: William G. Quigley III
Director Corporate Communications and the Americas: James (Jim) Fisher

Competitors:
Delphi Holdings
Robert Bosch
TRW Automotive

abbr. 1. Vietcong.

2. Victoria Cross.

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