TACO Faurecia Design Center
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| Company type | Private Limited |
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| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Defunct | 30 November 2009 |
| Fate | Taken over |
| Successor | Faurecia |
| Headquarters | Pune, India |
Key people | Franck Euvrard, CEO |
| Services | Design Center for Faurecia |
| Revenue | ? |
Number of employees | 315+ |
| Parent | Tata AutoComp Systems Limited, Faurecia Industrie |
TACO Faurecia Design Center Pvt. Ltd. (TFDC) was an Indo French engineering design company. It was a 50:50 joint venture between Tata AutoComp Systems Limited (TACO) of India and Faurecia Automotive Holdings of France. It provided automotive components design services exclusively to Faurecia.
The company designed and developed seating systems, dashboards, car doors, bumpers and other components for Faurecia's clients, which include BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Peugeot Citroën, Renault Nissan, Toyota, the Volkswagen group, Chrysler and Hyundai-Kia.
On 1 December 2009, Faurecia purchased the 50% stake of Tata in TFDC. As a result, TFDC became a part of Faurecia. The price of Faurecia's shares at the Euronext Paris rose by around 4.5% in the wake of this news.[1]
