Yanfeng, one of the world’s leading automotive suppliers and specialist in smart cabin concepts, showcases its expertise in the field of integrated electronics and interior technology with a true masterpiece in craftsmanship the touchIN Interior Demonstrator. Its human-machine interface (HMI) technologies are designed to be intuitive and convenient, featuring the latest materials for smart, user-friendly, and eco-friendly surfaces.

The combined interior and electronics excellence and expertise of Yanfeng come together in the new touchIN cockpit module. The company excels in the integration of interior components, resulting in the state-of-the-art functionality and stylish elegance of the touchIN. Yanfeng’s customers will enjoy the uniqueness of the interior aesthetics created through mastery of lighting, materials, and processes.

“When designing the touchIN demonstrator, our global research and development teams from across our company’s areas of expertise, such as HMI electronics engineering or functional surface development, have worked to achieve the collective vision of a comfortable, relaxed, and pleasant driving experience that starts with a single touch. Through our cutting-edge technologies’ seamlessly integrated look, feel, and functions, we are proud to present flagship cockpit technologies that are now production-ready,” said Han Hendriks, Chief Technology Officer at Yanfeng Technology.

With industry-leading research and development capabilities for smart interiors, the company has optimized functionality not only for its new generation of Smart Cabin controllers but also for its floor console armrests and the entire cockpit space of the cabin.

Interior Electronics Systems: Smart Cabin Controller

Yanfeng’s new generation Smart Cabin Controller provides the latest in-vehicle electronics technologies and HMI intelligence, to provide cockpit, floor console, and cabin space control. When it comes to individual systems, the touchIN demonstrator excels in all details, as is shown by the integrated Augmented Reality (AR) Navigation System. The AR Navigation system features a live-action display of road and navigation information, giving auxiliary information about driving safety and creating an intuitive, real-life navigation experience.

Individualized electronics features such as face detection or warnings of unsafe driving provide additional assistance technology for drivers and passengers. Using facial recognition technology, the system can read facial fatigue and emotional cues, alerting or accommodating the driver with ambient lighting changes. Detectable sentiments or expressions include joy, smiling, sadness, anger, yawning, or sleepiness. For monitoring the environment around the car, a new Unsafe Driving Warning is instrumental in Yanfeng’s Smart Cabin Controller. Using radar sensing in conjunction with ambient lighting color changes, drivers are effectively warned when pedestrians get too close to the vehicle.

The instrument panel features Yanfeng’s Slim Air Vents, a stylish interior solution that perfectly regulates the vehicle’s environment. The slim design of the invisible air vent free up space for display screens or smart decorative packages. The Smart Cabin Controller enables position memory, smart directing and more to enhance passenger comfort.

Adaptive Floor Console and Functional Surfaces Gain in Performance

Multi-functional features and adaptive behavior are the key to enhancing floor consoles. The new touchIN demonstrator showcases a smart Adaptive Floor Console concept with variable size and volume. The armrest area converts on receipt of charging signals, near field communication (NFC) signals, or touch button signals, while offering open storage space when the adaptive surface is activated. Mobile devices can be charged by simply placing them onto the surface, providing real-time feedback of the charging status. A functional, translucent skin with an indicator lighting display has been integrated into this adaptive floor console. The company pays great attention to detail when configuring the floor console area into an attractive, adaptive space for consumers under different usage scenarios.

Increased vehicle infotainment requirements create new opportunities to redesign the automotive interiors of the future, and Yanfeng’s multi-functional surfaces and decorative panels showcase an efficient way of supporting these requirements. The company seamlessly integrates multi-functional decorative panels with vehicle interiors. Not only does it improve the overall interior aesthetics of Yanfeng-designed interiors, but at the same time, the smart touch panel provides an interactive and responsive HMI experience which can be customized. A perfect fusion of the infotainment display and HMI system has been achieved by the seamless integration of the decorative panel into the vehicle’s interior surfaces when the functions are not activated. A display panel with touch functions operates the multi-functional control area and is protected by an elegant acrylic glass surface, to create a premium interior appearance.

New, Innovative Materials Such as Ceramic and Crystal for Deco Trim Available

Decorative trims based on innovative, ecologically friendly materials are gaining in popularity with consumers. With its consumer research and concept developments around the world, Yanfeng R&D teams have repeatedly presented that the company understands consumer and market trends. The company has applied its sophisticated ceramic injection molding process to produce decorative parts made with authentic ceramic material. Characteristic for ceramic surface integration is a smooth, glossy surface with a jade-like appearance. This ceramic material composition is thinner and more solid than real wood and aluminum decoration providing a new look and feel to the car interior with increased performance and -scratch resistance. The new decorative technology enables greater design freedom with its ceramic injection molding process, allowing more complex 3D geometry products to be produced more easily.

The crystal surfaces create a more luxurious experience, improving the overall appearance of the interior surface. The new crystal material shows various decorative effects, such as high-gloss silver or high-gloss black, with perfect use of ambient lighting. It also enables the innovative application of decorative film with hidden touch functions, creating 3D design options with a high gloss surface. The design and production processes benefit from ultra-small radii for tooling design. Yanfeng’s manufacturing strategy of in-house integration has resulted in the development of this injection molding process for transparent integrated crystal parts. The transparency of the new material composition also allows application of translucent surface effects with a unique protective layer.

Yanfeng Excels in Design and Function of Skin Technologies

Yanfeng can functionalize almost any material, and has even developed a robust manufacturing process to apply customizable backlighting effects with static or dynamic engraved patterns on soft-touch surfaces. With this process, the company can seamlessly integrate advanced lighting technologies into traditional leather or leather-like materials. The innovative, illuminated door panel surface of the touchIN demonstrator provides both static and dynamic engraved patterns. In addition, user-friendly HMI design and customizable patterns create unique ambient lighting effects on door surfaces, to enhance OEM brand identity with distinctive interior aesthetics.

The touchIN demonstrator also features Easy-to-Clean skin technology. Consumer expectations toward more eco-friendly and healthier lifestyles are continually increasing. As vehicle interiors become the next living space, the quality of in-car environments is becoming more important. Yanfeng continuously invests in new material innovation and application of key interior surfaces, as well as advanced manufacturing processes, such as solvent-free coating processes for odor-free and easy-to-clean skins. The company’s eco-friendly and non-toxic surfaces with a smooth touch experience greatly improves the passengers’ experience on board, as well as improving interior air quality. 

Yanfeng, one of the world’s leading automotive suppliers and a specialist in Smart Cabin concepts, presents its expertise in integrated interior technology and Smart Cabin design with its advanced technology concept, the “Wellness Pod” – a unique antimicrobial device that sanitizes vehicle interior air and surfaces with UV light while bringing in the latest in Scent Dispensing. By combining UV Air Sanitization and non-liquid scent dispensing into an overhead console, Yanfeng’s Wellness Pod enhances the wellbeing of passengers on the commute. The company sees increasing use cases for both personal, sharing, and car-hailing services.

With the ever-rising awareness of personal health, wellness, and a growing ride-sharing economy, vehicle interiors will increasingly become a public space. Yanfeng’s Wellness Pod console features a touchpad interface with user-friendly smartphone app control. The slim console with its concealed air vents can be seamlessly integrated into the cabin interior. It can be mounted as an overhead console or be designed as a portable unit for multimodal transportation including train cabins, boats, buses, or vans, in line with customer specifications. The Wellness Pod, with built-in lens technology for UV distribution, integrates the features and functions of UV Air Sanitizer, Multi-Scent Dispensing, and UV Surface Sanitizer.

“We’ve developed the Wellness Pod to provide passengers with the most comfortable travelling experience, taking all senses into consideration,” explains Han Hendriks, Chief Technology Officer at Yanfeng Technology. “Most people do care a lot about the cleanliness of their own or shared cars, and people care about a wholesome, healthy, and appealing interior of the cabin when starting their journeys. Our Wellness Pod meets these demands with unmatched hygiene functionality and consumer choices. But it is also equally important for shared mobility service companies as a clean and fresh interior drives customer satisfaction and vehicle up-time, both are essential to this business model.”

UV Air Sanitizer and Surface Sanitizer improve in-car hygiene

The UV Sanitizer technology is an antimicrobial device that sanitizes interior surfaces and air with UV-C light, destroying both bacteria and viruses to ensure a healthy environment for all passengers. The UV Air Sanitizer efficiently uses the same UV light source as the Surface Sanitizer. Air circulation is based on redirected HVAC airflow.

Directly exposed surfaces experience up to 99.9% reduction in bacteria through the UV Surface Sanitizer, while even indirect surfaces show a 95% reduction. A quick-clean mode between rides ensures continuous cleanliness of high-touch zones for ride-share providers. The sensor technology in the vehicle effectively detects what spots have been touched and where cleaning is required. Full cabin air and surface sanitation would take around 30 minutes and is applied in standstill periods when the car is not occupied.

Smart Multi-Scent Dispenser enhances passenger’s experience through custom fragrance delivery

Yanfeng offers its passengers the choice to experience a ride that leverages all of our senses, including our sense of smell. The intelligent, cloud-based solution for diffusing scent is the world’s first connected platform for scent based on Inhalio technology. With this technology, OEM customers can customize fragrances for their vehicles and products. Ordering and installing the replaceable cartridges can be done through a smartphone app that Yanfeng can offer through its most recent startup partner Inhalió. Over time, a growing number of scents for wellbeing will be made available, to match consumer preferences. Initially, the standard configuration of the Wellness Pod offers four different scent cartridges, with fragrances that can be individually selected. In addition to wellness scents which are aimed at private car owners, several scents also offer functional benefits. These go beyond a pleasing smell in the vehicle and have the ability to mitigate motion sickness and enhance general wellbeing, provide a calming effect during stressful driving situations, and even increase alertness and attention.

Scent dispenser can mitigate motion sickness

Identifying solutions to mitigate travel nausea is gaining momentum due to the onset of vehicles that drive themselves and in rideshare situations. When passengers can comfortably rotate their seats to face backward and have a conversation or a business meeting, they are more susceptible to feeling sick from the vehicle’s movements. Through the scent dispenser this can be inhibited, even before travel sickness takes hold, making the ride more comfortable for the passengers.

“Our Intelligent Scent 3.0 technology does not use any spray or oil-based fragrances, as is common in cars to date. Non-liquid, scent impregnated polymers release their fragrance through a dry-air distribution system and natural airflow within the vehicle’s interior, completely free of alcohol, VOCs, or allergens”, said Keith Kelsen, CEO of Inhalió. Therefore, no oily surfaces and air-releases do not require cleaning.

“As the olfactory memory of humans is even more precise than our visual memory, this unique evolution of a scent experience will have a lasting impact on our riding experience. The odor endurance time of the fragrance is very short, so it is not overbearing. The residual smell stays in the brain, but doesn’t linger in the interior,” Han Hendriks added.

Artificial intelligence-based firmware collects data on preference, frequency of use and when the fragrance cartridges need to be changed. Controlled via the operating system of the vehicle or an app, the system will then be able to make informed purchase suggestions for new scents to passengers.
The strategic partnership with Inhalió was initiated through Yanfeng’s close relationship with startup platform Plug and Play in Sunnyvale, California — a contact that was first initiated in the spring of 2018.

Yanfeng, a leading global automotive supplier headquartered in Shanghai, China, announced today that it will integrate its Research & Development (R&D) activities in the areas of interiors, seating, electronics, safety, and exteriors into the global Yanfeng Technology unit (YFT) to accelerate the realization of its SMART CABIN vision for future automotive interiors.  Based on extensive market research and futuring activities, SMART CABIN features functional surfaces, health and wellness features, and connectivity seamlessly integrated in all interior systems including seating, as well as exterior parts and passive safety systems.

To make SMART CABIN a reality, Yanfeng has established YFT with a strong focus on the integration of digital technology into all interior components and systems, including a SMART CABIN controller to orchestrate all features and functions, creating a truly unique consumer experience.

“The Yanfeng Technology team is already executing projects at 13 R & D centers globally, jointly with our customers and partners to make SMART CABIN a reality very soon,” said Han Hendriks, Chief Technology Officer for YFT.

In support of YFT, Yanfeng leverages its global engineering and manufacturing capabilities to service the vehicle manufacturers and become the leading integrated supplier of SMART CABIN solutions globally.

“In Europe and in North America, Yanfeng customers benefit from an array of ready-to-sell innovations, the local team’s customer, market and technology expertise, as well as a state-of-the-art footprint, now combined with the enhanced global innovation expertise of Yanfeng Technology,” said Ni Jiawen, Yanfeng Executive Committee member and CEO for YFT.

Through its Yanfeng Automotive Interiors (YFAI) division, Yanfeng also leverages a leading network of partners and the global innovation platform Plug & Play that enable Yanfeng to tap into a major innovation source while as an integrator ensuring quick industrialization and one face to the customer.

To engage major stakeholders with its vision and capabilities for SMART CABIN, Yanfeng has invited customers, the media, business partners, thought leaders and startups to come together for an event to celebrate the official debut of YFT in Stuttgart hosted by Plug & Play, a global innovation platform. In Europe, Plug & Play is represented by Startup Autobahn, located in Stuttgart (Germany) within ARENA2036, a research campus dedicated to innovation projects for mobility.

Yanfeng, one of the world’s leading automotive suppliers and a specialist in Smart Cabin concepts, and IEE, a leading provider of sensor solutions in the automotive sector, are jointly developing an integrated technology vision for the vehicle interiors of the future. “Active Space” is their interpretation of an interactive interior in an autonomous, level 5 vehicle.

New forms of mobility, such as autonomous driving, ride-sharing and car-sharing, are changing automotive interiors. If driving tasks are largely eliminated or require less time, this frees drivers up for other activities. That is why the interiors of the future will have to cover a variety of different use case scenarios. Intuitive, interactive, and convenient concepts always focused on the user experience will play an increasingly important role. Therefore, Yanfeng is pursuing its Smart Cabin approach for intelligent passenger compartments, in which functional surfaces, health and wellness features and connectivity are seamlessly integrated into the interior in the future.

“New mobility services, such as autonomous ride-sharing, pose enormous challenges for us as interiors experts – but also give us the opportunity to be creative and come up with something new,” explained Han Hendriks, Chief Technology Officer at Yanfeng Technology. “With Active Space, we are giving passengers a way to interact with the vehicle and thereby bringing our Smart Cabin vision to life.”

In its Experience in Motion 2020 (XiM20) concept car, Yanfeng shows how this technology vision might actually look in a Smart Cabin concept for fully autonomous vehicles.

Interactive interior experience with intuitive control

Active Space portrays the all-encompassing experience that may be offered with sensor technology and surface integration in the interiors of the future. Integrated into the rear zone of the XiM20 cabin, Active Space offers occupants a way to retreat from the hustle and bustle of everyday life and create a feel-good atmosphere through playful interaction. The intuitive and interactive sensor solution is based on Yanfeng’s interior design and smart surfaces as well as IEE’s sensor technology. A near-infrared stereo camera serves as input device and captures the vehicle interior, while powerful algorithms used in conjunction with the Smart Cabin Controller control the lighting experience on the translucent textile surfaces in real-time based on the analyzed movements. In this way, Active Space offers a tailored human-machine interface (HMI) solution that integrates seamlessly into interior surfaces.

In the XiM20, the smart surfaces switch between four different modes, depending on the situation. For example, there is a blue Energy mode and a violet/orange Relax mode. When the UV surface sanitizer is activated, Active Space displays blue bubbles. In stand-by mode, the surfaces stay white. In general, Active Space can also be configured with customized designs. Travelers can interact intuitively with the vehicle thanks to the combination of sensor technology and smart surfaces. In a further step, it is conceivable that individual operating functions for the audio or air conditioning systems, for example, might be controlled via Active Space.

“We have combined our expertise through this strategic partnership with Yanfeng so that passengers can try out the mobility of tomorrow as a unique experience,” said Alain Schumacher, CTO of IEE. “Our customers benefit in that we can offer them everything needed for an integrated system from which various potential applications can be derived.” Yanfeng and IEE already signed a memorandum of understanding at the IAA 2017 to combine their complementary skills and jointly develop integrated smart solutions. The equal partnership has already produced a multitude of successful applications.

The latest result of the partnership is the Active Space technology vision, which is currently in concept status and may feature in real-life mobility solutions from 2035 onwards. In addition to the seamless integration of Active Space into headliners, there is also potential for it to find its way into B-pillars and front seat backrests.

Yanfeng Automotive Interiors (YFAI), the world’s leading supplier of automotive interiors, recognized the outstanding achievements of its European suppliers with the Supplier Award. During a ceremony, 12 companies supplying YFAI with commodities including resin, plastics, trim and injection molding received the award in three categories at the European Headquarters in Neuss.

For "Supplier of the Year," "Distinguished Supplier" and "Supplier Excellence" winners in four sub-categories, YFAI evaluated its suppliers on multiple criteria. With its vision of the interior of the future, technology, development and innovation were particularly important for YFAI. Moreover, quality, cost, service and customer satisfaction were also assessed.

Total Research & Technology Feluy, which supplies YFAI with polypropylene compounds, earned a perfect score in all categories. For its outstanding performance, the Belgian company was named "Supplier of the Year."
"Total is a reliable partner that fully supports YFAI," said James Bos, Vice President, Global Procurement at YFAI. "We particularly value Total’s close collaboration with our engineering and innovation teams that has developed over the years. Vincent Stoquart, Senior Vice President Polymers and member of the Refining & Chemicals Management Committee from Total Research & Technology Feluy, said: “We are very grateful for their trust and proud of this productive partnership. We’re looking forward to continuing to build a prosperous future together.”

This year's “Distinguished Supplier” Award went to two international companies: Vogel GmbH Kunststofftechnik from Germany and the Polish company Lys Fusion Poland Sp. z o.o. Nine companies received the "Supplier Excellence" award. Coatex NV from Belgium was honored for their high level of quality. YFAI gave the award for “Supplier Excellence – Technology and Innovation” to ILMA Plastica S.r.l. from Italy for the company’s achievements. ETG Elastomer Technik Gedern GmbH and the WBA Tooling Academy Aachen from Germany as well as the South African Principle Plastics (Pty) Ltd were honored for their high service standards. They received the "Supplier Excellence" award in the "Service" category. Finally, the Polish company ORSA-MOTO Sp. z o.o., Polydesign Systems S.A.R.L. from Morocco, the Italian Vulcaflex S.p.A. and the German C. H. Mueller GmbH were honored in the category “Customer Satisfaction.”

Yanfeng Automotive Interiors (YFAI), the world’s leading supplier of automotive interiors, recognized the outstanding achievements of its European suppliers with the Supplier Award. During a ceremony, 12 companies supplying YFAI with commodities including resin, plastics, trim and injection molding received the award in three categories at the European Headquarters in Neuss.

For "Supplier of the Year," "Distinguished Supplier" and "Supplier Excellence" winners in four sub-categories, YFAI evaluated its suppliers on multiple criteria. With its vision of the interior of the future, technology, development and innovation were particularly important for YFAI. Moreover, quality, cost, service and customer satisfaction were also assessed.

Total Research & Technology Feluy, which supplies YFAI with polypropylene compounds, earned a perfect score in all categories. For its outstanding performance, the Belgian company was named "Supplier of the Year."
"Total is a reliable partner that fully supports YFAI," said James Bos, Vice President, Global Procurement at YFAI. "We particularly value Total’s close collaboration with our engineering and innovation teams that has developed over the years.” Vincent Stoquart, Senior Vice President Polymers and member of the Refining & Chemicals Management Committee from Total Research & Technology Feluy, said:
“We are very grateful for their trust and proud of this productive partnership. We’re looking forward to continuing to build a prosperous future together.”

This year's “Distinguished Supplier” Award went to two international companies: Vogel GmbH Kunststofftechnik from Germany and the Polish company Lys Fusion Poland Sp. z o.o. Nine companies received the "Supplier Excellence" award. Coatex NV from Belgium was honored for their high level of quality. YFAI gave the award for “Supplier Excellence – Technology and Innovation” to ILMA Plastica S.r.l. from Italy for the company’s achievements. ETG Elastomer Technik Gedern GmbH and the WBA Tooling Academy Aachen from Germany as well as the South African Principle Plastics (Pty) Ltd were honored for their high service standards. They received the "Supplier Excellence" award in the "Service" category. Finally, the Polish company ORSA-MOTO Sp. z o.o., Polydesign Systems S.A.R.L. from Morocco, the Italian Vulcaflex S.p.A. and the German C. H. Mueller GmbH were honored in the category “Customer Satisfaction.”

Photos from the event can be downloaded in our Media Center at www.yfai.com.

Yanfeng Automotive Interiors (YFAI), the world’s leading supplier of automotive interiors, is the new partner of innovation platform Startup Autobahn in Stuttgart. With an extensive support program, the platform assists startups from the mobility sector and brings them together with established companies and research facilities. Startup Autobahn is part of the Plug and Play global mobility ecosystem, which YFAI joined in 2018.

“As our recently unveiled XiM20 interior concept demonstrates, future mobility opens up entirely new technology and design possibilities for vehicle interiors,” explained Han Hendriks, Chief Technology Officer for YFAI. “Through our collaboration with Plug and Play in California, we have made significant progress with our innovation work. We believe that we will also find strong partners through Startup Autobahn that help us further advance the evolution of automotive interiors with visionary technologies.”

As Europe’s largest platform for open innovation, Startup Autobahn puts the emphasis on an open exchange of disruptive ideas and technologies. Stuttgart research factory ARENA2036 offers ideal conditions for rapid and uncomplicated cooperation between companies and selected startups from all over the world. YFAI wishes to use this opportunity to cooperate with young companies on new technologies for future vehicle interiors.

“The startup scene has a great innovative spirit which we can also use to the benefit of development work within our company,” said Han Hendriks. “At the same time, the partnership gives startups access to our many years of expertise in the automotive industry.”

Sascha Karimpour, Managing Director of Plug and Play Germany, said of the new partnership: “With its clear vision for the future of vehicle interiors, YFAI is an important partner for our innovation platform. Through direct dialog with the mobility startup scene, Startup Autobahn provides the ideal environment for further development of the passenger experience.”

About STARTUP AUTOBAHN:
STARTUP AUTOBAHN is an innovation platform powered by Plug and Play. It provides an interface between industry-leading corporations and young tech companies. In May 2016, Daimler, Plug and Play Tech Center, the University of Stuttgart and ARENA2036 founded STARTUP AUTOBAHN as an open innovation platform with global reach. Since then, they have teamed up with Anchor Partners Hewlett Packard Enterprise, DXC Technology, ZF Friedrichshafen, BASF, Porsche, Deutsche Post DHL Group, Webasto, Rolls-Royce Power Systems, Samvardhana Motherson, T-Systems and the Ecosystem Partners Murata, HELLA, BENTELER, The Linde Group, AGC Glass Europe, Wieland Ventures, Jardine Matheson Limited, Covéa, Cepsa, Bleistahl, BP, Hyundai, TÜV Rheinland and Yanfeng Automotive Interior, to bring open innovation thought to life.

Yanfeng Automotive Interiors (YFAI), the global leader in automotive interiors, is awarded as a Top Employer 2019 for its good working conditions in Germany and Slovakia. The independent Top Employers’ Institute confirmed that the automotive supplier promotes and supports talent at all organizational levels.

This prestigious award recognizes the company as an attractive employer in one of the most innovative industries in a rapidly changing environment. For the second consecutive year, YFAI received the renowned certification for its German plants in Lüneburg and Neustadt, as well as its European headquarters in Neuss. Additionally, all three locations in Slovakia including the Automotive Business Center in Bratislava as well as the Technical Center in Trencin and the manufacturing plant in Namestovo, were awarded, too. The company’s locations in the US and Mexico also received the Top Employer Award 2019. This also is the third consecutive year that YFAI received this award in China.

“Since our foundation, we have been dedicated to creating a diverse working environment around the globe that encourages collaboration and fosters innovation,” said Tony Elenbaas, Vice President, Europe and South Africa for Yanfeng Automotive Interiors. “We are proud to receive this recognition and are encouraged to further improve and share best practices across all regions.”

To determine the winners of the annual "Top Employer" Award, the independent Top Employers Institute evaluates employers in different categories. These include talent strategy, HR planning, talent acquisition, onboarding, training and development, performance management, management development, career and succession planning, compensation and benefits as well as corporate culture.
In the future, YFAI will continue to optimize its Human Resources practices and further establish the company as a reliable and innovative employer of choice.

Yanfeng Automotive Interiors (YFAI), the global leader in automotive interiors, is awarded as a Top Employer 2019 for its good working conditions in Germany and Slovakia. The independent Top Employers’ Institute confirmed that the automotive supplier promotes and supports talent at all organizational levels.

This prestigious award recognizes the company as an attractive employer in one of the most innovative industries in a rapidly changing environment. For the second consecutive year, YFAI received the renowned certification for its German plants in Lüneburg and Neustadt, as well as its European headquarters in Neuss. Additionally, all three locations in Slovakia including the Automotive Business Center in Bratislava as well as the Technical Center in Trencin and the manufacturing plant in Namestovo, were awarded, too. The company’s locations in the US and Mexico also received the Top Employer Award 2019. This also is the third consecutive year that YFAI received this award in China.

“Since our foundation, we have been dedicated to creating a diverse working environment around the globe that encourages collaboration and fosters innovation,” said Tony Elenbaas, Vice President, Europe and South Africa for Yanfeng Automotive Interiors. “We are proud to receive this recognition and are encouraged to further improve and share best practices across all regions.”

To determine the winners of the annual "Top Employer" Award, the independent Top Employers Institute evaluates employers in different categories. These include talent strategy, HR planning, talent acquisition, onboarding, training and development, performance management, management development, career and succession planning, compensation and benefits as well as corporate culture.
In the future, YFAI will continue to optimize its Human Resources practices and further establish the company as a reliable and innovative employer of choice.

Yanfeng Automotive Interiors (YFAI) was honored by the Top Employers Institute as one of the 2019 China Top Employers. The honor is a recognition of the company's working conditions, compensation and benefits system, talent development and corporate culture.

This is the third year in a row that YFAI has been received this honor in China. Companies awarded the certificate include YFAI’s Global Headquarters, Asia Headquarters, Tech Center and several plants located in Shanghai.  The review process encompassed over 100 questions which cover ‘People Development’ practices across 10 key focused HR topics. In 2018, YFAI was honored as a Top Employer in The United States, Germany and Slovakia.

Since its establishment, YFAI has been dedicated to creating a diverse working environment around the world that encourages collaboration and innovation. Employees are YFAI’s most valued resource and YFAI continually seeks to offer a platform for talent to showcase and develop.

“We believe that the 2019 certified organizations demonstrate exceptional employee conditions and encourage the development of these practices by putting their people first. These companies help enrich the world of work with their outstanding dedication to HR excellence and because of this, they are recognized as an employer of choice,” said David Plink, CEO of Top Employers Institute.

In the future, YFAI will continue to optimize its Human Resources practices and further establish YFAI as a reliable and innovative employer of choice.