Visteon Corporation opens a new development center in Romania

By Emea Riga
Visteon Corporation (Nasdaq: VC), the only automotive company specializing exclusively in the design and production of electronic board components, opens a new development center in Timisoara, part of the ISHO multifunctional project. The center’s focus will be on developing advanced software for electronic products – including digital clusters, information and entertainment screens – and will support the development of new technologies for self-contained and automated driving systems.
The Timisoara Bureau will operate as part of the Visteon European Center, which also includes the development offices in Germany, Bulgaria, France and the UK. By supporting both European and global programs, the Timisoara Center will play a key role in developing products and software for the new generation of ADAS and autonomous driving applications.
“Timisoara is a powerful hub that provides a talent base with the highest level of technical skills,” says Mark Fosmoen, Vice President, customer engineering – Europe, Visteon.
The Visteon Technology Center in Timişoara will have the skills to transform customer requests into tested solutions designed to be developed for mass production. The center will contribute to the growth of Visteon with customers such as BMW, Mercedes, Porsche, PSA and Jaguar Land Rover.
“We are delighted to host Visteon Corporation’s new office in ISHO Offices, which will provide employees with a modern work environment with excellent facilities,” says Ovidiu Sandor, ISHO developer. “Visteon is a new company on the local market with big plans for the future. We are talking about a great company that brings to our city the knowledge of software and automation of the highest level, which will contribute to the development of the Timişoara technical community. “