Adient plc is an American, Irish-domiciled company that operates as the largest[3] manufacturer of automotive seating for customers worldwide and is based in Plymouth, Michigan, United States.

[4] Adient was founded as a spin-off from Johnson Controls in 2016,[4] establishing its legal domicile in Dublin, Ireland.

[1] Johnson Controls had entered the automotive seating business in 1985 by acquiring Hoover Universal.

[5] In September 2017, Adient acquired the Oak Park, Michigan-based automotive seat manufacturer Futuris from Clearlake Capital, which added 15 facilities in Asia and North America, including one facility based in Newark, California,[6] and which was anticipated to increase the company's revenue by $0.5 billion annually.

[8] In January 2018, a joint venture was formed by Adient (50.01%) and Boeing (49.99%) to develop and manufacture airliner seats for new installations or retrofit, a $4.5 billion market in 2017 which was then forecast to grow to $6 billion by 2026, to be based in Kaiserslautern near Frankfurt and distributed by Boeing subsidiary Aviall, with its customer service center in Seattle.