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rear-view mirrors annually for a period of five years.
The value of this Cookeville production will represent an
economic value of 460 million dollars (405 million euros), and
will begin in the first quarter of 2018.
The Cookeville plant, which is expected to be fully operational
later this year, will be a leader in painting and injection processes
thanks to the latest technology production equipment.
Furthermore, Ficosa North America is currently recruiting
240 new workers for positions including project managers,
technicians, engineers, operators and human resources
specialists
Cañellas highlights: “These projects will give the Cookeville
plant a strong boost and not only reinforce the company’s
business in North America but allow us to give our workers a
better, safer future”.
For its part, the Mexican facility of Salinas Victoria (Nuevo
León) will produce a fourth order consisting of 80,000 rear-
view mirrors per year for a period of 5 years. This contract
STMicroelectronics Joins Forces with
Automotive Software Experts ETAS and
ESCRYPT to Streamline Development
of Secure Connected-Car Applications
Combined competencies to offer
a unique package for developing
high-performance, safe, and secure
automotive-embedded systems
End-to-end solution protects against
malicious attacks on the car’s
Electronic Control Units (ECU) and
secures communication among ECUs and the cloud
Easy-to-use AUTOSAR-compliant platform software
addresses key time-to-market and standards-compliance
challenges facing OEM and Tier-1 application developers
Geneva,
Stuttgart,
and
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Jun
2016STMicroelectronics(NYSE:STM),aglobalsemiconductor
leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics
applications, announced its collaboration with ETAS, a
provider of innovative solutions for developing automotive
embedded systems, and ESCRYPT, an ETAS subsidiary
focused on security for embedded software, to deliver a
complete platform comprising microcontrollers, software
tools, and security solutions that accelerates development
of new automotive control units for the connected-car age.
Today’s auto designers rely more and more on electronic
comes from an American OEM in the premium segment and
is valued at a total of 50 million dollars (43.9 million euros).
Production will start in the last quarter of 2018.
Consolidating its presence in North America
North America has become, after Europe, the most important
market for this multinational corporation, which began
operations in this region in 1994 and where it produces
mirrors, gearboxes and brake systems. In the United States,
Ficosa currently has a commercial office and development
center, which employs 35 engineers, in Detroit (Michigan); a
production centre in Shelbyville (Kentucky) and a new plant in
Cookeville (Tennessee), which when at full capacity will replace
the Crossville factory (Tennessee). The two Ficosa plants in
Mexico, located in Salinas Victoria (Nuevo León) and Escobedo
(Nuevo León), where the company also has an R&D plant,
reinforce Ficosa’s activity in the North American region.
control units (ECUs) to manage intricately
featured applications, including brake-by-
wire, automatic transmission, multi-mode
lighting, parking assist, collision avoidance
and many others. These ECUs are enabling
“digital” control of each function of the
car through sending commands over the
communication network that interconnects
the vehicle sub-systems. Moreover, more
cars are becoming connected to the cloud
enabling new functionalities like Over-The-
Air (OTA) software updates, remote diagnostics, and the
forthcoming V2X communication[1].
To safely support such trends, there is an acceleration in
the deployment of robust hardware and software security
platforms that are managed over the entire vehicle lifetime.
ST is working with ETAS and ESCRYPT to deliver a cost-
effective platform for sub-system developers to create ECUs
that ensure a high level of protection for vehicle-owners’
privacy, OEMs’ intellectual property, ECU functional integrity,
and secure communication among the car’s ECUs and the
cloud.
“This well-architected and easy-to-use development platform
will deliver unprecedented convenience to customers in the
form of a ready-made solution that combines the security
know-how of ESCRYPT, ETAS, and ST,” said Luca
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