Faurecia had sealed its takeover of Hella in February and plans to create Forvia, likely to be the world's seventh-largest automotive supplier.

Forvia predicted sales of around 23 billion-24 billion euros this year, with a profit margin of 4%-5%.

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(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)