Plastic Omnium has created OP’nSoft, a specialist structure dedicated entirely to software development. Working across all our business lines, it supports the increasingly central role software plays in responding to our customers’ requirements and in our expanded product portfolio. RISING TO THE SOFTWARE CHALLENGE Rethinking cars with software at its core Electric, connected, shared: every trend shaping the car of tomorrow is highly software-centric. Software is central to the latest products to join Plastic Omnium’s portfolio: lighting, radar and fuel cells. The Group now thinks of cars entirely in terms of software, with less of a focus on mechanical aspects. As software-defined vehicles become the norm, software lies at the heart of the strategy designed to increase Plastic Omnium’s content per vehicle. Connected to the cloud, software is updated automatically without the need for any outside intervention. An in-house software structure Plastic Omnium created OP’nSoft to ensure that its technologies align fully and perform optimally with automakers’ software, making it a supplier of choice. Currently with a 40-strong workforce that will grow to 120 in 2023 and 250 in 2025, OP’nSoft works for the Group’s divisions on a supplier-customer model to develop software for embedded products and connected services. Its software architects use lean methodology and are part of the project teams. They work in fields as varied as driver assistance systems, fuel cells, electrification, cybersecurity and lighting. A strategy focused on open innovation To accelerate its move into embedded software and disruptive technologies, Plastic Omnium continues to forge alliances with startups and deep tech companies. For example, it collaborates with Greenerwave on transferring telecommunications technologies to an automotive environment (4D radar), and with Alkalee to facilitate the integration by automakers of Plastic Omnium’s software applications. X 3 SOFTWARE’S SHARE OF VEHICLE VALUE BY 2030 33
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