OPmobility negotiates majority stake in Mobis division

Suppliers OPmobility Interested in the Lighting Division of Mobis

2026-01-27 From Sven Prawitz Sven Pravitz | Translated by AI 1 min Reading Time

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The French supplier is negotiating with Mobis for a majority stake in the Korean supplier's lighting business.

Location of the supplier OPmobility in China.(Image: OPmobility) — Location of the supplier OPmobility in China.
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OPmobility has signed a letter of intent with Mobis. It concerns a majority stake in the Korean supplier's lighting business. The partnership is expected to lead to a final agreement in 2026, according to the French company.

According to OPmobility, the potential transaction would increase the commercial momentum in the lighting business and strengthen the company's competitiveness. In particular, it would expand the product portfolio, customer base and geographical presence.

Expansion of Global Sales Activities

The merger of the lighting activities of the two companies is expected to scale the business, strengthen market and technology leadership and generate cost efficiency gains. The details of the transaction are to be determined in the upcoming negotiation process.

"The potential combination of our lighting activities would represent a strategic milestone in the development of our lighting business, which we launched at the end of 2022," explains Félicie Burelle, CEO of OPmobility. At that time, the French supplier took over Automotive Lighting Systems GmbH from AMS Osram for 71 million USD. "Expanding our business with additional global customers would help to accelerate our diversification strategy in geographical markets and customer base," says Burelle, assessing the upcoming investment in the lighting division of Mobis.

About OPmobility

With a turnover of 12.6 billion USD in 2024 and a global network of 150 plants and 40 R&D centers, OPmobility relies on almost 39,000 employees. The company is the 30th largest supplier in the world in terms of turnover.

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