--- title: "FORVIA HELLA China mobilizes employees for FORVIA Solidarity Day in Shanghai; 530 employees across seven sites participated" sdDatePublished: "2026-05-12T21:45:00Z" source: "https://www.hella.com/forvia-cn/assets/documents/20260507_FORVIA_HELLA_China_mobilizes_employees_for_FORVIA_Solidarity_Day_turning_purpose_into_action.pdf" topics: - name: "charity" identifier: "medtop:20000818" - name: "social services" identifier: "medtop:20000820" - name: "welfare" identifier: "medtop:20000817" - name: "environmental clean-up" identifier: "medtop:20000426" locations: - "Jiaxing" - "Soest" - "Xiamen" - "Shanghai" - "Nanjing" - "China" - "Changchun" --- FORVIA HELLA China mobilizes employees for FORVIA Solidarity Day in Shanghai; 530 employees across seven sites participated FORVIA HELLA Press Release Page 1 of 3 PRESS RELEASE Shanghai, China 7 May 2026 FORVIA HELLA China mobilizes employees for FORVIA Solidarity Day, turning purpose into action across local communities • The programs focused on elder care, children’s wellbeing, food waste reduction, and environmental clean-ups • Around 530 employees across seven sites participated in seven local actions International automotive supplier FORVIA HELLA carried out a series of volunteer initiatives in China as part of the inaugural FORVIA Solidarity Day 2026. Inspired by the sustainability initiative ‘The Blue Effect’, the annual celebration of the FORVIA Group evolves this year to channel the energy of its colleagues into tangible social impact. Teams across China activated site-wide programs focused on elder care, children’s well-being, food-waste reduction, and environmental cleanups, delivering measurable benefits for local communities while strengthening a culture of philanthropy across FORVIA HELLA. “The FORVIA Solidarity Day brings our purpose to life by connecting technology leadership with responsibility, empowering employees as changemakers, and scaling impact through broad participation,” says Cola Wang, Director of Corporate HR China at FORVIA HELLA. “Through the initiatives in China, we build trust and measurable results that reflect our commitment to being a dependable partner for society. And by drawing on our global roots while acting locally, we scale what works across sites, demonstrating how collective participation turns individual initiatives into a broader movement of changemakers for meaningful social impact.” At the FORVIA HELLA Asia Headquarters in Shanghai, employees partnered with the elderly in Maqiao Town to design and create eco-friendly canvas bags, fostering intergenerational connection and encouraging sustainable daily habits among a dedicated volunteer cohort of 25. At FORVIA HELLA’s electronics plant in Shanghai, approximately 75 colleagues joined the “Clean Plate” initiative, encouraging mindful dining to reduce food waste and lower carbon footprints— FORVIA HELLA Press Release Page 2 of 3 translating everyday choices into measurable environmental benefits at scale. At the Jiaxing lighting plant, the team organized a green-ecosystem hike at North–South Lake coupled with a litter cleanup, engaging around 110 colleagues to protect public spaces and biodiversity while promoting low-impact outdoor activity. FORVIA HELLA’s Nanjing Technical Center has launched a public-welfare initiative supporting orphans and children with disabilities. The program invites employees and their families to co- create artwork, host charity art exhibitions, and organize “sweet giving” candy sales. All proceeds will be directed to purchasing urgently needed daily necessities, such as diapers, based on the welfare institution’s actual requirements. In addition, on-site visits will be arranged to deliver essential supplies, share time with the children, and convey care and best wishes. At the Changchun lighting plant, the team combined a hike around Jingyue Lake with an organized litter collection to improve the local environment, engaging 40 colleagues to enhance air and recreational quality through visible, collective action. Also in Changchun, 50 volunteers at the lighting tooling plant partnered with a local organization to support the mental health and well-being of left-behind children, inviting broad employee participation to provide companionship and development-oriented activities. FORVIA HELLA’s Xiamen Electronics Plant mobilized 22 colleagues as “environmental guardians” to carry out a community cleanup in the New Huan Donghai Area. Team members supported local sanitation workers by removing scattered litter and tackling sanitation blind spots, helping to safeguard neighborhood cleanliness through practical, small actions and promoting a new norm of civility in the community. Note: This text and suitable images can also be found in our press database at: www.hella.com/press FORVIA HELLA Press Release Page 3 of 3 Media contacts Address Daniel MORFELD Group Press Officer +49 (0) 2941 38 7566 daniel.morfeld@forvia.com HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA Rixbecker Straße 75 59552 Lippstadt / Germany www.hella.com Olivia Luo Marketing & Corporate Communication Manager +86 15121079959 olivia.luo@forvia.com HELLA Corporate Center Asia No. 3438, Yuanjiang Road 201109 Shanghai / China www.hella.cn FORVIA is a global automotive technology supplier bringing together the complementary technology and industrial strengths of Faurecia and HELLA. The Group delivers a unique and comprehensive approach to the automotive challenges of today and tomorrow, spanning innovation, integration and industrial scale. FORVIA employs over 137 500 people, including more than 12,000 R&D engineers across 40+ countries worldwide. With 6 business groups and a strong intellectual property portfolio of over 12,400 patents, FORVIA is focused on becoming the preferred innovation and integration partner for OEMs globally. In 2025, the Group generated €26.2 billion in consolidated revenue prior to IFRS 5. FORVIA SE is listed on the Euronext Paris under the ticker FRVIA and is a component of the SBF 120 index. FORVIA aims to be a change maker committed to anticipating and driving the transformation of mobility. www.forvia.com FORVIA HELLA is a listed international automotive supplier. As a company of the FORVIA Group, FORVIA HELLA stands for high- performance lighting technology and vehicle electronics and, with the Lifecycle Solutions Business Group, also covers a broad service and product portfolio for the spare parts and workshop business as well as for manufacturers of special vehicles. With currently around 34,000 employees at over 125 locations, the company is active worldwide and generated adjusted sales of €8.0 billion in the fiscal year 2025. www.hella.com