My 2003 Saturn ION had a factory filter with the same pleat design. The filter was made in France.
Every replacement filter I ever used had ordinary pleats, and I have seen them from the U.K, Korea, Bulgaria, Germany, and Mexico.
Also, every other Ecotec factory filter I have ever seen was a Hengst.
It makes me wonder what happened when my car was built. Perhaps there was a shortage of Hengst filters in 2003?
EDIT: and I never saw a France-built Ecotec filter ever again.