Recaro Aircraft Seating
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| GmbH & Co. KG | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Founded 📆 | |
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| Headquarters 🏙️ | , |
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Key people | Executive Board
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| Revenue🤑 | $500 million US (2017)[2] |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 2,300 (2017)[2] |
| 🌐 Website | recaro-as.com |
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RECARO Aircraft Seating GmbH & Co. KG is a global aircraft seating supplier. The company is part of the RECARO Group, which also includes RECARO Holding and RECARO eGaming. RECARO Aircraft Seating employs over 2,300 people[3], including more than 1,000 at its headquarters in Schwäbisch Hall, Germany. The company has offices in the US, China, Poland and South Africa along with customer centers located around the world.[4] In 2017, the company posted sales of over $550 million.[5] Last year, RECARO Aircraft seating produced 120,000 plane seats[6].
History[edit]
During the 1920s, Reutter supplied a majority of car manufacturers with their seats.[7] The sale of bodywork production business heralded a new chapter in the company´s history – with a core focus on seats. With a play on the words REutter and CAROsserie, seat specialist RECARO was born in 1963.[8] In October 1906, Willhelm Reutter was a 32-year-old master saddler and recognized a rapidly growing automobile industry, so he founded “Stuttgarter Carosserie- u. Radfabrik” in Stuttgart, Germany.[9]
In 1967, RECARO invested in a new site in Schwäbisch Hall. In 1971, the first aircraft seats were introduced under the brand name “RECARO Aircomfort” after being under license from the American company Hardman Aerospace. In 1974, the company received its first major international order from Korean Airlines. In 1983, the independent companies of Keiper and RECARO merged to form Keiper RECARO GmbH. Aircraft seat production was wholly transferred to Schwäbisch Hall and expanded under the Keiper RECARO Aircraft Seating Division name and the RECARO Aircomfort brand.
On January 1, 1997, the joint venture divided into its individual industries. Keiper RECARO GmbH became the Keiper RECARO Group with four independent companies, including RECARO GmbH & Co.KG in the automotive sector and RECARO Aircraft Seating GmbH &Co. KG. In 2011, the automotive business was sold to Johnson Controls. RECARO Automotive Seating is now part of the US supplier Adient. In 2012, The RECARO holding company moved Kaiserslautern back to Stuttgart, the city of its founding. Today, RECARO Aircraft Seating is growing at a rate of 10%.[10]
References[edit]
- ↑ Recaro Aircraft Seating announces organisational changes | https://www.hmgaerospace.com/news/inflight/recaro-aircraft-seating-announces-organisational-changes/
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "A successful business year". RECARO Aircraft Seating. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ↑ "Recaro Aircraft Seating Increases Production by 15 Percent". AviationPros.com. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
- ↑ "RECARO Aircraft Seating - RECARO Aircraft Seating". www.recaro-as.com. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ↑ Events, UKi Media (2018-04-26). "Recaro Aircraft Seating reports record sales and production - Aircraft Interiors International". Aircraft Interiors International. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
- ↑ "The Airline Seat of the Future Will Clean Itself". Bloomberg. May 9, 2018.
- ↑ ""Form follows human: Recaro's roots as coachbuilder to the Germans"". www.hemmings.com. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
- ↑ "Recaro Aircraft Seating celebrates 20 years in the Americas". Aerospace Manufacturing and Design. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ↑ "History". www.recaro-automotive.com. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ↑ "Recaro Aircraft Seating Increases Production by 15 Percent". AviationPros.com. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
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