Premium Seating Company Recaro Celebrates 60 Years, Ready For EVs

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Premium seating company Recaro Automotive is celebrating 60 years in business having been responsible for innovations such as bucket seats. The company has expanded it product line and is ready to accommodate the special needs of electric vehicles.

In 2020 Adient sold its Recaro Automotive Seating business to Raven Acquisitions LLC, a Detroit based, privately owned investment corporation with Recaro operating as an independent corporate structure.Its four product segments are:· Commercial vehicle: Mass transit, heavy-duty vehicles, militaryNo matter its name, structure or ownership, adherence to certain key criteria has been a constant explained Nicole McElroy, Recaro Automotive Global Vice President of Product Development and Brand.

To do that Recaro uses a material called “rhino vinyl” that McElroy explains the company saw used in race cars that's washable and durable and can withstand punishment it can take from HANS safety devices. “If you’re doing a loop, going really fast and high impact it basically dissipates the energy from hitting into the spine. It’s almost like a coral hard foam and it has little air pockets like a coral and it takes that and separates the energy from going into the body,” said McElroy.Recaro Automotive

“Everything we're doing with that product line is focused on lighter weight,” said Kreycik. “It's a tough engineering problem to solve so that you can create more space in the floor for the batteries. So that is very, very critical to cars, and a little less so for SUVs. Every point in that design of that seat has been really focused on you know, optimization with EVs in the back of our mind.

What's ahead for this sexagenarian seating company? Kreycik says Recaro will continue to focus on its broad customer portfolio of automakers as well as continuing to support the commercial and aftermarket businesses.

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