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History
The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Recaro page on 13 July 2016, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
RECARO GmbH & Co. KG, commonly known as Recaro, is a German company based in Kirchheim unter Teck in the vicinity of Stuttgart, known for their automobile bucket seats. The company can produce OEM racing-style seats for mainstream manufacturers. RECARO GmbH & Co. KG is part of the Recaro Group.
The Recaro Holding as parent company of the Recaro Group owns the Recaro brand and the independently operating companies of the Recaro Group:
The RECARO Holding independent business divisions include;
RECARO Aircraft Seating GmbH & Co.
RECARO Child Safety GmbH & Co. KG.
RECARO Automotive Seating GmbH & Co. KG.
Founding and beginnings
Founded in 1906 by Wilhelm Reutter as Reutter Carosserie-Werke, the company became known for building limousine bodies during the 1920s. In 1930 they started producing bodies for the Volkswagen Beetle, and in 1949 Porsche began engaging the company to build their Porsche 356 sports car bodies.
Move from car bodies to racing seats
Due to new manufacturing methods, the market for car bodies went downhill in the 1950s, and Reutter found itself on hard times.
In 1963, Porsche acquired the car body factory. What remained was renamed to Recaro GmbH & Co, changing its focus to high-end seats. The company began producing both OEM seats for Porsche, and a separate line of aftermarket seats. In 1969, the Reutter family sold their ownership to three companies, Keiper, Huber & Wagner and Metzeler, due to economic problems. In 1983, Keiper purchased all shares in Recaro and established Keiper Recaro GmbH & Co in Kirchheim (Teck) near Esslingen am Neckar.
Recaro today
Recaro changed their name in 1990. In their home country of Germany, the name was to change to RECARO GmbH & Co. KG. Operations expanded as they established Recaro North America Inc at Oakland, Michigan, Recaro UK Ltd in Birmingham, Recaro South East Asia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Recaro Japan Co Ltd in Kyoto, and Recaro France in La Rochelle.
Meanwhile, Recaro seats could be seen in a variety of cars, ranging from the Aston Martin V03, the Audi S and RS models, the legendary Ford Escort RS Cosworth, to the New Beetle RSi. A side-airbag seat was added to the Recaro line.
The company also manufactures wheelchairs, as well as seats for aircraft and airlines, automotive children seats, and for the Shinkansen train in Japan. Its seats are used in the VIP lounges and substitute box at European football stadiums.
Recaro seats are also used in the Leopard 2 MBT.
Recaro also manufactures seats for the dugouts of some of Europe's top football clubs including Manchester United, Reading, Real Madrid, Newcastle United, Hércules, VfB Stuttgart, Benfica and West Ham United.
The Dutch company Sun Marine Seats manufacture Recaro Maritime boat seats.
In June 2011 Recaro sold the automotive seating division to the US automotive supplier Johnson Controls. The acquisition gives Johnson Controls, as licensee of the RECARO brand in the automotive industry, the exclusive unlimited right to market Recaro seats for cars and commercial vehicles. All other brand companies now belong to RECARO Group, Stuttgart, which is the brand owner and licensor of RECARO Automotive Seating.
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| Date | Article | Author/Source |
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| 31 March 2014 | RECARO Child Safety, LLC, Denial of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance | Nancy Lummen Lewis |
| 21 November 2014 | RECARO Child Safety, LLC, Receipt of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance | Federal Register: NHTSA (Jeffrey M. Giuseppe) |
| 10 July 2015 | RECARO Child Safety, LLC, Denial of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance | Federal Register: NHTSA (Frank S. Borris) |
| Date | Document Name & Details | Documents |
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| 21 February 2008 | NHTSA Recall 08C003000 Recaro Signo and Como Child Restraint Systems National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | Recall Page - 1 page |
| 21 February 2008 | Safety Recall Notification From: Daniella Marcuzzi, Recaro North America, Inc. To: Daniel C. Smith, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA Recall 08C003000 |  PDF - 532KB - 7 pages |
| 27 February 2008 | Harness May Fail To Restrain Child From: George H. Person, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration To: Daniella Marcuzzi, Recaro North America, Inc. NHTSA Recall 08C003000 | PDF - 271KB - 2 pages |
| 30 April 2008 | RECARO 1st quarter report From: Daniella Marcuzzi, Recaro North America, Inc. To: Kelly Schuler, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA Recall 08C003000 | PDF - 43KB - 1 page |
| 30 April 2008 | Vehicle Safety Recall Quarterly Report Information Recaro North America NHTSA Recall 08C003000 | PDF - 44KB - 1 page |
| 30 May 2008 | From: George H. Person, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration To: Daniella Marcuzzi, Recaro North America, Inc. NHTSA Recall 08C003000 | PDF - 28KB - 1 page |
| February 2008 | Safety Recall Notice Recaro Child Seat Division NHTSA Recall 08C003000 | PDF - 76KB - 2 pages |
| 28 July 2008 | NHTSA Recall Quarterly Reporting From: Daniella Marcuzzi, Recaro North America To: George H. Person, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA Recall 08C003000 | PDF - 63KB - 2 pages |
| 28 October 2008 | NHTSA Recall Quarterly Reporting From: Daniella Marcuzzi, Recaro North America To: George H. Person, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA Recall 08C003000 | PDF - 42KB - 2 pages |
| 1 April 2009 | NHTSA Recall Quarterly Reporting From: Jonathan Sieber, Recaro North America To: George H. Person, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA Recall 08C003000 | PDF - 354KB - 2 pages |
| 30 April 2009 | Vehicle Safety Recall Quarterly Report Information Recaro North America NHTSA Recall 08C003000 | PDF - 217KB - 1 page |
| 17 May 2009 | From: George H. Person, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration To: Daniella Marcuzzi, Recaro North America, Inc. NHTSA Recall 08C003000 | PDF - 27KB - 1 page |
| 12 August 2009 | Vehicle Safety Recall Quarterly Report Information Recaro North America NHTSA Recall 08C003000 | PDF - 219KB - 1 page |
