About RECARO
With over 100 years of company history and long standing experience in vehicle seat construction RECARO knows how to make long journeys a pleasure for the whole family. Materials, design and technical highlights ensure a pleasant journey for adults and children alike.
RECARO uses its strength as the premier mobile seat manufacturer to engineer an innovative line of products for your children. No other manufacturer can apply experience from production vehicles, commercial vehicles, and race cars to design toward the comfort and safety of children.
Key RECARO milestones leading to today's RECARO child seats:
| 1906 |
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RECARO is founded by the master saddler Wilhelm Reutter in Germany. Initially RECARO was a body factory, which produced bodies for cars like the Porsche 356, VW Beetle and BMW 328 |
| 1971 |
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RECARO introduced the first seat with integrated seatbelt |
| 1996 |
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Introduction of the first racing shell with head protection |
| 2004 |
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RECARO strengthens its newest field of business, 'child seating' by taking over the German traditional company Storchenmuehle
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| 2004 |
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The lightest serially-produced seat in the world at that time was brought onto the market as the carbon shell seat of the Porsche Carrera GT |
| 2005 |
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RECARO decided to move beyond automotive OEM seating, automotive Aftermarket seating, and Motorsports seating into the market of Child restraints for the United States |
| 2007 |
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The end result is a line of child restraints which the children love the comfort of and parents love the safety |
For further information visit www.recarousa.com.
