Recaro GmbH & Co. KG develops and manufactures premium driver’s seats, employing more than 550 employees world-wide. Storchenmühle GmbH & Co. KG develops and manufactures car seats for children and equipment in the field of child security, employing more than 100 employees.
In the course of the merger, the operative business of Storchenmühle was outsourced and inserted into the company Recaro. In order to put synergies to the best possible use between the two companies the Storchenmuehle headquarters in the Upper Franconian Marktleugast will be enlarged to the Recaro Competence Centence “Child safety in vehicles”. “We will not only develop all products lines from Recaro and Storchenmuehle for this market segment but also produce for the European market there” says Kespohl. The Storchenmuehle brand remains unchanged; it will be positioned as a new product line in the wide Recaro product range.
The remaining company Storchenmühle was renamed to HGK-International and its head office relocated to Aichelberg. From there, the present spheres of business are controlled after the re-orientation. Our core competences comprise the areas of investment, company stakes, management consulting and trade.
HGK-International has a stake of ten per cent in the Recaro group.
March 2005