Recaro Aircraft Seating has broken new ground on the latest phase of its space2grow expansion, with construction of a new customer service area, a flame lab and crash facility at its headquarters in Schwaebisch Hall.
In total, Recaro acquired additional 45,000 square meters as part of a €40 million investment. Designed by Maja Djordjevic-Müller and Siegfried Müller of Bürogemeinschaft mdm Architekten, the expansion project creates an optimal working environment for all Recaro staff members through sustainable and modern industrial infrastructure.
Construction kicked off in December 2019 and is scheduled for completion in summer 2021.
The customer service area will improve operational processes by connecting all production, administration and logistic areas via a central meeting axis.
Scheduled for a spring 2021 launch, the new flame lab will ramp up the facility’s testing capabilities by seamlessly integrating the fire test chambers with the flame certification tests.
By 2021, the new crash facility will be able to run 300 dynamic crash tests a year at the site for the certification and development of passenger seats. Additional technical features include:
A modern Instron crash catapult, with a force of 2 MegaNewton and a 40m track length;
Two preparation rooms for the setup and post processing of test seats;
Dummy laboratory with 10 crash-test-dummy with integrated sensor to analyse possible injury criterion;
Pyrotechnical static inflation test room for the development of modern retention systems.
