Harita Seating Systems (HARITASEA), incorporated in 1986 as a joint venture with Grammer AG of Germany, is engaged in providing seating solutions for transport applications and caters to all segments of the automotive industry. Earlier known as Harita-Grammer, it got its present name on Mar. 31, 2003. The ISO/TS 16949 certified company designs and manufactures a variety of seats for various types of automobiles such as commercial vehicles, buses, tractors, two wheelers, three wheelers, cars and multi utility vehicles. The company also manufactures seats for the railways and auditoriums. The manufacturing units are located at Hosur in Karnataka, Ranjangaon in Maharashtra, and in the Solan district of Himachal Pradesh.
The manufacturing unit in Himachal Pradesh will ensure speedy supplies with cost benefits to original equipment manufacturers, state transport vehicles, bus body builders and tourist bus operators in northern and eastern parts of the country. New facilities at the Hosur plant will widen the company`s product range creating adjacencies like bus interiors. Major awards include the silver trophy for energy conservation in the general category from the Ministry of Power, Government of India for the third consecutive year, and the Best Supplier Award from Tractors and Farm Equipment Co., Chennai. In FY07, the company has become one of the largest producers of agriculture tractor seats in the world, registered a growth of 37% over FY06. Two wheeler seats grew by 12%; sales of cars and MUV seats grew by 9%; and bus passenger seats grew by 5%. The company doubled its export sales. Major export destinations include driver seats for garden tractors and seat components for commercial vehicles to the United States of America, Europe and the Middle East. The registered office is located at No 29, Jayalakshmi Estates, Haddows Road, Chennai-600006.
