Kamei
| KAMEI GmbH & Co. KG
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| legal form | GmbH & Co. KG |
| founding | 1952 |
| Seat | Wolfsburg |
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| Branch | Automotive industry |
| Website | www.kamei.de |
The KAMEI GmbH & Co. KG is a 1952 by Karl Meier in Wolfsburg based company that specializes in the manufacture and distribution of accessories for passenger cars specializes. The company name (company) is composed of the first letters of the company's founder, Ka rl Mei er. Today Kamei mainly produces roof boxes for cars and plastic parts for automobile manufacturers and the aftermarket.
The Frankfurt designer Armin Gnadt has been responsible for the design of the roof boxes for years.
History and important developments
Kamei introduced some groundbreaking products as early as the 1950s. In the beginning, Kamei's range focused on products to upgrade the interior of the Volkswagen Beetle.
In 1952 Kamei presented the first safety headrests for cars. These represented a further development of the previously offered "slumber rolls" and are now part of the safety equipment of every automobile.
In 1953, Karl Meier showed the first spoiler for road vehicles around the Geneva Motor Show . It was an add-on part for the VW Beetle , which was attached instead of the front bumper and increased the contact pressure of the front axle of the rear-heavy Beetle at speeds over 100 km / h. Kamei's name for this component was “depth control”.
In 1964 the licensed AVUS steering wheel cover from Porotherm was launched, which has been sold over 100 million times worldwide and is still by far the most successful steering wheel cover in the world today.
In the 1970s, Kamei started series production of a retrofittable front spoiler for the VW Beetle. The basis for this was the depth tax, first presented in Geneva in 1953.
The introduction of the Kamei roof box program began in 1988 with the Traveler Box, which today is one of the company's flagship products.
In addition, attachments such as B. Front hood spoilers for the VW Golf I or headlight covers ("evil eye") for various vehicles - with ABE - offered.
In 1989, the subsidiary KAMEI Automotive GmbH was founded, which specializes in the manufacture of roof attachments, consoles and equipment for special and government vehicles.
At the end of the 1990s, the Kamei Beetster was presented at the IAA and the Essen Motor Show: a sporty, drivable prototype of a fun car based on the VW New Beetle with roll bars, add-on parts made of solid colored Durokam, leather bucket seats and BBS aluminum wheels with a mirror finish.
Kamei has been supplying roof boxes in the manufacturer's design for Mercedes-Benz since 2006 and roof boxes and a wide range of plastic body parts for Volkswagen Zubehör GmbH since 2009 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Susanne Kilimann, Sebastian Viehmann: headrests. In: Focus Online . January 28, 2011, accessed October 14, 2018 .
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from January 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
