Accuride at the Automotive Seating Innovators Summit 2017

• Accuride International is a provider of movement and access control solutions for a wide variety of industries, including the Automotive industry.

• This year, Accuride was a major presence at The 11th Annual Seating Innovators Summit in Detroit.

• The smooth movement of Accuride sliding solutions creates an unrivaled sensorial experience in the vehicle’s cabin.

Many people know Accuride as a premium drawer slide manufacturer. While drawer slides are a big part of our business, we are much more than that; we’re a provider of movement and access control solutions for a wide variety of industries, including Automotive!

This year, we attended The 11th Annual Seating Innovators Summit in Detroit. The summit, hosted by Automotive IQ, was held on July 26-28 at The Greektown Casino-Hotel in Detroit, MI. This event provides a forum for industry experts to share design concepts and showcase the latest developments in the automotive seating space.

Accuride Product Manager, John Kovatch, had the pleasure of hosting an open forum discussion on Movement Solutions for Next-Gen Seating Systems. John discussed enhancing seating comfort with extensible surfaces, delivering interior value with premium movement solutions, and movement requirements of the future.

As vehicles become more autonomous, drivers will become free to perform other activities while enjoying the ride.

The trend of vehicles becoming more autonomous is steadily increasing across the industry. Which means, the need for extra space in interior cabins is growing to allow drivers to relax, socialize and just enjoy the ride while going from point A to point B.

The smooth movement of Accuride sliding solutions creates an unrivaled sensorial experience in the vehicle’s cabin. As a solutions partner, we work with our customers throughout their projects to enhance the comfort of the car’s cabin.

As technology continues to develop at an exponential rate, rapid innovation will continue to be a major key to staying competitive in the industry. Knowing this, we leverage over 50 years of engineering and manufacturing knowledge to stay ahead of industry trends. In doing this, we can guarantee our customers get the best automotive sliding solutions for their project.

If you couldn’t make it to the show don’t worry, you can learn more about our automotive movement solutions by visiting our website, where you can get in touch with our team to discuss your next project by filling out a contact form.