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Mr Joan Singla Casasayas
President – FAINSA Group
FAINSA is proud of its rich family history.
Founded in 1935 by Mr. A. Singla Vila it is full of pride as a
family owned and family managed business since 1935 to
the present day.
Now, FAINSA group has 76 years of experience in the safe,
secure and comfortable transport of passenger across all
continents of the globe.
Everyday a FAINSA seat is responsible for the transport of
millions of passengers about their everyday lives.
Historical Chronology of FAINSA Products
1935 Bicycle Accessories
1940 Motorcycle seats
1952 Bus & Coach seats
1962 Rail and Metro seats
1975 Ferry seat
1987 High Speed Train seats
2006 VIP train seats
2010 Airplane seats
FAINSA MARTORELLES
• Bus & Coach Production Factory
• 500 m2 - Offices
• 15,000 m2 – Production
• 500 m2 – Stores
• Production Capacity = 1,000
places per day
FAINSA SANT FOST
• Railway Production Factory
• 12,000 m2 - Production
• 500 m2 – Stores
• Production Capacity = 1,500
places per day
FAINSA Jaisong - China
FAINSA Italia - Italy
Astron / Amaya - Mexico
Trimtech - NZ Australia
FAINSA Vectra - India
Freedman - USA
Hamraz Mashad - Iran
FAINSA INDIA
Location - Bangalore
FAINSA CHINA
Location - Xiamen
FAINSA TRIMTECH
Location - Auckland
FAINSA AMAYA / ASTRON
Location - Mexico
FAINSA UK
Great Britain
ACCIO
France
IPE
Portugal
TOJO
Norway
EUROALPHA
Austria
Germany
Poland
INDIGO
South Africa
PRIMA
Indonesia
OEM
Singapore
Group Turnover 124M Euro
Units / Year 740,000
Employees 780
Plant Area 95,000 m2
Reinvestment The FAINSA policy is to re-invest 3-5%
of turnover each year in our research
and development programme. Finding
new and exciting products for the
future.
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Fainsa has a fully equipped laboratory where
all seating related tests required by government
bodies can be performed. An example of the
tests we can perform in house :-
• Seat strength
• Accelerated aging of components
• Fire Tests required from many different
countries
• Reaction of vibration on the seat structure
• Toxicity of foams and fabric
• Seat belt anchorage testing
• In vehicle homologation and Type Approval
• Head Impact and Energy Absorbing Criteria
• Wearing of components under critical stress
• Reaction to climatic change and UV sunlight
• Fabric durability
Fainsa has full experience in Fire Testing and is a
member of ELAF (The Association of Spanish
Fire Testing Laboratories)
After 76 years FAINSA has excellent experience
and technological know how to perform in house
Test at the customers demands.
Recently, FAINSA has invested over 100,000 Euro
in the purchase of new machines required for the
new European Rail EN 45545
Other tests performed at FAINSA have been
• 95/28EC
• BS 6853 D.8.5 Cat 1A, Cat1B, Cat 2
• BS 476
• BS 5852
• FMVSS 302
• For Fainsa, good quality production is
central to the companies health and well-
being.
• Using a Barcode technology, this allows
us to follow each order every second of
the day. We can closely monitor each
stage of the process from pre production
right through to pre delivery. Allowing the
customer to know exactly what stage
their particular order is.
• All FAINSA orders are given their unique
number. This DNA reference gives us
traceability on all manufactured parts.
Even after many years, FAINSA people
can access the order and understand
everything
• FAINSA also invests heavily in new plant
and machinery to support its growing
manufacturing process.
Automated Steel Tube & Steel Plate
RackingSystem
3 x Robotic Welding Machines
CN Cutting Machines
CN Bending Machines
In House Polyurethane Foam
Carrosel
Hydraulic Presses from 20 tonnes up
to 200 tonnesEpoxy Powder Coat paint line
• The craftsmanship involved in our soft
trimming, cutting and sewing
departments is never underestimated
because this is the aesthetic face of the
FAINSA seats. We give it great
importance and have a R&D area
focussed on trimming. This dept’ works
upon new customer designs utilising
experience passed down from many
generations
• FAINSA has 2 main warehouse sites
where spare parts are held in line with
our customers contractual requirements.
To date, we hold over 10,000 different
parts for our range of seats, new and old.
• The assembly line of all orders is the
powerful engine room of FAINSA. Using
the latest Kaizen techniques focuses our
direction towards continual improvement
and on-time delivery
Lectra Digital Cutting Machine In House Sewing lines
2 x Warehouse for stocks of old and
new parts
2 x 5m long pre-cutting tables
Rail Assembly LineBus & Coach Assembly Line
• FAINSA invests heavily in the
latest 2D & 3D computer aided
design programmes. All new
seats produced by FAINSA are
produced in 3D design.
• Our technical office can produce
customised interior renders of
our seats fitted inside trains,
coach and buses.
• The office has a team of 30
trained staff split between our
Rail and Bus projects.
• The FAINSA technical office is
capable of the full design
process. From conceptual idea;
through the full development
process; to First Article
Inspection and to final
production.
Latest 3d design Data and Supplier Verification
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