3.  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.
Mr Joan Singla Casasayas
President – FAINSA Group
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

4. 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

6. FAINSA Italia - Italy Hamraz Mashad - Iran
Freedman - USA
FAINSA Jaisong - China
Astron / Amaya - Mexico
FAINSA Vectra - India
Trimtech - NZ Australia

7. FAINSA INDIA
Location - Bangalore

8. FAINSA CHINA
Location - Xiamen

9. FAINSA TRIMTECH
Location - Auckland

10. FAINSA AMAYA / ASTRON
Location - Mexico

11. IPE ACCIO FAINSA UK TOJO
Portugal France Great Britain Norway
EUROALPHA
Austria
Germany
Poland
PRIMA
Indonesia
INDIGO OEM
South Africa Singapore

13.  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.

14. €50
€45
€40
€35
€30
Total €M
€25
Bus & Coach €M
Rail €M
€20
€15
€10
€5
€0
2006
2008 2007
2009
2009 2008
2010 2009
2011

15. 70
60
59
58
54
52
50
48
46
42
40 41
Domestic %
30
Export %
20
10
0
2006 2007 2008 2009
2008 2009 2010 2011

18. 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

19. 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

21. • For Fainsa, good quality production is
central to the companies health and well-
being.
• Using a Barcode technology, this allows
3 x Robotic Welding Machines
us to follow each order every second of
Automated Steel Tube & Steel Plate
RackingSystem 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
In House Polyurethane Foam
Carrosel
CN Cutting Machines
CN Bending Machines
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
Epoxy Powder Coat paint line Hydraulic Presses from 20 tonnes up
to 200 tonnes
manufacturing process.

22. • 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
Lectra Digital Cutting Machine In House Sewing lines
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
2 x 5m long pre-cutting tables 2 x Warehouse for stocks of old and
new parts 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
Bus & Coach Assembly Line Rail Assembly Line and on-time delivery

23. • 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,
Latest 3d design Data and Supplier Verification
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.
Interior Renders 2D data

41. 3500000
3000000
2500000
2000000
1500000
1000000
500000
0
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

42. 2007 2011
TPMR
TPMR
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Urbano
Naval
Naval
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