Sitech Sitztechnik (Polkowice, Poland), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group, manufactures steel frames for car seats. Recently, the company, which operates plants in both Europe and China, upgraded its Polish manufacturing facilities to increase production capacity to 53,000 seats and 77,000 seat backrests per week.
Overall, the facility is divided into four production sections: backrest preassembly and final assembly; seat preassembly; and final assembly. Production lines include automatic riveting, tightening and joining stations, as well as 32 robotic welding workcells and several dozen manual assembly stations.