IN THE CHAIR
Czech company BORCAD is a leading European producer of railway and medical seating technologies. The company exports to more than 80 countries worldwide and, with its unique design and original construction solutions, is one of the most innovative companies in this field. Romana Moares reports.
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ORCAD cz was founded in 1990 as a design and development studio by its present co-owner and managing director Ivan Boruta. The management soon established that in order to survive and grow, the company needed to offer its own products. It began to focus on the development and production of state-of-the-art seating technologies in two business lines – medical solutions and railway solutions. Michal Števula, the company’s marketing manager, explains that in recent years the company has grown rapidly to its current 250 employees and has successfully expanded into new markets, including China. “This year we have started to offer customers our capacities in the area of testing, including the services of our testing laboratory, which is becoming our third line of business,” he explains. BORCAD’s key strength is its high quality R&D and design competence. All products boast unique technical solutions and exquisite 168 Industry Europe
design. In 2011 the company received the prestigious Red Dot Design Award for its gynaecology chair GRACIE and a year later for the design of the luxury train seat COMFORT.
Three pillars The railway line offers a full range of products for carriage interiors, from the standards seats for regional trains to the luxury, fully electrically operated seats for long-distance trains. The company supplies seats for regional trains servicing all key airports in Moscow and was one of the suppliers for the 2014 winter Olympic Games in Sochi. Borcad seats are even fitted in the Pendolino trains. Its customer portfolio includes such renowned names as Siemens, Stadler and Deutsche Bahn. In the medical sector, BORCAD focuses on the development, design and production of birthing beds, gynaecological, dialysis,
