Emar Manufacturas Metálicas S.A.

Passenger seating for public transport

Founded in 1961, Emar Manufacturas Metálicas S.A. designs, engineers, and manufactures passenger seats for public transportation. Its main focus is bus and coach seating, and it also makes seats for trains and boats. The company reports more than 60 years of industry experience.

Products and applications

Emar organizes its offering by vehicle and type of service:

• Bus: seats for urban, regional, long-distance, and specialty applications
• Train: seats for urban, regional, long-distance, and specialty service
• Boat: seats for specialty applications

Bus-seat models include Avance VIP, Avance X Luxury, Avance X Confort, Avance 1020, Avance 2050, and Ligero 1000 for long-distance service, as well as regional-service models. The company also offers custom seat configuration and maintenance.

Certifications and standards

Emar holds ISO 9001:2015 certification for manufacturing public-transport seating and ISO 14001:2015 certification. The company says its seats exceed safety standards applicable to train and bus seating, including Spanish and international road-transport regulations.

Kiel Group relationship

Emar’s website includes information about the European Kiel Group, of which the company says it is a part. Kiel began its international expansion through collaborations with seat manufacturers in Italy and Spain and has subsidiaries in Turkey (1996), Poland (1997), the Netherlands (2000), the United States (2009), Russia (2011), Macedonia (2017), North America, and China (2020).

Location and contact

Headquarters: 40 Portalada, La Portalada Industrial Park, 26006 Logroño, La Rioja, Spain. Phones: +34 941 233 622 and 941 233 622. Emails: info@emarkiel.com and ventas@emarkiel.com. Emar is on Facebook.