Kico und ISH Group

KICO and ISH are leading suppliers for the international automotive industry.

KICO is a leading and rich in tradition supplier for the international automotive industry. In addition to its headquarters in Germany, KICO operates two other sites in Poland. KICO develops, industrializes, and manufactures market-oriented, competitive safety components for passenger cars. The products meet the elevated requirements of the European automotive industry and range from active and passive hinges and closure systems, through mechatronic backrest adjusters to active aerodynamic systems. As a Tier-1 supplier KICO mainly serves automotive OEMs and, thanks to its high flexibility and in-depth know-how, can offer its customers tailor-made solutions with the expected highest product and delivery quality.

Innomotive Systems Hainichen (ISH) is a leading manufacturer of high-precision machined door hinges made of steel or aluminium, as well as complex door checks, hinges for hoods, tailgates, and lids. The company is the world’s number one supplier of aluminium hinges for automotive applications with headquarters in Hainichen, Germany and subsidiary in Nanjing, China. Since its foundation in 1992, ISH established itself as a leading Tier-1 supplier serving automotive OEMs products for passenger as well as commercial vehicles. ISH offers to its customers a one-stop-shop covering the entire value chain from customer-specific development of products, CNC machining, broaching, welding, hardening to semi and fully automated assembly lines with integrated quality checks.

Strategy
KICO positions itself as a preferred strategic partner with a high degree of connectivity and expertise for customers in the automotive industry. With its technical competence, KICO aims to further expand its market position in the areas of closure systems and hinges and to consolidate and strengthen the market position already achieved in the still young product area of aerodynamic systems. KICO focuses on the optimization of operational excellence to further strengthen the basis for the future growth.

ISH is deeply involved in the co-development of customer components taking advantage of its highly skilled R&D team. ISH focuses on strengthening and diversifying its OEM portfolio, delivering customized solutions. To support its international reach, ISH plans to further leverage its subsidiary in China and further develop its growth.

In addition, the two companies will grow closer together as synergies are leveraged. This will lead to cost reduction potential in the administrative area as well as growth potential on the sales side through cross-selling and higher competitiveness due to the international production footprint.