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An Engineering Partner,
Not Just A Supplier.
Rea Automotive is the partner OEMs bring their hardest programs to — inventing the toolmaking, high-tonnage molding, and intelligent automation that turn complex tolerances into scalable series production under one integrated roof.
Founded 1994IATF 16949 Certified3 Production Sites
WHO WE ARE
We Engineer Solutions, Not Just Parts
We began in 1994 as a tool shop — engineers who solved problems in steel long before anyone shipped a part… As the industry fragmented… we did the opposite and pulled it all under one roof… That vertical depth is why OEMs bring us the programs that cannot afford a surprise… the line of accountability is short — and it is ours.
Rea Automotive was founded in 1994 as a precision die and mold workshop serving regional powertrain suppliers. Rather than outsourcing tooling as the industry consolidated, we deepened it: acquiring HKR in 2006, adding high-tonnage molding, then building automated inspection cells around the presses.
The result is an unusually short line between design intent and a validated production part. Co-engineering, moldflow simulation, tool fabrication, tryout, series molding, and end-of-line verification all happen inside our own walls — which is why our customers come to us with the programs that cannot afford a surprise at launch.
Toolroom Floor, StuttgartDie qualification prior to first tryout shot
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TRAJECTORY
Milestones
Every step below pulled a capability in-house that we used to buy in — removing a handoff where quality could slip, and giving us one more thing we could invent rather than order.
1994
Founded As A Tool Shop
Six toolmakers, three manual mills, and one belief that still holds: a part is only ever as good as the tool that makes it. First dies built for regional powertrain suppliers.
2006
HKR Comes In-House
Acquiring HKR brought high-cavitation mold design and EDM under our own roof — the specialist division that still carries the name today.
2015
Automated Molding Hall
High-tonnage presses paired with robotic take-out, in-mold labelling and closed-loop cavity-pressure control — series volume without giving up tool-shop precision.
2023
E-Mobility Line
Dedicated cell for battery module enclosures and high-voltage insulation components, with optical AI inspection at end of line.
FOOTPRINT
Where We Operate
Three sites, deliberately specialised — so tooling, series molding, and electrification work never compete for the same floor space.
DE — HEADQUARTERS
Stuttgart
Tooling, co-engineering, simulation and mold tryout. Home of the HKR Tool Shop.
Floor area 14,200 m²
Headcount 210
Established 1994
CZ — SERIES PRODUCTION
Plzeň
High-tonnage injection molding, robotic assembly cells and end-of-line verification.
Floor area 22,600 m²
Headcount 185
Established 2015
MX — ELECTRIFICATION
Querétaro
Battery enclosures, busbar carriers and NAFTA-region program support.
Floor area 9,800 m²
Headcount 85
Established 2023
HOW WE WORK
The Way We Partner
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Co-Engineering, Early
We join at the concept stage, not at the finished drawing — shaping the part while it can still be made better, cheaper, or simpler to tool.
02
One Roof, No Handoffs
Tooling, molding, automation and inspection under a single roof and a single team, so quality has no seam to slip through.
03
Invent-First
When a program has no off-the-shelf answer, we build the tooling and process that don’t exist yet — that’s the work we look for.
04
Zero-Surprise Launch
Validation is designed in from the outset, so the first series parts behave exactly like the design intent — on schedule.
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In For The Long Run
We stay accountable across the life of the program — not just to the next purchase order.
GOVERNANCE
Certified, Audited, Traceable
Quality is a system, not an inspection step. Our management framework is externally audited annually, and every production lot carries a traceable record from resin batch through cavity pressure curve to final dimensional report.
IATF 16949
Automotive quality management system, certified across all three production sites.
ISO 9001
Baseline quality management certification maintained since 1999.
ISO 14001
Environmental management, covering regrind recovery and energy intensity targets.
TISAX
Information security assessment for handling OEM engineering data.
CONNECT
LET'S BUILD WHAT'S NEXT.
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Global engineering and manufacturing partner providing high-precision tooling, plastic injection molding, and automated robotic systems for the tier-1 automotive sector.
IATF 16949 / ISO 9001 CERTIFIED
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Headquarters
Rea Automotive Systems Corp.
Industriestraße 48
D-70565 Stuttgart, Germany
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