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History
1935
Establishment
of Reitter& Schefenacker in Esslingen, Germany, Production of
interior lights
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1938
Introduction of
tail lights
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1950
Initial production of
exterior mirrors
for passenger cars
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1969
Modern mirror-triangle
based
exterior mirror
adjustable from the inside of a car with a lever
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1985
Introduction of the
largest multi-colour injection moulding machine
in the world
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1995
Established large mirror production in
Hungary
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2000
Worldwide #1
in exterior mirrors following acquisition of Britax mirrors division (plants in
USA, UK, France, Spain, India, Korea and Australia
)
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2005
Relocation to new plant in
Korea
; Launch of the
first
video based blind spot detection system
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2006
Acquisition of
Engelmann companies
(exterior mirrors, interior mirrors and fuel filler flaps)
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2007
First combined power telescopic and power folding mirror; Renaming -
Schefenacker plc becomes Visiocorp plc
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2008
Opening of
Joint Venture
in China
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2009
Visiocorp Group becomes Member of Samvardhana Motherson Group
Visiocorp name Changed to SMR – Samvardhana Motherson Reflectec
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(C) 2009 SMR I
Legal notes
a member of
SAMVARDHANA MOTHERSON GROUP
