Sabelt S.p.A. is an Italian company founded in 1972 by Piero and Giorgio Marsiaj, that designs and manufactures
original equipment (OEM)
car seat
A car seat is the seat used in automobiles. Most car seats are made from inexpensive but durable material in order to withstand prolonged use. The most common material is polyester.
Bucket seat and bench seat
A bucket seat is a separate ...
s,
seat belts
A seat belt (also known as a safety belt, or spelled seatbelt) is a vehicle safety device designed to secure the driver or a passenger of a vehicle against harmful movement that may result during a collision or a sudden stop. A seat belt reduc ...
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motorsport
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products, and seatbelts for military, aviation, and aerospace applications.
Sabelt sells ultralight racing suits, carbon fiber seats that adapt to the driver and seat belts for cars of all types of racing.
From the world of motorsport, it has developed a range of sports seats for car manufacturers.
Each seat is designed and created exclusively by Sabelt in collaboration with its customers, the car manufacturers. Its main partners are: Ferrari, McLaren, Alpine, Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Cupra, Audi, Jaguar, Maserati and Aston Martin.
Sabelt also creates safety belts for niche markets, including the military, aviation, and aerospace.
Since 2010, Sabelt has been the supplier of Thales Alenia Space Italia for the restraint systems of the Cygnus Orbital-ATK module (belts and nets).
Today Sabelt has 330 employees divided into 2 factories in Moncalieri.
History
Sabelt was founded in 1972 by Piero and Giorgio Marsiaj to produce seat belts for the car Industry. In the mid 1970s Sabelt began supplying seat belts for
Formula 1
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and
WRC
WRC may refer to:
Broadcasting stations
* WRC-TV, a television station (virtual channel 4, digital channel 34) licensed to Washington, D.C., United States
* Several radio stations in the Washington, D.C. area:
** WTEM, a radio station (980 AM) l ...
. In 1981 safety belts became mandatory for new car models in Italy and few years later Sabelt opened a plant in Poland. In the mid 2000s, Sabelt supplied seats for
Ferrari
Ferrari S.p.A. (; ) is an Italian luxury sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari (1898–1988) in 1939 from the Alfa Romeo racing division as ''Auto Avio Costruzioni'', the company built its first car in ...
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McLaren
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Alpine
Alpine may refer to any mountainous region. It may also refer to:
Places Europe
* Alps, a European mountain range
** Alpine states, which overlap with the European range
Australia
* Alpine, New South Wales, a Northern Village
* Alpine National Pa ...
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Abarth
Abarth & C. S.p.A. () is an Italian racing and road car maker and performance division founded by Italo-Austrian Carlo Abarth in 1949. Abarth & C. S.p.A. is owned by Stellantis through its Italian subsidiary. Its logo is a shield with a styliz ...
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Jaguar
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, and
Chrysler
Stellantis North America (officially FCA US and formerly Chrysler ()) is one of the " Big Three" automobile manufacturers in the United States, headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan. It is the American subsidiary of the multinational automoti ...
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Auto parts suppliers of Italy
Automotive motorsports and performance companies
Automotive companies established in 1977
Italian companies established in 1977
Italian brands
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