Auburn’s Free Shuttle Features Freedman Feather Weight Seats

Tiger Transit is a free to student and faculty bus system supplied by Auburn University. It is tasked with ferrying students and faculty to and from various points on campus. Tiger Transit also stops at numerous off campus student housing locations and has dedicated routes to supermarkets and shopping centers. The bus fleet is seventy […]

FMS Seating Focuses on Luxury | LCT Magazine

LCT Magazine August 2015 By Tim Crowley, LCT senior editor   One of the most important amenities inside a luxury chauffeured vehicle is the seat. It provides one of the first client impressions and defines the ride. The overall comfort, look, and design of the seat will determine the client’s experience. FMS Seating provides the chauffeured transportation industry with the most upscale, […]

Your Feedback Helps Improve Our Web Site

Over the past month, we have engaged customer feedback on the overal usability of our Web site, http://www.freedmanseating.com. We recognize that changes in technology affect the way consumers experience the web, and we look forward to continue improving our site and related online tools. To start, we have taken the necessary steps to modify and […]

Senator Durbin (D-IL) and CTA Officials Visit Freedman Seating

CHICAGO – U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) visited Freedman Seating Company on Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Senator Durbin toured Freedman Seating’s facility with the company’s leadership and representatives from the Chicago Transit Authority. An open discussion with Senator Durbin and the CTA included topics such as: • workforce development initiatives • skilled labor and manufacturing careers • community […]

Tenth Annual National Dump The Pump Day

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 16, 2015 TENTH ANNUAL NATIONAL DUMP THE PUMP DAY TO BE HELD ON JUNE 18 Dump the Pump.  Ride Public Transit. Exton, PA — With the continued fluctuation of gas prices, 4ONE, a joint venture between Freedman Seating and USSC Group announced today that it will join with other public transportation […]

APTA Rail Conference | June 21-22, 2015

Freedman Seating Company will be exhibiting alongside USSC Group at the 2015 APTA Rail Conference at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City, UT from June 21-22. Freedman Seating continues its active participation with the American Public Transportation Association’s efforts in advocating for High Speed Rail transportation throughout North America. Booth 403 will feature both passenger […]

4ONE Announces New Seating Innovations for Transit and Motor Coach Industries

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 12, 2015 Exton, PA — In May, public transportation industry experts met at the APTA Bus and Paratransit Conference. The conference focused on providing individuals from the transportation industry with new technology breakthroughs, insights into today’s operations and maintenance environment and much more. The three day conference featured the Bus Products […]

Can US manufacturing move from faxes to robots? | BBC News

By Kim Gittleson BBC News, Chicago June 1, 2015 Craig Freedman is the chief executive of Freedman Seating, which was founded during the World’s Columbian Exhibition in Chicago in the 1890s. Now, the firm – located just a 20 minute drive west of Goose Island – has over $100m in revenue and 700 employees. “Every […]

TMA
 Hosts
 State 
Senator 
Van 
Pelt 
for 
Manufacturing 
Roundtable


On Monday, February 22nd, the
 Technology and 
Manufacturing 
Association 

hosted 
State 
Senator
 Patricia 
Van
Pelt 
(D‐5th
District)
 for 
a 
roundtable 
discussion 
of 
manufacturing 
issues
 at 
Freedman
 Seating
 Company
 on
 Chicago’s 
West
 Side. “I’d
 like
 to 
thank 
Senator 
Van 
Pelt 
for 
taking 
time 
out 
of
 her
 busy
 schedule
 to
 sit
 with
 us
 to
 discuss
 issues
 of
 importance
 to
 […]

New Seats Debut at Pacific Marine Expo

Seattle, WA — Freedman Seating Company has unveiled two new seats at this year’s Pacific Marine Expo (booth 1138). The Expo, which runs November 19th to November 21st is designed exclusively for commercial mariners from across the U.S. Attendees will explore the latest in equipment, propulsion, builders, suppliers, new products and fresh solutions. The Catalina and Genoa join […]

Washington Needs to Focus on Increased Long Term Investment | OP-ED

As our Congressional delegation returns to Illinois for a month-long recess, public transportation systems across the country and here in Chicago are urging passage of a long-term transportation bill. The current funding extension will expire on October 29, 2015, and the U.S. Senate has moved forward with the first step in the process by providing […]

Made in Michiana: FMS Seating Co. | ABC57 News

ROCHESTER, Ind. – Tucked somewhere between Leiters Ford and Rochester sits FMS Seating, a company known for making some of the most top of the line seats in the transportation industry. “The focus in this market is really high end, luxury, comfort,” said Managing Director, Christy Nunes. One major key is they are 100% hand […]

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