'Driver seats for old cabins and

new cabins to meet the norm‘

UIC 612
UIC 651
DIN 5566
EN 45545
SAVAS Seating Group
 Introduction

• speaker: Frans-jozef van Seumeren (owner)

• company introduction SAVAS | Public Transport | Seating

SAVAS | public transport | Seating BV

 Short history SAVAS
 family owned company
 selling (industrial) driver seats since 1962
 head office in the Netherlands
 branches in NL, Germany, Belgium and France
 cooperation with BE-GE for Scandinavia and England
 in public transport since 1999

SAVAS | public transport | Seating BV

 Mission
…to develop, produce and deliver
ergonomic seats for drivers - operators
of all kind of vehicles and machines….

SAVAS | public transport | Seating BV

 Activities
SAVAS:
• develops, manufactures and supplies ergonomic
driver seats for all vehicles.
• provides spare parts for all brands of seats
• provides service facilities in many places in the
Benelux and on location

SAVAS | public transport | Seating BV

Connection SAVAS – BE-GE

Be-Ge Industri and SAVAS Seating are

business partners for more than 25 years.

Both companies are specialized in seating

solutions for public transport.

SAVAS | public transport | Seating BV

Development according to norms
 Procedure
 Intake
 Customers wish
 Measurements old small cabins
 Prototypes
 Testing
 Series

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Public Transport | users
RAIL
NS (Dutch Railways) SBB
Railion MVG Mainz
Syntus SWK Krefeld
Connexxion NMBS – SNCB BE
Shunter - cargo MIVB – STIB
Lituanian rail - cargo Brussels
SNCF – TGV NCFL Luxembourg
DB De Lijn
Arriva TEC

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Public Transport | users
METRO TRAM
RET (Rotterdam) Connexxion
GVB (Amsterdam) GVB (Amsterdam)
SNCF(Paris) HTM (the Hague)
Munich U-Bahn RET (Rotterdam)
BVG Berlin Athens Tramways Comp
De Lijn - Antwerp - Oostende
Stadtwerke Dortmund
EVAG Essen
NVS Schwerin
KVB Köln
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Public Transport | OEM
Alstom La Rochelle
Alstom Valenciennes
Alstom Salzgitter
AnsaldoBreda
Bombardier Bautzen
Bombardier Bruges
Bombardier Aachen
Siemens Krefeld
APTS (Philias project)
Stadler
Vossloh
CAF
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the seats

SEATING RANGE FOR RAIL OPERATORS

 the cabins

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NS | Dutch Railways

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 SNCF | Cartier

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SNCF | De Champlain

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SNCF | De Beauchêne (TGV - THALYS)

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SNCF | De la Perouse

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SBB | Bombardier

UIC 651

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BVG | Berlin

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NVS | Schwerin

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SWK | Krefeld
MVG | Mainz

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Shunter | Cargo
Lituania | Cargo

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MIVB

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 SYNTUS
CONNEXXION

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 GVB | TRAM

GVB | METRO

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RET | TRAM

RET | METRO

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James Cook | rail seat

Development

Turnlift

UIC 612
Fire Norms

Customers:

Bordeaux – Chennai – Aubagne - Nottingham

Moscow – Casablanca – Paris – Constantine
Essen – Jakarta – St Etienne – Mannheim
 ‘certified for
underground
equipped with
unique turnlift’
complies with
all applicable norms

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 ‘full electric servo driven adjustment
with ASM (Active Seat Management)’

Auto Position Memory Recall

iPhone Android Interface
HF RFID Reader for ID
PC Control System Interface
CAN BUS Interface
Web Management
Bluetooth Control
TCP/IP Network Interface
WIFI Network Interface

To be set and adjust by ASM (Active Seat

ASM Management) - GUI - Buttonbox - Bluetooth - I-
phone - personal Key(card) - GPRS etc.
- the ‘growing’ seat
- especially made for rail operators
- superb comfort
- highly adjustable for a large population (P1-P99)
- servo driven
- safe, healthy and reliable
- easy maintenance
- state of the art in styling and technology
 Livingstone by SAVAS
innovative servo driven memory seat
The SAVAS // Livingstone is a highly innovative servo driven seat for public transport drivers. The seat is suitable for a
full range of operator sizes. The settings of each driver can be stored in the memory of the seat. Each operator drives
the vehicle with his own seat settings. The personalized memory function saves time and prevents potential personal
health problems caused by a misconfigured seat.

The Livingstone can

be equipped with a
total of 10 internal
motors. Adjustable
Headrest / Height

Back and
Upper Back Height
.

Lumbar Support

Front Seat Cushion Armrest Height / Angle

Fore / Aft Tilt / Foldable.
Back Cushion
GUI and / or button Angle Recline
box

Sliderail Seat Cushion

Fore / Aft Fore / Aft

Height Riser Vertical and Front and Back Tilt

control | GUI menu

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Livingstone memory seat

Helsinki
Hannover
Amsterdam
Livingstone HKL Helsinki tram

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Livingstone Heiterblick Üstra Hannover

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 BE-GE 86-52 | 3000 series | rotolift

‘3000 - new series

static, mechanical and
airsuspended seats voor
multi purpose solutions’

‘solid seat for Dutch

Railways and many
custom made others’
SAVAS Flip Up Seats and Accessoires
Thank you for your attention!

SAVAS Seating Group