Recaro

. Using a split reel allows film to be shipped or handled in a lighter and smaller form than film would on a "fixed" reel. Recaro seats are also used in the Leopard 2 MBT. A Split Reel is a motion picture film reel in two halves that, when assembled, hold a specific length of motion picture film that has been wound on a plastic core. Meanwhile, Recaro seats were seeing applications in a variaty of cars from the Aston Martin V03 to the Audi S series and RS Series, to the Beetle RSI, as well as the addition of the side Airbag seat to the Recaro Product line. It runs, at sound speed, approximately the same amount of time (11-12 minutes) as a 1000 foot 35mm reel. Their operations went world wide as they established Recaro North America, Recaro UK, Recaro South East Asia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Recaro France in Mont Saint Algnan. A 16mm "reel" is 400 feet.

The 1990s was a period of great change for Recaro. Had it not been standardized (at 1000 feet of 35mm film) there would have been many difficulties in the manufacture of the related equipment. In 1983, Keiper purchases all shares in Recaro and establishes Keiper Recaro GmbH & Co. The "reel" was established as a standard measurement because of considerations in printing motion picture film at a film laboratory, for shipping (especially the film case sizes) and for the size of the physical film magazine attached to the motion picture projector. In 1969, The Ruetters family sells their ownership of Recaro to three companies, Keiper, Huber & Wagner, and Metzeler after facing economic problems. A so-called "two-reeler" would have run about 20-24 minutes since the actual short film shipped to a movie theater for exhibition may have had slightly less (but rarely more) than 1000 feet on it. The company begins producing both production seats for Porsche and a seperate line of seats for re-fits into any car. This length runs approximately 12 minutes at sound speed and slightly longer at silent movie speed (which may vary from approximately 16 to 18 frames per second).

In 1963 Porsche takes over management of the entire company and renames it Recaro GmbH & Co, changing the company focus to producing top quality seats for Porsche vehicles, and the company ceases producing Vehicle Bodies entirely. It is traditional to discuss the length of theatrical motion pictures in terms of "reels." The standard length of a 35mm motion picture reel is 1000 feet. New car manufacturing methods reduce the size of the car body market in the 1950s, and Reutter finds itself on hard times. In this case, several windings are needed to create a layer on the reel. In 1930 they started producing bodies for the Volkswagen Beetle, and in 1949 had a huge break though when Porsche started using their bodies for their sports cars. In cases where the material is more uniform in cross-section (for example, a cable), the material may be safely wound around a reel that is wider than its width. Founded in 1906 as a car body producer, the company (named Reutter at the time for it's founder Wilhelm Reutter) made a name for itself producing Limousine bodies in the 1920s. With material such as photographic film that is flat and long but is relatively wide, the material generally is stored in successive single layers.

. Also sometimes the core may be made larger to allow for stuff to be mounted on it, as in the case of an extension reel for example. Recaro is a German company based in Stuttgart, well known for their bucket seats and commonly contracted to produce upgraded racing style seats for all the sporty cars built by the Volkswagen Group as well as many other manufacturers. However there is a limit to how tightly the stored material can be wound without damaging it and this limits how small the core can be. "Recaro Company History Timeline". A smaller core will obviously allow more material to be stored in a given space. The size of the core is dependent on several factors.

In some cases the core is hollow, although other items may be mounted on it, and grips may exist for mechanically turning the reel. Generally a reel has a cylindrical core and walls on the sides to retain the material wound around the core. A reel is an object around which lengths of another material (usually long and flexible) are wound for storage. Most rope and cable is supplied on reels.

A reel is used on a fishing rod to wind the fishing line up.