Inteva Products
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| Limited Liability Company | |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Troy, Michigan, United States |
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Key people
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Lon Offenbacher (CEO, President, Founder) William Dircks (Chief Financial Officer) |
| Products | Vehicle electronics, systems, modules, & components |
| Website | IntevaProducts.com |
Inteva Products, LLC (pronounced In-tee-va) is one of the world's largest global automotive suppliers. Primarily serving original equipment vehicle manufacturers (OEMs) in the automotive industry, Inteva is headquartered in Troy, Michigan and has 42 locations in 18 countries on four continents. Although the Inteva Products brand name was introduced to the marketplace in 2008, the company holds a rich international history tracing back to the establishment of German carriage supplier Traugott Golde in 1872. It is currently owned by Renco Group.
Although the Inteva Products brand name was introduced to the marketplace in 2008, the company holds an international history tracing back to the establishment of German carriage supplier Traugott Golde in 1872. In the following 30 years, four additional automotive suppliers, Inland Manufacturing Company, Fisher Body Company, Guide Lamp and Arvin Heater Company were born, creating the origins of Inteva’s four major product lines. The first powered airplane flight of American brothers and inventors Orville and Wilbur Wright on December 17, 1903 holds an important position not only in America’s legacy but also in Inteva’s. In 1917, the owners of the Dayton Metal Products Company sought Orville Wright’s guidance in their experiments with airplanes, thus giving birth to the Dayton Wright Airplane Company. Over the next five years the company became a General Motors subsidiary and was renamed “Inland,” a name that would suit any product it manufactured. By the end of this era, the Inland Manufacturing Company had replaced all wood materials with rubber and plastic, giving rise to Inteva’s long-standing history with plastics. Another large supplier, Guide Motor Lamp Manufacturing Company, was formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1906 to repair carriages and acetylene auto lamps. Two years after its foundation, the company produced the first electrical headlamp. Meanwhile, the Fisher Body Company was getting its start in Detroit in 1908 and found quick success in the city, becoming the world’s largest supplier of automotive bodies in the world by 1914. Another native Detroit company, Ternstedt Manufacturing Company, began in 1917 after Alvar K. Ternstedt invented the first practical window regulator. And in 1920, Inteva’s last major predecessor the Arvin Heater Company was formed in Indianapolis, after Richard Hood Arvin invented and began producing a new automobile heater.
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