Gentherm Incorporated designs, develops, manufactures, and sells thermal management and pneumatic comfort technologies in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, Automotive and Medical.
The company offers climate comfort systems, including seat heaters, blowers, and thermoelectric devices for variable temperature climate control seats and steering wheel heaters to provide thermal comfort to automobile passengers. It also provides integrated electronic components, such as electronic control units; pneumatic lumbar and massage comfort solutions comprising lumbar support, side bolster adjustment, multi-contour seats, and massage systems; and other climate and comfort systems, including neck and shoulder conditioners, and climate control systems for door panels and armrests.
Additionally, Gentherm provides automotive cable technology, such as ready-made individual cables and ready-to-install cable networks used to connect components to power sources. Its battery performance solutions consist of cell connecting devices and battery cable technologies used for various types of batteries and thermal management products. The company also offers valve systems for brake and engine systems, and fuel management; and electronic and software systems, which include electronic control units for climate and comfort systems, and electronic control units for memory seat modules and other devices.
In the medical segment, the company offers patient temperature management systems under the Blanketrol/Kool-Kit/Maxi-Therm Lite, WarmAir/FilteredFlo, Astopad, Electri-Cool/Micro-Temp, Astotherm/Astoflo, and Hemotherm brands for hyper-hypothermia therapy in intensive care, normothermia in surgical procedures, and additional warming/cooling therapies.
Gentherm serves light vehicle original equipment manufacturers and tier 1s, as well as the medical industry. The company was formerly known as Amerigon Incorporated and changed its name to Gentherm Incorporated in September 2012. It was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Northville, Michigan.
