Gentherm Incorporated designs, develops, manufactures, and sells thermal management and pneumatic comfort technologies in the United States, China, Germany, Czech Republic, South Korea, Mexico, Slovakia, Romania, Japan, United Kingdom 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; 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. It also provides automotive cable technology, such as ready-made individual cables and ready-to-install cable networks used to connect components to power sources; battery performance solutions consist of cell connecting devices and battery cable technologies used for various types of batteries and thermal management products; valve systems for brake and engine systems, and fuel management; and electronic and software systems include electronic control units for climate and comfort systems, and electronic control units for memory seat modules and other devices. In addition, the company offers patient temperature management systems under the Blanketrol and Astotherm brands for hyper-hypothermia therapy in intensive care, normothermia in surgical procedures, and additional warming/cooling therapies. It serves light vehicle original equipment manufacturers and tier 1, and medical industry. Gentherm Incorporated was formerly known as Amerigon Incorporated and changed its name to Gentherm Incorporated in September 2012. The company was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Northville, Michigan.
