The first foldable kid car seat to easy travel in family

Informations projet

4 ALL

N° de convention de subvention: 868038

DOI

10.3030/868038

Projet clôturé

Date de signature de la CE 23 Avril 2019

Date de début 1 Mai 2019

Date de fin 31 Août 2019

Financé au titre de

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs

Coût total

€ 71 429,00

Contribution de l’UE

€ 50 000,00

Coordonné par

NACHFOLGER GMBH
Austria

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - 4 ALL (The first foldable kid car seat to easy travel in family)

Période du rapport: 2019-05-01 au 2019-08-31

Résumé du contexte et des objectifs généraux du projet

Travelling with kids requires to transport heavy bulky child car seats. New parents now drive the market demanding for family-oriented travel products. Moreover, society demands getting around bigger urban areas conveniently and with little environmental impact. However, there is no flexible, foldable, light and safe child car seat solution in the market. Buying a new car seat for every stage can get expensive. Group 1/2/3 seats are increasing in popularity among parents nevertheless they are heavier and not usually i-Size compatible. Nachfolger addresses precisely these problems. 4ALL is an ultra-foldable child car seat to transport children between 9 and 36 kg. It has a convertible platform to adapt the seat for rear and for-ward-facing lateral protection. So 4ALL can be used in any travel situation guaranteeing the safety of children of all ages.

Travail effectué depuis le début du projet jusqu’à la fin de la période considérée dans le rapport et principaux résultats atteints jusqu’à présent

From a technical point of view, we have concluded to the technical tasks that need to be realized in order to lead 4ALL to commercialization. We have elaborated the plan in order to finalise the design and validate the car-seat including the requirements for the certification, as well as the selection of test laboratories where these tests will be performed. From a commercial point of view, we have elaborated a business plan to launch the 4ALL car-seat into the targeted markets. In the commercialization plan, FtO has been confirmed and we implemented an in-depth analysis of the targeted markets in order to evaluate the sector and the best penetration strategy. A pricing policy has been established as well as the identification of the target audiences and messages for them. From a financial point of view, we have estimated the costs to bring 4ALL to market and elaborated a financial plan, that showed positive figures that encourage the continuation of this project.

Progrès au-delà de l’état des connaissances et impact potentiel prévu (y compris l’impact socio-économique et les conséquences sociétales plus larges du projet jusqu’à présent)

Nachfolger seeks to revolutionize car-seat engineering thanks to its folding mechanism based in the inflatable SAS technology to enable a quick deployment/folding providing a substantial cost reduction for the parents and impeccable safety for children. With 4ALL we will become an industrial standard with a unique solution that will disrupt EU and international car-seat markets. Once the final design is tested and validated, we expect to hit the market by 2022, unblocking €30,7 million revenues with €10 million of cumulative profits by 2026. This will entail the enlargement of our workforce with 12 new employees.

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