Kotobuki Seating started life over a century ago in Tokyo. Our founders were pioneers and innovators. Unafraid of evolution, today’s Kotobuki Seating Group has grown strategically to incorporate seating companies from around the world, selected for their excellence in their fields. This allows us to be nimble, and to develop fruitful creative relationships with architects, designers, and venue managers worldwide. Wherever people come together you will find us, and we are rightly proud of our global portfolio of installations, which includes some of the world’s most spectacular venues for entertainment, sport, and education.
Kotobuki Japan
The Japanese powerhouse of seating, Kotobuki have offices worldwide. We are renowned for our design and precision engineering. As well as beautiful retractable and fixed seating for sports venues, theatres and performing arts, we also manufacture sleep pods, street furniture, signage and play equipment.
Audience Systems
From our Wiltshire based factory and headquarters, Audience Systems Seating are the leading UK designer, manufacturer, and installer of retractable and auditorium seating. We have over 50 years’ experience managing projects of all sizes, including major international arenas, complex theatre multi-space projects schools, universities, and sports halls across the UK and overseas.
Ferco Seating
Ferco Seating Systems was established in 1983 by CEO, Tim Barr. In almost 40 years Ferco has grown into one of the world's largest international manufacturers of auditorium, cinema, education, and sports spectator seating. We have offices in the UK, manufacturing facilities in Malaysia, regional operations centres in Singapore and a network of agents in Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Rim.
Quinette Gallay
Joining the Kotobuki Group in 2014, QG have been the last word in elegant auditorium, theatre, and cinema seating across the continent since 1947. One of Europe’s most respected brands in seating design, we are renowned for our experience, craftsmanship and creative flair. We have seated bastions of French culture such as Maison de la Radio and the Archipelago Theatre as well as a host of high-profile opera houses, conference venues, cinemas and theatres across the world.
Interkal
With our HQ, manufacturing and design centre in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Interkal produces telescopic bleacher seating for school gymnasiums and a spectator seating for indoor and outdoor stadiums and arenas. Our clients include Carolina Panthers, Tennessee Titans, Madison Square Gardens, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and many others.
