Seton Company, Inc. or the Seton Leather Company of Pennsylvania (SEPA)[1] is a former manufacturer and supplier of leather products—and later brand[2]—for automotive interiors.[3] The company was founded in 1906[3] by German tanner[4] Joespeh Kaltenbacher[5] and was one of the largest leather suppliers for automotive upholstery.[6] It was based in West Bloomfield, Michigan[3] and previously headquartered in Norristown, Pennsylvania.[4][7][8][9][10][11] On January 3, 2011, the company became a subsidiary of GST AutoLeather, Inc.,[2][12] making the world's largest seat supplier for the automotive industry[13] and rebranding as GST Seton AutoLeather.[14] In 2021, GST was renamed Pangea.[14]

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