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About Gerald Freedman

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Jerry freedman has been CEO of Freedman Seating Company for eight years.  Before that he was president since 1973. Jerry Graduated in 1959 from IIT with a Bachelor of Science and Engineering.  Freedman is a leading manufacturer of bus seats for buses of all types from vans to city buses.  They are the leading manufacturer of upholstered seats for walk-in trucks.  Freedman is reaching out to new markets such as rail and ferry boats.  Freedman was founded in 1893 and has been a family business ever since.  Presently Jerry has a son and two step sons who are now running day to day operations in the company.