Relentless innovation for our customers’ success – and for the safety of those who touch our door handles every day: drivers around the world. With the latest door handle innovation, Huf combines technological progress and years of research into one product for safety and reliability. This door handle meets global regulations and is set to captivate customers, including in China, who from 2027 will enjoy an extraordinary access experience paired with an innovative emergency opening function. Want to know more? Let's get in touch.
Overview
You can feel the passion
For many people, it’s just a door handle, for us it’s a passion: The door handle is the first point of contact between the driver and the car, and this first impression needs to be unique, just like the respective vehicle. And in any case, it needs to be positive. Huf offers the broadest variety of door handle systems in the world for an individual product and brand experience.
Car door handle portfolio
The right car door handle solution – for every customer, every market, every vehicle
Integrated sensor technologies
Pull door handle - the evergreen
From compact cars to luxury sedans and trucks – Huf provides all kind of vehicle and variants worldwide with pull door handles. On request, we integrate mechanical locking cylinders and electronic components for touch recognition and other sensor-based passive entry systems into the individually designed door handle systems consisting of an internal bearing bracket and an external handle.
Integrated Huf Standard Actuator
The minimalist among top performers
The rotational flush door handle is a favorite choice for all vehicle concepts that value lightweight design and maximum performance. It captivates drivers with an extraordinary welcome effect. As Huf continuously refines this handle for diverse vehicles and customers on the road, it ranks among the lightest and most compact on the market. The scalable door handle impresses with automatic extension, illumination, and touch-sensitive surfaces.
This door handle breaks the ice
For a true car enthusiast, the heart beats faster when approaching their car. The excitement grows when the car “greets” them with door handle signals and lights. Even those less passionate about cars are impressed by these effects – along with the haptic feedback when pulling the handle, which underlines the vehicle’s premium quality. It knows how to break the ice: The Passive Entry system detects the key as you approach, sends a quick impulse to the door handle to break through even heavy ice, and ensures reliable extension. A hidden emergency lock cylinder remains available upon request, as well as an emergency opening function for first responders and rescue teams.
Premium door handle with patented emergency opening
A still life to touch – Fixed flush door handles are the first choice for extraordinary vehicle de-signs in the premium segment. Thanks to a variety of shapes, surfaces, and materials, the door handle becomes an impressive design element that seamlessly blends into elegant vehicle lines. Opening is enabled by nearly invisible soft-touch modules or inductive sensors hidden in the handle recess – delivering the unique haptic experience that defines every Huf solution. What excites us most: renowned premium manufacturers rely on this handle variant and integrate Huf’s patented emergency opening function. Learn more in this press release.
Customized solutions for extraordinary car concepts
Some cars demand extravagant solutions. This is especially true for sports cars as well as many premium and luxury models that strive to stand out from the crowd. The door handle must blend seamlessly into this design language while ensuring reliable and impressive access in every road situation. That’s why Huf develops custom door handles on request, which, like the car itself, push boundaries and set new standards. Just like the American supercar enhanced by this handle.
References
Customers Trust the Door Handle Specialist
Huf is the global market leader for automotive door handles, supplying more than 70 automotive customers around the world. Customers can rely on direct Huf contacts on-site – at our Tech Centers, in our production facilities for mechanics, mechatronics, and electronics, and in the largest door handle painting facilities in each region.
Competences
Development and production from a single source
Know-how from the market leader
Huf has developed most of the world’s car door handles and made them ready for series production. We understand customers and market requirements.
Manufacturing expertise from a single source
We can cast, spray, paint, and deliver just-in-time top quality from our 14 plants. You can learn more about our manufacturing expertise here.
Custom solutions
Thanks to our integrated development and manufacturing expertise, we can meet virtually all customer requirements. We supply complete door handle systems and also offer individual components – from door handle brackets and decorative panels to electronic components for passive entry integrated into the door handles, which we also manufacture at our plants around the world.
Milestones
We have paved the way
As a specialist for secure car access and authorization Huf has significantly influenced the development towards the digital key with numerous milestones. For example, Huf supplied the first door handle with integrated NFC technology and enable opening via smartphone.
Remote access starts with Huf
In 1989, Huf became the first automotive supplier worldwide to produce an infrared key. The Mercedes SL (R129) was the first car that car drivers could open and close from a distance at the push of a button.
Passive access
With door handles from Huf, drivers can enter the vehicle without actively using the key for the first time ever. Car manufacturers have sold this revolutionary technology with illustrious names such as Keyless-Go (Mercedes) or Comfort Access (BMW). Huf was the first automotive supplier to introduce NFC technology into the door handle.
Digital key
As a specialist for car access and authorization, Huf recognized the trend towards digital keys early on. As early as 2014, Huf founded the subsidiary Huf Secure Mobile (today Liberkee) and now offers digital key management for car rental companies and car sharing providers.
Huf actively involved in development
Huf is a permanent member of the industry-wide working groups FiRa and Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC). Together with representatives of automotive manufacturers and suppliers as well as chip and smartphone manufacturers, Huf is working on worldwide digital key standards.
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