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Diono is an American company that manufactures child safety seats as well as travel, stroller and car seat accessories. Based in Sumner, Washington, Diono was founded in 1999 as Sunshine Kids Juvenile Products. It introduced a device to tighten seat belts used with car seats to the industry and holds various patents. In 2006 the Radian was the first steel framed folding car seat.
Diono was founded as Sunshine Kids Juvenile Products in 1999 after the invention of Mighty-Tite, which was designed to tighten seat belts around car seats. At the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association show in 1999, Mighty-Tite was awarded the "Show Off" Product Innovation Award. In 2002, Mother & Baby magazine recognized the Mighty-Tite with the Most Innovative Product Award.
The company released the Radian car seat, the first folding steel framed car seat, in 2005. In 2007, the company released the Monterey Expandable Booster, the first height and width-adjustable child booster seat that could be adjusted as children grow.
In 2011, Sunshine Kids Juvenile Products changed its name to Diono. In May 2015, it was announced that Winona Capital, a Chicago-based private equity firm, had made a controlling investment in Diono. In 2016 the Quantum Stroller was launched.
In August 2017, it was announced that Diono had acquired We Made Me, a manufacturer of baby wearing products. In November 2017 Tim Maule was appointed CEO. In May 2018 Peter Wilfahrt was appointed CDO. Diono launched a car seat series in 2018. The Rainier car seat super-seeded by the model 2AX and 2AXT.
In 2019 Diono won the renown Red Dot Design Award with its baby carrier Carus Complete. Diono celebrated the first International Child Passenger Safety Technician Appreciation Day on September 14.