Autoliv Inc
Autoliv is the world’s leading supplier of automotive safety systems,
with a broad range of product offerings, including passive safety systems and
active safety systems that are sold within two operating segments, its Passive
Safety segment and its Electronics segment. Passive safety systems are primarily
meant to improve vehicle safety, and include modules and components for passenger
and driver-side airbags, side-impact airbag protection systems, seatbelts, steering
wheels, inflator technologies, whiplash protection systems and child seats,
and components for such systems passive safety electronic products, such as
restraint electronics and crash sensors. Active safety systems are designed
to make driving easier and more comfortable and to intervene before a collision
in order to make accidents avoidable or reduce the impact. Active safety products
include camera-based vision systems, night driving assist, automotive radars,
brake controls, positioning systems, electronic control units, and other active
safety systems, and passive safety electronic products, such as restraint electronics
and crash sensors. Autoliv has combined all of Autoliv’s electronics resources
and expertise in both passive safety electronics and active safety products
into its Electronics segment while its Passive Safety segment includes all of
its passive safety systems.
Including joint venture operations, Autoliv has approximately 78 production
facilities in 27 countries and our customers include the world’s largest
car manufacturers. Our geographical regions are Europe, the Americas, China,
Japan and the Rest of Asia (ROA).
Autoliv considers its products to be components of integrated automotive safety
systems.
Including joint venture operations, Autoliv has approximately 80 wholly or
partially owned or leased production facilities located in 28 countries, consisting
of both component factories and assembly factories. See “Item 2. Properties”
for a description of Autoliv’s principal properties. The component factories
manufacture inflators, initiators, textile cushions, webbing materials, electronics,
pressed steel parts, springs and overmoulded steel parts used in seatbelt and
airbag assembly, seat subsystems, steering wheels and our active safety and
night vision systems and our other safety electronic systems. The assembly factories
source components from a number of parties, including Autoliv’s own component
factories, and assemble complete restraint systems for “just-in-time”
delivery to customers. These factories also assemble our active safety and night
vision systems. The products manufactured by Autoliv’s consolidated subsidiaries
in 2010 consisted of approximately 121 million complete seatbelt systems (of
which approximately 49 million were fitted with pretensioners), approximately
57 million side-impact airbags (including curtain airbags), approximately 28
million frontal airbag modules, approximately 12 million steering wheels, approximately
11 million electronic units (airbag control), approximately 0.4 million active
safety systems and 0.1 million night vision systems.
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