Honda Turns to Autoliv for Replacement Air-Bag Inflators

Bloomberg News
Dec 3, 2014

Honda Motor Co. (7267) has signed Autoliv Inc. (ALV) to supply air-bag inflators for recalled vehicles, reducing the automaker’s dependence on Takata Corp. (7312), which made the original, fatally flawed safety systems. […] “Takata made a decision to not go national with its recall and Honda had to step into the void,” Scott Upham, president of Valient Market Research, said yesterday in an interview. […]