Frontal Impact

An innovator in automotive safety systems, Takata is currently one of the top global suppliers of driver and passenger airbag modules for frontal impact.  With a focus on research and technology, Takata’s airbags meet the highest performance standards and help automakers meet stringent government requirements.

Takata’s market strength is rooted in the company’s early involvement in airbag development.  Initial research began in 1976 and the company started supplying airbags to the global automotive market in 1984.  Since that time, investments in textile and inflator technologies and capabilities have made Takata one of the few vertically integrated companies supplying today’s market.

With market strength and a solid foundation, Takata looks to the future.  In the coming years, saving lives will involve greater uses of technology, such as adaptive restraints, pre-crash sensing, and crash avoidance.  Our latest airbag system provides restraint force that adapts to the size of the occupant by using passenger weight sensors and a dual-stage inflator to control airbag deployment. The combination of these devices defines the next generation airbag systems.