Company Name

Autoliv, Inc.

Headquarters:

Box 70381, SE-107 24 Stockholm, Sweden

Homepage:

http://www.autoliv.com 

Business
Segment :

- The world's largest automotive safety supplier that manufactures airbags, seatbelts, safety electronics, steering wheels, anti-whiplash systems, seat components and child seats as well as night vision systems and other active safety systems.
- The Company was created from a merger in 1997 between the Swedish company Autoliv AB and the American company Morton ASP.
- The inventor of the world's first side-impact airbag and the inflatable curtain for head protection in side impacts.
- The Company developed the AWS(Anti-whiplash seat) based on a yieldable backrest that tilts in a controlled way in a rear-end collision to absorb energy and reduce the occupant's forward rebound.
- The Company accounts for more than one third of the global market foroccupant restraint products.
- Sales in 2010 were $7.2 billion, approximately 67% of which consisted of airbags and associated products and approximately 33% of which consisted of seatbelts and associated products.

Products:

Frontal Airbags
- Driver airbags
- Lower body protection
- Passenger airbags

Side-impact airbags
- Thorax bag
- Inflatable Curtain
- Head-thorax bag
- Door mounted inflatable curtain
- Pelvis and thorax bag

Seat belts
- Height adjusters
- Buckle
- Belt grabber
- Retractors
- Trunk belt
- Belt-in-seat
- Load limiter
- Pretensioners
- Smart belt

Electronics
- Night vision
- ECU
- Satellite sensor
- Automatic SOS-system

Inflators
- Pyrotechnic airbag inflators
- Stored gas airbag inflators
- Electrical initiators
- Micro gas generators

Anti-whiplash seat

Steering Wheels
- Fixed-hub st. wheel with Optimized Airbag

Pedestrian Protection
- Active Hood
- Pedestrian Protection Airbag (PPA)

Customers:

Acura, Alfa Romeo, Ashok Leyland, Aston Martin, Audi, AvtoVAZ, Bentley, BMW, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Citroen, Dacia, Daihatsu, Daimler, Dodge, Ferrari, Fiat, Ford, Geely, General Motors, GMC Trucks, Holden, Honda, Hyundai, Infiniti, Isuzu, Iveco, Jaguar, Jeep, Kia, Lamborghini, Lancia, Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Lotus, MAN, Maruti, Maserati, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Mercury, Mini, Mitsubishi, Morgan, Nissan, Oldsmobile, Opel, Peugeot, Pontiac, Porsche, Renault, SAAB, Saturn, Scania,SEAT, Skoda, Subaru, Suzuki, Tata, Tofas, Toyota, Vauxhall, Volkswagen, Volvo Cars, Volvo Trucks

Major Supply Agreements

Number of Employees:

Approx. 38,500 employees (As of Dec. 31, 2011)

Shareholders :

Listed on New York Stock Exchange and Stockholm Stock Exchange.

(As of Dec. 31, 2010)

Board Member :

Jan Carlson (President and CEO)

Business Highlights :

Financial Overview

Factors

 1)
Airbag
-Sales of airbag products rose by 46% to $4,807 million, including 12 percentage points from acquisitions. The organic sales increase of 34% was 12 percentage points higher than the LVP increase in the Triad.

Seatbelt
-Sales of seatbelt products rose by 30% to $2,364 million. Acquisitions added 5% and currency effects nearly 1%. Organic sales growth of 24% was virtually in line with global LVP.

Acquisitions

-The Company, in an offer to purchase additional shares of its Estonian subsidiary Aktsiaselts Norma (Norma), will be exceeding the 90% threshold. In March 2009, the Company announced its intention to make Norma wholly owned. (From a press release on April 15, 2010)

-The Company has agreed to acquire Delphi's Pyrotechnic Safety Switch (PSS) assets in Europe serving customers such as Daimler, Audi and Porsche. In the event of an accident, the pyrotechnic safety switch (PSS) or "battery dis-connect" is activated by the deployment of the airbag. The PSS cuts (isolates) the battery from the vehicle starter and alternator, which helps prevent short circuits and reduces the likelihood of a resulting fire. Applications for electric and hybrid vehicles include crash protection of vehicle wiring circuits and associated battery storage systems. These assets are expected to generate close to 10 million USD of annualized sales in 2010. This transaction is expected to close by April 30, 2010. (From a press release on April 9, 2010)

-The Company has acquired Visteon's radar system business. Autoliv radar specialists have worked together with the Visteon team over the past few years. This partnership has resulted in Blind Spot and Rear Cross Traffic Detection Systems. (From a press release on March 4, 2010)

-The Company has agreed to buy the outstanding 40% of shares in its Japanese joint venture Autoliv Nichiyu Co., Ltd. The joint venture, which is one of Autoliv's five manufacturing facilities in Japan, primarily produces airbag inflators for the Japanese domestic market. Autoliv Nichiyu Co., Ltd will be re-named Autoliv Aichi Co., Ltd and have annual sales of approximately $35 million of which virtually all is internal sales to other Autoliv companies.(From a press release on January 20, 2010)

R&D

R&D Expenditures

-Expenses incurred for research, development and engineering activities were $361 million, $322 million and $367 million for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
- The Company has technical centers in nine countries worldwide. 

Facilities:

over 80 subsidiaries and joint ventures in 30 countries

Sales Data:

Sales by Product

Sales by Geographic Area

Financial Status :

http://www.marklines.com/img/500/pdf/s500_253_fy2010.pdf

Source :

http://www.autoliv.com