This time, Autoliv was recognized for its smooth closure of an airbag assembly plant in the U.K. and its seamless move of this production to Turkey, where Toyota is aggressively expanding its manufacturing capacity. As a result, Toyota honored Autoliv with two achievement awards: one in project management and another in cost management. In addition, Autoliv's subsidiary in Turkey received an achievement award in quality.
This marks the fourth time this year that Autoliv has been recognized with awards from customers. In January, the world-leading automotive safety supplier received General Motor's Outstanding Performance Award for its "performance in quality, cost, launch and delivery, as well as contributions to production and concept vehicles."
In February, Autoliv received Honda's Supplier of Excellence Award. This was in recognition of "persistent implementation of value engineering/value added activities" resulting in products with higher quality and performance at lower cost.
"We are honored and delighted to have been recognized once again by Toyota for our achievements in quality, cost reductions and delivery reliability," said Autoliv CEO Lars Westerberg.
"These recognitions are telling evidence of our commitment to our customers' cost reduction programs and globalization plans. With manufacturing of safety systems in all major vehicle-producing countries, we can give vehicle manufacturers unsurpassed support globally as we did in Turkey last year for Toyota."
Autoliv Inc. develops and manufactures automotive safety systems for all major automotive manufacturers in the world. Together with its joint ventures, Autoliv has 80 facilities with nearly 39,000 employees in 30 vehicle-producing countries. In addition, the company has development and engineering centers in six countries around the world, including 20 test tracks, more than any other automotive safety supplier.
