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RLSellman t1_is8wvbv wrote

Takata deserved to go out of business for this shit.

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fv7061 t1_isac66q wrote

They did. They went bankrupt and “Takata” no longer exist. However, in bankruptcy they were acquired by Key Safety Systems, a Chinese company, which then changed its name to Joyson.

Joyson still makes seatbelts and airbags, however they no longer use the Takata propellant that resulted in the recall.

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billzybop t1_isb0s99 wrote

My girlfriend was working for them when Joyson took over. They laid pretty much everyone off, then called them 3 weeks later to offer them their old jobs for 1/2 the money.

Before they went bankrupt a lot of their employees had license plate frames with "TAKATA" on the top and "We Save Lives" on the bottom.

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