Petri AG was an automotive parts company based in

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. It was acquired by the Japanese company

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in 2000, forming the European subsidiary Takata-Petri. In 2018, operations became part of the new Joyson Safety Systems as Joyson Safety Systems Aschaffenburg GmbH, after the 2017 bankruptcy of Takata and subsequent purchase by

Key Safety Systems Joyson Safety Systems (JSS), formerly known as Key Safety Systems (KSS) is an American company owned by Chinese Investors, that develops and manufactures automotive safety systems. The company is a result of KSS purchasing troubled Japanese airb ...

History

Petri AG was founded in

Aschaffenburg Aschaffenburg (; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Aschebersch'') is a town in northwest Bavaria, Germany. The town of Aschaffenburg is not part of the Aschaffenburg (district), district of Aschaffenburg, but is its administrative sea ...

in 1899 by Richard Petri and started to produce

steering wheel A steering wheel (also called a driving wheel (UK), a hand wheel, or simply wheel) is a type of steering control in vehicles. Steering wheels are used in most modern land vehicles, including all mass-production automobiles, buses, light an ...

s and interior trims. Richard Petri founded the first plant (Plant 01) in

, which is now the European Headquarters of Takata-Petri. Later, Petri's firm expanded further and added other plants for the production of plastic parts, like the Plant 02 in Nilkheim, near

and Plant 03 in Albertshausen, near

Bad Kissingen Bad Kissingen is a German spa town in the Bavarian region of Lower Franconia and seat of the district Bad Kissingen. Situated to the south of the Rhön Mountains on the Franconian Saale river, it is one of the health resorts, which beca ...

. Steering wheel production is still located in Aschaffenburg. Other plastic components and interior trims are mostly produced in Albertshausen. Aside from these plants, Petri also founded some research and assembly plants later on. In 1981, Petri AG developed and produced the first

airbag An airbag is a vehicle occupant-restraint system using a bag designed to inflate extremely quickly, then quickly deflate during a collision. It consists of the airbag cushion, a flexible fabric bag, an inflation module, and an impact sensor. T ...

system in collaboration with

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. In 2000, Japanese competitor

acquired Petri AG, forming the subsidiary Takata-Petri, renamed Takata AG in early 2012. Takata AG was a global leader in the production of

s and plastic parts, not only in the automotive industry. After the 2017 Takata bankruptcy, the major assets were acquired by Key Safety Systems which was renamed in 2018 to Joyson Safety Systems.

References

External links

joysonsafety.com
– Joyson Safety Systems Official website
http://www.tooling.eu.joysonsafety.com/en/
- Joyson Safety Systems Aschaffenburg GmbH {{Authority control Auto parts suppliers of Japan Vehicle safety technologies Safety engineering Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Germany Manufacturing companies established in 1899 Manufacturing companies disestablished in 2000 German companies established in 1899 German companies disestablished in 2000