Autoliv founder awarded prestigious innovation prize
Stockholm, Sweden, November 16, 2016) – – – Lennart Lindblad, founder of Autoliv, Inc. (NYSE: ALV and SSE: ALIVsdb), was awarded the 2016 Polhem Prize, Sweden’s most prestigious innovation award for cutting-edge innovations.Lennart Lindblad invented significant improvements to the seat belt, a groundbreaking innovation that pioneered the market in the 1950’s. In 1953, Lennart started Autoservice AB. Later, the company changed name to Autoliv, and turned into an international company with more than 68,000 employees.“We are very proud to learn that our founder has been awarded Sweden’s most