Autoliv Wins Automotive News PACE Award For “Green” Airbag Inflator

(Stockholm, Sweden April 8, 2014) – – –  Autoliv, Inc. (NYSE: ALV and SSE: ALIVsdb), the worldwide leader in automotive safety systems, was announced as a winner of the prestigious 2014 Automotive News PACE (Premier Automotive Suppliers’ Contribution to Excellence) Award for innovative “green” inflator.The “green” inflator ignites hydrogen, rather than pyrotechnic substances, and creates the combustion inside the airbag cushion rather than in a heavy inflator pressure vessel, allowing for the use of a much thinner container for the inflator. The result is an inflator that is twenty percent