Joyson Safety Systems

Joyson Safety Systems
Formerly
  • Breed Corporation
  • Breed Automotive Corporation
  • Breed Technologies, Inc.
  • Key Safety Systems
Company typePrivate
IndustryAutomotive safety systems manufacturing
PredecessorKey Safety Systems, Takata Corporation
Founded
  • 1961 (1961) (as Breed Corporation)
  • 1986 (1986) (as Breed Automotive Corporation)
  • April 10, 2018 (2018-04-10) in Auburn Hills, Michigan (as Joyson Safety Systems)
Headquarters
Auburn Hills, Michigan
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Products
Revenue$7.5 billion
Number of employees
50,000 (2018)
ParentNingbo Joyson Electronic Corp and PAG capital
Websitejoysonsafety.com
Footnotes / references

Joyson Safety Systems (JSS), founded as Breed Corporation and later called Breed Automotive Corporation (BAC), Breed Technologies, Inc. (BTI), and Key Safety Systems (KSS), is an American company which develops and manufactures automotive safety systems. The company is a result of KSS purchasing troubled Japanese airbag company Takata Corporation. It is owned jointly by Joyson Group and PAG. The company headquarters is in Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States. Globally, the company has 50,000 employees across 32 plants and technical centers worldwide. The current CEO of JSS is Philip Shan.