Domestic technical textiles Industry Segment-wise consumption of ...

Autoliv is global leader in airbag modules followed by TRW, Takata / Petri and Delphi. India’s
leading seat belt assembly manufacturer Abhishek Auto Industries is entering into a joint venture with
Key Safety Systems (KSS) to manufacture airbag modules and steering wheel modules.
Consumption norms and the market size
Around 50% of the car exports have airbags fitted, depending upon the geography of exports.
Approximately, 1.8 square meter of fabric is used per airbag module. The installations of airbags in
cars are expected to increase due to increase in awareness about safety.
Automotive airbags
Cars export in 2007-08 0.22 million growing at 25% y-o-y
Cars production (Total) for domestic
usage
Cars production (A4 – A6) for domestic
usage
Penetration of airbags
1.76 million
49,923 (nos.)
Demand for automotive airbags 2.25 lakh nos.
Fabric usage per airbag 1.8 sq. m.
Around 50% of exports and 7-8% of
cars for domestic usage
Usage of airbag fabric 0.4 million sq. m.
Source: SIAM, Industry survey, IMaCS Analysis
The current and future forecast of airbags domestic usage is given below:-
Automotive airbags
Domestic usage
2007-08 2012-13
Automotive airbag volume 2.25 lakh nos. 6.5 million nos.
Automotive airbag fabric
Volume
0.4 million sq. m.
1.15 million sq.
m.
Automotive airbag fabric Value Rs 12 crore Rs 35 crore
Source: Industry survey, IMaCS Analysis
The potential market for airbag fabric industry in 2012-13 is estimated at Rs. 35 crore up from Rs. 12
crore in 2007-08 (E). No inflationary increase has been assumed for the price of the material. In
volume terms, the installation of airbag modules is expected to grow from 2.25 lakh modules in 2007-
08 to 6.5 lakh modules in 2012-13.
Imports and Exports of airbags
The estimated import figures for airbags are as given below:-