(Boursier.com) – Takata, Japanese supplier in the center of a controversy regarding defective airbags, announced the resignation of president in charge of operations, Stefan Stocker, says Bloomberg. He will be replaced by the Director General, Shigehisa Takada, also grand-son of the founder of the group, to centralize the response to the crisis. The company also announced that it would lower its earnings by 50% for four months.
Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Mazda, but Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (CFA) recalled vehicles with defective airbags provided by Takata. In total, since 2008, the number of recalls related to this defect is 24 million, of which a large majority in the United States. Moreover, in the US, the Japanese group is the subject of a national survey, its airbags are suspected of having been involved in four accidents resulting in the death of 5 people …
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