With rising awareness, carmakers see a surge in demand for airbags

Carmakers' usage of airbags has jumped up to three times in last three years, thanks to the rising trend of offering multiple airbags in several new models. Most of these airbags now get sourced locally as manufacturing has picked up in last couple of years.

Almost every new car that has been launched in the last couple of years has at least one airbag (driver side) while some also have passenger airbags. The government has mandated that from October 2017, all new car models will have to be equipped with airbags to meet crash test norms. Existing models need to