voestalpine Rotec: 100 million safety components save lives

The voestalpine Rotec Group specializes in seat belt tensioner tubes and airbag components.

Millions of people get into their cars every day to go work, to school or on holiday. They trust that they will arrive safely. What they do not see are the small, inconspicuous components that can mean life and death in a crucial moment.

Quality in demand

More than 100 million safety components are produced every year at voestalpine Rotec—components that can save lives in a critical moment. Whether seat belt tensioner tubes or airbag components, the products are installed in nearly every vehicle in Europe. They are hidden from sight, but they are indispensable.

Dirk Mahnke, Managing Director of the voestalpine Rotec Group
No one notices when our components function properly. But everyone notices when they don't. That's why we don't make any compromises.

Dirk Mahnke, Managing Director, voestalpine Rotec Group

The voestalpine Rotec Group is a reliable partner in the field of belt tensioner tube components.
From the conceptualization to the coating of belt tensioner tubes—everything from a single source

Belt tensioner tube components are safe and economical

The voestalpine Rotec Group supplies tube components to the leading automotive suppliers of technically and economically convincing restraint systems: From the conceptualization to the coating of belt tensioner tubes—everything from a single continuous process:

  • Prematerials manufactured in-house.
  • Development and assembly are all from a single source.
  • A process specially tailored to customer demands ensures high-quality coating.
  • Manufactured in Europe and North America.

 

The voestalpine Rotec Group is a reliable partner in the field of airbag components manufactured using special forming technology.
Airbag components manufactured with a special forming technology

Airbag components—productive and innovative

Airbag pressure vessels made by voestalpine Rotec are produced in a special rotary forming process that combines tube forming and machining in a single step. High-precision products, outstanding material quality and a high degree of flexibility in a wide range of designs—even in complex geometries. Rotec airbag components are manufactured in Europe, North America and Asia to ensure the highest level of safety in front, side and head-protection airbags worldwide.

Airbag components—productive and innovative

Airbag pressure vessels made by voestalpine Rotec are produced in a special rotary forming process that combines tube forming and machining in a single step. High-precision products, outstanding material quality and a high degree of flexibility in a wide range of designs—even in complex geometries. Rotec airbag components are manufactured in Europe, North America and Asia to ensure the highest level of safety in front, side and head-protection airbags worldwide.

Technology with a high level of responsibility

These safety components are characterized by their high degree of functionality as well as their unique production. Decades of experience make it possible for voestalpine Rotec to develop in-house production lines for safety components. This in-house expertise allows comprehensive monitoring of quality, innovation and speed, but the most important factor in the final analysis is reliability in the event of an emergency.