Toyota To Buy 13 Million Air-bag Inflators From Takata Rival

TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp, seeking to reduce its risk from potentially lethal Takata Corp air-bag inflators, will buy millions of the component from smaller parts maker Nippon Kayaku Co, people familiar with the matter said.The Japanese carmaker asked the second-tier supplier last month to increase production so it can supply Toyota with more than 13 million inflators from next July until 2020, said a person with direct knowledge of the deal and a second individual who was briefed on it.The move is the most proactive yet by manufacturers in what has become the world’s biggest automotive recall.

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