TK Holdings, the North American subsidiary of Takata Corporation, has started building an 18,500sq ft expansion at its research centre in Auburn Hills, Michigan.  

The US$14.6m facility will test automotive occupant safety restraint systems for high speed frontal and side impact conditions. It will provide what TK said would be the most advanced sled crash simulation equipment available from any automotive supplier in North America.

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Takata added construction would take a year and the facility would create 40 new high tech jobs.

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