About Us
The Beginning
Helite was founded in 2002 by Gérard Thevenot, a French engineer passionate about high-risk sports like motorbike riding, horse riding, and cycling. Motivated by a desire to create personal protective equipment, he developed airbags tailored to these sports. The high accident rates led to the filing of the first patent for personal protection airbags.
Our expertise in the protection
Helite has become an expert in personal protection systems, developing airbags for high-risk activities. From concept to design, our technology is validated through extensive prototypes and crash tests. Our airbags are used in motorcycling, horse riding, cycling, health, aeronautics, industrial work, and top-level sports.
"Our priority is the quality of innovation for better protection."
Gérard Thévenot - Helite Founder
Our team at the service of protection
In 20 years, the Helite team has grown to 45 people. Our greatest asset? An experienced, dynamic, and committed team to take on the significant challenges in this business. Everyone is as attentive as possible to users' needs to guarantee effective personal protection products and quality customer service.
We also work with representatives who distribute Helite products in many countries worldwide. Since the beginning, we have built trusting relationships with our distributors in 50 countries.