Abstract
Visually, the clutch has not changed much, but there have been some significant technical advances during the last decade.
New environmental and fuel efficiency legislation, combined with major advances in electronics and manufacturing techniques have paved the way for a flood of new automated transmission technologies, including high-performance AMTs (Automated Manual Transmissions), dual-clutch transmissions (DCTs), CVTs (Continuously Variable Transmissions), and highly innovative new technologies such as Torotrak' s IVT ( Infinitely Variable Transmission) and Antonov' s Automatic Drive Transmission.
So although automatic transmissions are gaining a greater market share, in Northern Europe over three-quarters of passenger cars are still sold with manual transmission - and with consumer resistance to automatic transmissions remaining strong, can Europe' s sceptical consumers be persuaded to change to new dual-clutch transmissions?
This fourth edition of the global market review of OE gearbox clutches provides an overview of the vehicle clutch industry, with updated market analysis, key market drivers, and top level market fitment, volume and value forecasts through to 2013.
We review the technical advances in clutches, defining the parts that make up the clutch itself, as well as what we can expect to see in tomorrow' s cars.
The report also contains exclusive Q&As with key executives, including Dr Wolfgang Reik, Vice President of R&D, LuK GmbH and Bill Martin, Managing Director of Zeroshift.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 The market
- Market players
- Aisin Seiki
- Exedy Corp
- FCC Co Ltd
- LuK
- Valeo
- ZF Sachs
- Emerging markets
- China
- Thailand
- Market shares
- World clutch market
- European clutch market
- Japanese clutch market
- NAFTA clutch market
- Market forecasts
- Capital investments
Chapter 3 Technical review
- Defining the elements
- Double-clutch transmissions
- Q&A with LuK
- Q&A with BorgWarner
- Q&A with Ricardo
- Q&A with Zeroshift
- Q&A with Allison Transmission
- Recent innovations
Chapter 4 Manufacturers
- Aisin Seiki
- Exedy Corp
- FCC Co Ltd
- Motorcycle clutches
- Vehicle clutches
- Other products
- LuK
- Valeo
- ZF Sachs
- Others
List of figures
- Figure 1: Clutch set (clutch disc and cover) manufacturer market shares for passenger cars and light vehicles, global, 2006 (% of volume)
- Figure 2: Clutch set (clutch disc and cover) manufacturer market shares for passenger cars and light vehicles, Europe, 2006 (% of volume)
- Figure 3: Clutch set (clutch disc and cover) manufacturer market shares for passenger cars and light vehicles, Japan, 2006 (% of volume)
- Figure 4: Clutch set (clutch disc and cover) manufacturer market shares for passenger cars and light vehicles, NAFTA, 2006 (% of volume)
- Figure 5: LuK’s dual-mass flywheel
- Figure 6: LuK’s double clutch
- Figure 7: BorgWarner’s DualTronic clutch module
- Figure 8: FCC Co Ltd’s sales by product segment, 2006 (% of net sales)
List of tables
- Table 1: Manual transmission markets - percentage of fitment and numbers of units, Western Europe, NAFTA, Eastern Europe, Asia, Japan, Mercosur, other regions, 2003-2013 (% and 000s units)
- Table 2: Manual gearbox OE clutch market values, Western Europe, NAFTA, Eastern Europe, Asia, Japan, Mercosur, other regions, 2003-2013 (EUR 000)
- Table 3: Automated manual transmission markets (including twin-clutch) - percentage of fitment and numbers of units, Western Europe, NAFTA and Japan, 2003-2013 (% and 000s units)
- Table 4: Automated manual transmissions (including twin clutches) market values, Western Europe, NAFTA and Japan, 2003-2013 (EUR000)
- Table 5: Exedy Corporation’s sales by operating division, 2004-2006 (% of net sales)
- Table 6: Exedy Corporation’s sales by geographical region, 2004-2006 (% of net sales)
- Table 7: Exedy Corp’s overseas network, 2006
- Table 8: FCC Co Ltd’s capital expenditure, 2006-2007 (JPYm)
- Table 9: LuK’s clutch-related businesses worldwide
- Table 10: Valeo Transmissions’ facilities worldwide
