Abstract
just-auto estimates that the European, North America, Japanese and Chinese instrument cluster market was worth about EUR2.9bn in 2007, and has the potential to reach EUR3.9bn by 2014.
The instrument panel is a complex system of coverings, foams, plastics and metals designed to house various components and act as a safety device for the vehicle occupants, and the cockpit is one of the most complicated and tightly-packaged assemblies in a vehicle. With several hundred individual components, it tends to be one of the most common sources of quality problems, so the standard of design and manufacture is therefore critical.
This expanded fourth edition of the just-auto vehicle instrumentation and cockpits report contains two thousand more words than the last copy, updates the market analysis, and reviews the key market drivers in the sector.
The report discusses how the vehicle instrument cluster, panel and cockpit market will evolve in Europe, Japan, China and North America from 2004 through 2014, and offers detailed Q&As with senior executives of Alpine UK, Yazaki North America and Johnson Controls.
The technical review takes a detailed look at recent innovations and new ideas, such as Faurecia' s so-called Happy Attitude concept car, and Nissan' s concept car featuring multiple preventative features designed to reduce drink-driving.
Material technologies, like Borealis' thermoplastic olefin (TPO) for the cockpit of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, and the world' s first biofabric - made by supplier Teijin Fibres and Mazda, that claims to have been made with completely plant-derived fibres suitable for use in vehicle interiors are also investigated.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 The market
- Market players
- Calsonic Kansei
- Denso Corp
- Faurecia
- International Automotive Components
- Inteva Products LLC
- Intier Automotive
- Johnson Controls
- Visteon
- Emerging markets
- China
- Iran
- Russia
- Market shares
- Cockpits
- Instrument panels
- Market forecasts
- Instrument panels
- Cockpits
Chapter 3 Technical review
- Tomorrow' s instrumentation
- Q&A with Alpine Electronics UK
- Tomorrow' s cockpits
- Q&A with Yazaki North America
- Material innovations
- Q&A with Johnson Controls
Chapter 4 Manufacturers
- Calsonic Kansei Corporation
- Denso Corp
- Faurecia
- International Automotive Components
- Inteva Products LLC
- Intier Automotive Interiors
- Johnson Controls
- Visteon
List of figures
- Figure 1: European market shares for outsourced assembled cockpits for passenger cars and light trucks, 2007 (% of volume)
- Figure 2: European market shares of instrument panels for passenger cars and light trucks, 2007 (% of volume)
- Figure 3: North American market shares of instrument panels for passenger cars and light trucks, 2007 (% of volume)
List of tables
- Table 1: Market volume of instrument clusters for passenger car and light truck applications, Europe, North America, Japan and China, 2004-2014 (' 000s units)
- Table 2: Market value of instrument clusters for passenger car and light truck applications, Europe, North America, Japan and China, 2004-2014 (EUR ' 000s)
- Table 3: Market volume of instrument panels for passenger car and light truck applications, Europe, North America, Japan and China, 2004-2014 (' 000s units)
- Table 4: Market value of instrument panels for passenger car and light truck applications, Europe, North America, Japan and China, 2004-2014 (EUR ' 000s)
- Table 5: Market volume of outsourced assembled cockpits for passenger car and light vehicle applications, Europe and North America, 2004-2014 (' 000s units)
- Table 6: Market value of outsourced assembled cockpits for passenger car and light vehicle applications, Europe and North America, 2004-2014 (EUR ' 000s)
- Table 7: SAS Automotive Systems' facilities worldwide, 2008
- Table 8: SAS Automotive Systems' key figures, 2001-2006
- Table 9: SAS Automotive Systems' sales by country, 2005 and 2006 (% of net sales of EUR3.37bn)
