Abstract
This greatly expanded latest version of the popular just-auto report provides
a comprehensive overview of the global body material trends sector, major
suppliers, top 14 markets, technology trends and market size forecasts out to
2027.
Based on exclusive interviews, primary research and proprietary data this
global market study includes:
- Material use as a percentage of vehicle body weight for the top 14*
markets from 2007 to 2012 (sectors include steel, iron, aluminium, plastics,
glass and other materials)
- A review of the latest material developments, applications and market
trends (including films, aluminium, carbon fibre, coatings, magnesium, organic
materials, plastics and composites, steel and recycling initiatives)
- Exclusive interviews with key executives (including JAPIA, Tata Steel,
Surface Processing, Zircotec, and SABIC)
- Updated profiles of the major materials suppliers including their
strategies and prospects
- Material use forecasts as a percentage of vehicle body weight for the top
14* markets out to 2027 (sectors include steel, iron, aluminium, plastics,
glass and other materials)
- An instantly downloadable PDF report
- Free updates for 12 months via the QUBE material trends intelligence
service
*The top 14 markets accounting for over 98% of global light vehicle production
include:
North America; Mercosur; Western Europe; Central Europe; Russia; Japan; China;
India; Korea; Thailand; Other Asia; Iran; South Africa; Australia.
You can use this report to:
- Gain a quick overview of the automotive materials sector globally
- Prepare supply and demand forecasts
- Understand the size and scope of the top 14 markets
- Produce internal sales plans and forecasts
- Hear direct from leading companies on their strategies and plans
- Review the latest and most significant technological developments
- Carry out competitive intelligence
- Know the key trends within the sector and what's driving them
- Spot opportunities and threats in this sector
- Get up to speed with key companies' latest activities and prospects
Table of Contents
1. What's new
2. Introduction
3. Companies
- Accuride Corporation
- Aichi Steel
- Alcoa, Inc
- Asahi Kasei Plastics
- BASF SE
- Bayer MaterialScience
- Benteler
- Biomer
- CIE Automotive SA
- Cooper-Standard
- Dow Automotive Systems
- DuPont (E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company)
- Freudenberg & Co. KG
- Gestamp Automocion
- Key Plastics
- Faurecia
- NanoSteel Company
- Kobe Steel
- Lanxess
- Magna International Inc.
- Merger and acquisition activity
- Infrastructure
- Martinrea International Inc.
- Minda Corporation
- Novelis
- PPG Industries
- Products
- Merger and acquisition activity
- Infrastructure
- Samvardhana Motherson Group
- Solvay
- Stadco
- Sumitomo Corporation
- Tenedora Nemak
- ThyssenKrupp AG
- Trelleborg AB
- Woodbridge Group
4. Materials
- Aluminium
- Overview
- Applications
- Introduction
- Alcan's aluminium Crash Management System
- Audi Space Frame
- Mitsubishi's Concept-RA coupe
- Novelis Inc supply aluminium sheet to General Motors
- Toyota's third-generation Prius
- Heat shield from Federal-Mogul
- JLR's increasing use of aluminium
- 2013 Cadillac ATS
- 2013 Tesla Model S
- Aluminium sheet from Kobe Steel
- Engine cooling
- PSA Peugeot Citroen looks for aluminium partners
- Carbon fibre
- Overview
- Applications
- Armoured vehicles
- BMW to use carbon fibre in its i3 electric vehicle
- Bentley's Continental Supersports model
- Carbon ceramic disc brakes
- Carbon fibre body panels for hybrid and electric cars
- Carbon fibre reinforced plastics
- Nissan's SpecV version of its GT-R 'halo car'
- Seating
- Carbon fibre roof for Ferrari Superamerica 45
- Daimler invests in carbon fibre
- Ford invests in carbon fibre
- GM invests in carbon fibre
- JCI's solution
- Coatings
- Overview
- Colour trends
- DuPont's research
- PPG's research
- Other
- Magnesium
- Organic materials
- Overview
- Applications
- Acoustical foam
- Doors
- Engine parts
- Floor mats
- Instrument panels
- Interiors
- Seating
- Tyres
- BMW's photovoltaic (PV) solar cells
- Ecological plastic in the Prius
- Mercedes-Benz uses coconut matting, crushed olive stones and even
sawdust
- Ford's approach to using alternative materials
- Plastics and composites
- Overview
- Applications
- Environmentally friendly ('green') products
- Bumper made from recycled polyolefin
- Front-end modules
- General Motors' 'smart materials' developments
- Bioplastic for vehicle interior parts
- Glass fibre compounds from Borealis
- Composite plastic tailgate
- Composite material door panels
- Airbags
- Brake pedal
- Bumper market
- Charge air ducts
- Door panels
- ESP applications
- Front-end modules
- Fuel system applications
- Glazing
- IAC uses new blow foaming process for air ducts
- Interior applications
- Resins
- Roof systems
- Sealing applications
- Material from Treleborg
- Windshield sealing system for the Opel Astra GTC
- Seat belts
- Seats
- Suspension system
- Transmission crossbeam
- Tomorrow's car
- Recycling
- Tyres
- Ford makes gaskets and seals from recycled tyres
- Batteries
- Bumpers
- Glazing
- Interiors
- Motor oil
- Plastics
- Steel
- Waste packaging
- Steel
- Overview
- Applications
- Bumpers
- Fuel tanks
- Seats
- Wheels
- Other materials
- Interior films from 3M
- Alternative material to nylon 12 resin
5. Emerging markets
6. Forecasts
- Steel
- Iron
- Aluminium
- Plastics
- Glass
- Other materials
7. News
8. Interviews and insights
9. Tables and figures
List of tables
- 1. Passenger car weight: Examples of some popular models over the past 30
years
- 2. Aluminium as a percentage of total kerb weight of medium-sized
passenger cars assembled in all major car producing regions, 2007-2027
- 3. Plastics as a percentage of total kerb weight of medium-sized passenger
cars assembled in all major car producing regions, 2007-2027
- 4. Steel as a percentage of total kerb weight of medium-sized passenger
cars assembled in all major car producing regions, 2007-2027
- 5. Iron as a percentage of total kerb weight of medium-sized passenger
cars assembled in all major car producing regions, 2007-2027
- 6. Glass as a percentage of total kerb weight of medium-sized passenger
cars assembled in all major car producing regions, 2007-2027
- 7. Other materials as a percentage of total kerb weight of medium-sized
passenger cars assembled in all major car producing regions, 2007-2027
- 8. Examples of alternative materials to steel
- 9. Cost of CO2 saving
- 10. Evaluation of a clutch pedal
- 11. Alternative materials: potential weight saving versus cost
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