This report provides a comprehensive overview of the global body material trends sector, major suppliers, top 14 markets, technology trends and market size forecasts. 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
A review of the latest material developments, applications and market trends (including space frames, engine cooling, armour, braking, reinforcing, seating, light-weighting, films, aluminium, carbon fibre, coatings, magnesium, organic materials, plastics and composites, steel and recycling initiatives)
Exclusive interviews with OE suppliers including Isolite Group, Zircotec, Prodrive, JAPIA, Tata Steel, Surface Processing (news and interviews only available in QUBE)
Sector PESTER (Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental and Regulatory) analysis
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 (sectors include steel, iron, aluminium, plastics, glass and other materials)
Key Topics Covered:
Introduction
Pester analysis
Companies 3M Accuride Corporation Aichi Steel AK Steel Alcoa, Inc Aleris Asahi Kasei Plastics Autoneum BASF SE Benteler Biomer Bodine Aluminum Bridgestone CIE Automotive SA ContiTech Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc Covestro Dow Automotive Systems Drxlmaier Group DuPont (E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company) Evonik Faurecia Fosun Freudenberg & Co. KG Gestamp Automocion Henkel Honeywell Hyundai Steel International Automotive Components JFE Steel Corporation Kobe Steel Lanxess LG Chem Magna International Inc.
PT Astra Otoparts SABIC Saint-Gobain Samvardhana Motherson Group Shiloh Industries Showa Denko Solvay Stadco Sumitomo Corporation Tata Steel Teijin Tenedora Nemak ThyssenKrupp AG Toray Industries Toyo Tire & Rubber Toyoda Gosei Trelleborg AB Trinseo Victrex Woodbridge Group Yokohama Rubber ZF
Forecasts Aluminium Glass Iron Other materials Plastics Steel
Materials Aluminium
Applications
Alcoa's MagnaForce
Aluminium sheet from Kobe Steel
Audi Space Frame
Cadillac ATS
Constellium's aluminium crash management system
Engine cooling
Ford F-150 pickup
GM's aluminium welding technology
Heat shield from Federal-Mogul
Honda's steel-aluminium jointing solution
JLR's increasing use of aluminium
Novelis supplying aluminium sheet to General Motors
Tesla Model S
Turbocharger
Carbon fibre
Armoured vehicles
Bentley's Continental Supersports model
BMW using carbon fibre in its i3 electric vehicle
Body panels
Carbon ceramic disc brakes
Carbon fibre reinforced plastics
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
Seating
Coatings
Colour trends
BASF's research
DuPont's research
PPG's research
Other
Magnesium
Roofs
Seating
Organic materials
Acoustical foam
BMW's photovoltaic (PV) solar cells
Doors
Ecological plastic in the Prius
Engine parts
Floor mats
Ford's approach to using alternative materials
Instrument panels
Interiors
Mercedes-Benz uses coconut matting, crushed olive stones and even sawdust
Seating
Tyres
Other materials
Alternative material to nylon 12 resin
BASF's car seat cover
BASF's sound absorbent resin
ContiTech's double-sided timing belt
Plastics and composites
Airbags
Bioplastic for vehicle interior parts
Brake pedal
Bumper market
Charge air ducts
Composite material door panels
Composite plastic tailgate
Door panels
Engine cooling
Environmentally friendly (green') products
ESP applications
Fuel system applications
General Motors' 'smart materials' developments
Glass fibre compounds
Glazing
Interior applications
Ford and Coca-Cola develop vehicle interior fabric
Resins
Roof systems
Sealing applications
Material from Trelleborg
Windshield sealing system for the Opel Astra GTC
Seat belts
Seats
Spare wheel tray
Spoiler
Suspension system
Tailgate
Technology developments
Transmission crossbeam
Wheels
Recycling
Batteries
Bumpers
Glazing
Interiors
Motor oil
Plastics
Steel
Tyres
Continental's tyre recycling process
Ford makes gaskets and seals from recycled tyres
Michelin's TREC project
Waste packaging
Steel
Bumpers
Fuel tanks
Seats
Wheels
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