DUBLIN, October 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --

The "Global Light Vehicle Materials Market - Forecasts to 2032" report has been added to Research and Markets' offering.

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.

• Infrastructure
• Merger and acquisition activity

Martinrea
Metaldyne
Minda Corporation
NanoSteel Company
Novares
Novelis
NSG
Oerlikon Balzers
Posco
PPG Industries

• Infrastructure
• Merger and acquisition activity
• Products

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

Archive
Emerging markets
Front-end modules
IAC develops blow foaming process for air ducts
Interior films from 3M
Nissan's SpecV version of its GT-R halo car'
PSA looks for aluminium partners

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