Abstract
This Intelligence Set includes the latest edition of vehicle seating report, plus manufacturer profiles for Faurecia, Intier, Johnson Controls and Lear.
Each profile is approximately 25 to 27 pages, and includes a brief outline of business activity, financial statistics, customers and more. They will allow you to discover where the market is heading, what the latest innovations are, and how your competitors are performing.
just-auto estimates that the European, North American, Japanese and Chinese front seating market volume totalled almost 106m units in 2007, and has the potential to reach 133m by 2014.
Although modern car seats are more comfortable and safer than ever before, flexibility, comfort and safety continue to be the main drivers of this business. OEMs are demanding greater differentiation in their seat designs, customers want more luxury such as cooling and heating, and ergonomists understand much more about what the human frame needs in order to be comfortable.
A great deal of work is also focused on different seat fabrics, creating more breathable or waterproof surfaces, and built-in fragrances are also being designed in a bid to increase feelings of well-being.
It' s clear that interiors must appeal to all kinds of people. Not only is there the problem of defining comfort levels, but also cosmetic questions of colour and trim, the covering materials used, durability, use of child seats, headrests and overall seating arrangement.
This 2008 edition of the report provides an overview of the vehicle seating industry, and takes a look at the trends affecting the sector. It offers top level market fitment, volume and value forecasts through 2014, and includes exclusive interviews with executives at Intier Automotive Seating and Johnson Controls. The technical review discusses the latest innovations in seating, such as increased flexibility, and the use of renewable materials, plus we provide a concise profile for each of the major manufacturers.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 The market
- Market trends
- Market players
- Faurecia
- Intier Automotive Seating
- Q&A with Intier Automotive Seating
- Johnson Controls
- Q&A with Johnson Controls
- Lear Corp
- Tachi-S
- Toyota Boshuku
- Emerging markets
- China
- The Czech Republic
- Mexico
- Morocco
- Russia
- South Africa
- Thailand
- Turkey
- Market shares
- Market forecasts
Chapter 3 Technical review
- Defining the elements
- Seating innovations
- Child booster seats
- Seating flexibility
- Renewable materials
- Active head restraints
- Other seating innovations
- Tomorrow' s seats
Chapter 4 Manufacturers
- Faurecia
- Intier Automotive Seating
- Johnson Controls
- Lear
- Tachi-S
List of figures
- Figure 1: Manufacturers' European market shares of complete vehicle seating for passenger cars and light vehicle applications, 2007 (% of sales volume)
- Figure 2: Manufacturers' North American market shares of complete vehicle seating for passenger cars and light vehicle applications, 2007 (% of sales volume)
- Figure 3: Manufacturers' world market shares of complete vehicle seating for passenger cars and light vehicle applications, 2007 (% of sales volume)
- Figure 4: Johnson Controls' Slim Seat (1 of 2)
- Figure 5: Johnson Controls' Slim Seat (2 of 2)
- Figure 6: Soy foam
- Figure 7: Faurecia' s Premium Attitude' s concept car headrest
- Figure 8: Faurecia' s Premium Attitude' s concept car seats
- Figure 9: Tachi-S' s net sales by geographical region, 2006 and 2007 (% of net sales)
List of tables
- Table 1: Market volume of front seats for passenger car and light truck applications, Europe, North America, Japan and China, 2004-2014 (' 000s units)
- Table 2: Market value of front seats for passenger car and light truck applications, Europe, North America, Japan and China, 2004-2014 (EUR ' 000s)
- Table 3: Market value of rear seats for passenger car and light truck applications, Europe, North America, Japan and China, 2004-2014 (EUR ' 000s)
- Table 4: Market value of complete seats for passenger car and light truck applications, Europe, North America, Japan and China, 2004-2014 (EUR ' 000s)
- Table 5: Intier Automotive Seating systems and parts, 2008
- Table 6: Lear Corp' s seating facilities worldwide, 2007
- Table 7: Tachi-S' s plants in Japan, 2008
- Table 8: Tachi-S' s subsidiaries worldwide, 2008
