Automotive lighting technology is evolving at an unprecedented and accelerating pace. As the techniques by which light is produced, displayed and distributed grow more sophisticated, so must the store of knowledge and the specificity of regulations.

All OE suppliers are rapidly advancing the market presence of LED headlamps and variable-beam adaptive headlighting systems. Valeo is just as proud of its BeaMatic and MicroOptics as Hella is of its VarioX and Light Curtain, for example; both techniques are used to create variable headlight beam distributions and radically designed, high-performance LED tail lamps, respectively, though the two makers’ techniques and their visual results are quite different.

Each year, the world's motor vehicle lighting industry produces and distributes billions of dollars' worth of lighting equipment, light sources, subassemblies and components to the world's vehicle makers and a diverse aftermarket. By 2011, the market scale for vehicular lighting is expected to reach US$10.6bn. Similar trends, of course, can be seen in the industry supplying any other category of automotive components. However, the lighting sector stands apart in its high level of cooperation among major and minor participants and its advanced degree of global integration.

This latest edition of just-auto's popular global market review of lighting incorporates the author's latest reports from the International Symposium on Automotive Lighting (ISAL) 2009 and V.I.S.I.O.N. 2008, with interview material from the world’s top experts in automotive lighting.

Chapter 1 Industry overview
This chapter outlines recent technology advances by major OE supplier and how each advanced lighting segment may develop in the short term.

Hella’s Michael Kleinkes explains: “Automotive innovations find their way into the market via the premium segment, which is where we see today’s LED headlamps. In this premium segment the performance and functionality of an LED headlamp has to be better or at least comparable to Xenon headlamps. Bend lighting, adaptive beam formation, and an adaptive cut-off line to adapt the range of the low beam according to oncoming and proceeding traffic should all be possible. On the other hand, political and social requirements such as the current CO2 discussion and increasing oil price demand energy-efficient headlight systems in the volume segments.”

Chapter 2 Regulation: policy and philosophy
In the past, each of the world’s countries enforced its own unique technical standards and installation requirements for automotive lighting devices and systems. As cars grew more dependable and infrastructure improved sufficiently to support international travel, and as the world’s vehicle makers sought to sell vehicles outside their domestic markets, it became generally desirable to reduce the proliferation of different requirements and technical standards.

This chapter makes sense of the latest industry regulation and its effects on the auto lighting industry.

Chapter 3 Market review of lighting technologies
By 2018, it is expected that Xenon headlamps will no longer be designed into new high-end car models; LED will have come to dominate the premium lighting sector. Additional LED headlamp population will come in the eco-car segment, particularly in electric and hybrid vehicles. The two vehicle classes will have very different types of LED headlamps, though. Premium cars will have high-end, multiple-emitter headlamps with performance meeting or exceeding that of today’s premium Xenons, while eco-cars will have a minimal LED emitter count for low headlight power consumption with performance comparable to today’s halogens.

The following technologies are reviewed:

• Daytime running lights
• Halogen headlamps
• Advanced halogen lamps
• High intensity discharge (HID, Xenon) headlamps
  
• LED headlamps
• Light colour, light quality
  
• Pedestrian protection
• Non-headlamp exterior lighting

Included are:

• forecasts of % market take-up of each of the main lighting technologies and market prevalence by bulb type.
• The global market value by region for automotive LEDs (2009-2014)
• Forecasts of lighting performance characteristics, year-on-year to 2015.
• Manufacturer market share percentages.

Chapter 4 OEM suppliers
This chapter reviews the world's OEM suppliers by region, looking at the suppliers' latest activities in North America, Europe and Asia. 2008-2009 market shares by region are provided throughout.

Chapter 5 Market reports and forecasts by region
The world market for automotive lighting is forecasted here by region: Europe, Japan, Oceania, NAFTA, South America, India, China. Percentage of prevalence for halogen, HID/Xenon and LED front lighting are provided for each region for 2010 to 2015.

Appendix: Front lighting supplier shares by vehicle maker
2009 percentage shares are provided for companies supplying the following vehicle makers' front lighting programs:

• Toyota
• BMW
• Ford
• GM
• Honda
• Mercedes
• VW
• Volvo/SAAB

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Chapter 1 Industry overview
A singular industry

Chapter 2 Regulation: policy and philosophy

Chapter 3 Market review of lighting technologies
Daytime running lights
The importance of headlamp performance
Halogen headlamps continue to prevail
Advanced halogen lamps boost performance, packaging, lifespan
… but legacy lamps still widely prevalent
High intensity discharge (HID, Xenon) headlamps
LED headlamps
Light colour, light quality
Pedestrian protection
Non-headlamp exterior lighting – techniques and technologies

Chapter 4 OEM suppliers
North American market shifts and drifts
European suppliers still dominate
Valeo Lighting Systems
ValeoSylvania
AL-Automotive Lighting
Hella
ZKW
Odelo
Sidler Automotive
Asian manufacturers
Ichikoh
Koito and S-Koito
Stanley
Korea’s lighting makers rise with the tide
Light source makers – global globes
Osram
Philips Automotive Lighting
Philips LumiLeds

Chapter 5 Market reports and forecasts by region
Europe
Japan
Oceania
NAFTA
South America
India
China
Appendix: Front lighting supplier shares by vehicle maker

List of figures
Figure 1: Global manufacturer market shares of Xenon headlamp systems 2008-2009 (% of value)
Figure 2: Manufacturer market shares of Xenon headlamp systems on Japanese-built vehicles 2008-2009 (% of value)
Figure 3: Global automotive lighting market share by value, 2008-2009 (%)
Figure 4: Market share of primary front lighting for North American-built vehicles by value, 2008-2009 (%)
Figure 5: Market share of primary front lighting for European-built vehicles by value, 2008-2009 (%)
Figure 6: Global interior lighting market share by value, 2009 (%)
Figure 7: Market share of primary front lighting for Japanese-built vehicles by value, 2008-2009 (%)
Figure 8: Market share of primary front lighting for Korean-built vehicles by value, 2008-2009 (%)
Figure 9: Headlamp technology, Indian market 2008-2009 (% prevalence)
Figure 10: Front lighting suppliers to Toyota (Japanese operations) by value, 2009 (%)
Figure 11: Front lighting suppliers to BMW by value, 2009 (%)
Figure 12: Front lighting suppliers to Ford (North American operations) by value, 2009 (%)
Figure 13: Front lighting suppliers to GM (North American operations) by value, 2009 (%)
Figure 14: Front lighting suppliers to Honda (Japanese operations) by value, 2009 (%)
Figure 15: Front lighting suppliers to Mercedes by value, 2009 (%)
Figure 16: Front lighting suppliers to VW Group by value, 2009 (%)
Figure 17: Front lighting suppliers to Volvo and Saab by value, 2009 (%)

List of tables
Table 1: Global market prevalence of halogen headlamps, 2008-2015 (fleet %)
Table 2: Headlight bulb prevalence by type, North American market, 2009-2015 (fleet %)
Table 3: Headlight bulb prevalence by type, Europe & Japan market, 2009-2015 (fleet %)
Table 4: Global market prevalence by region of HID headlamps, 2009-2014 (fleet %)
Table 5: LED headlamps – percentage of on-road presence by region, 2010-2015 (%)
Table 6: Emitter count, system wattage and cost-efficacy for high-performance LED low beam, 2009-2015 (number of emitters, watts and lm/US$)
Table 7: Emitter count, system wattage and cost-efficacy for halogen-level LED low beam, 2009-2015 (number of emitters and watts)
Table 8: Global market value by region for automotive LEDs, 2009-2014 (US$m)
Table 9: Front lighting technology projections – Global, 2010-2015 (% of prevalence)
Table 10: Front lighting technology projections – Europe, 2010-2015 (% of prevalence)
Table 11: Front lighting technology projections – Japan, 2010-2015 (% of prevalence)
Table 12: Front lighting technology projections – North America, 2010-2015 (% of prevalence)
Table 13: Front lighting technology projections – India, 2010-2015 (% of prevalence)
Table 14: Front lighting technology projections – China, 2010-2015 (% of prevalence)