This Intelligence Set includes the latest edition of automotive steering systems, plus supplier profiles for Aisin Seiki, Dana, Mitsubishi Electric, NSK, TRW, Visteon and ZF Lenksysteme.

Since just-auto's last edition of automotive steerings systems was published in November 2008, the outlook for the automotive industry has significantly changed.

Given the current state of the industry, just-auto has completely revised its estimates and forecasts of steering systems' market volumes and values. This report now carries an addendum setting out our revised forecasts based on latest forecasting analysis for passenger car vehicle assembly in North America, Western Europe and Japan from 2005 through to 2016.

In addition, and given the sheer volatility of the global economy at present, we have set out ‘expected’, ‘best-case’ and ‘worst-case’ scenario data applied to the various systems (rack drive EPS, pinion drive EPS, column drive EPS, EPHS, power rack and pinion, manual rack and pinion and recirculating ball). On balance, we believe this will provide readers with a more realistic framework for our component forecasts.

For many years, power steering technology was focused on hydraulic systems but demand is now favouring electric power steering mainly due to fuel consumption and logistical benefits. Electric power steering (EPS) systems effectively eliminate the traditional hydraulic system’s power steering pump, hoses, hydraulic fluid, and drive belt and pulley on the engine.

In an exclusive interview with just-auto, Charlie Cregeur, director, global steering product planning for TRW Automotive’s chassis division, outlined the next generation EPS. He said: “For the next decade, the market will continue to increase fitment of EPS and will strive to have large segment vehicles matching the performance of the lower end B and C segments. OEMs will add more functionality to steering systems through software algorithms that can for example help offset the effects of side-wind forces on the vehicle, suppress some hand-wheel vibrations due to chassis components and enable higher fitment rates of marketable features like park assist.”

In this, the fifth edition of this report, just-auto reviews the key market drivers for automotive steering systems, and updates the market analysis. Following our market overview in Chapter 1, just-auto’s product fitment forecasts in Chapter 2 predict the market (by volume and value) in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific for steering systems by type, i.e. Rack Drive Electric Power Steering; Pinion Drive Electric Power Steering; Column Drive Electric Power Steering; Electrically Powered Hydraulic Steering; Power Rack & Pinion Steering; and Recirculating Ball Systems. Chapter two also provides profiles of the main manufacturers, news on recent activity by the main players in emerging markets, 2007 % market shares of the main OEM suppliers by region and regional % fitment rates by steering systems type.

Chapter 3 reviews recent technical advances, such as TRW's portfolio of intelligent safety systems, such as its long- and medium-range radar, short-range radar, video sensors, steering and roll angle sensors and yaw rate and velocity sensors. According to Peter Lake, TRW’s executive vice president, electro-hydraulic power steering, which the company thought would be “transitonal technology”, is going to be around for the foreseeable future. In an interview with just-auto, Lake said that:“I think you are going to see by-wire...whether it’s a hybrid system that optimises what you can do with 12V or maybe it’ll be 24V. None of us went to 42V because it was too expensive, and didn’t make sense, but 24V might. If we do see very high volumes of electric vehicles, it really depends on what architecture they put on them. Is it going to be 300V or are they going to make 12V or 24V available? We could come up with a hybrid system of electric [brakes] on the rear and hydraulic on the front, or all-electric, but it’s an issue of having that power available. I can see a pull for electro-mechanical braking and so forth but again it will come down to cost.”

The chapter includes Q&As with Charlie Cregeur, director, global steering product planning for TRW Automotive’s chassis division and Salvatore Oliveri, chief technology officer for tedrive Group.

Chapter 4 sets out brief profiles of the major manufactures, namely China Automotive Systems, JTEKT, NSK, Showa, TRW Automotive and ZF Lenksysteme.

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Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 The market
Market players
JTEKT
NSK
Showa Corp
ThyssenKrupp
TRW Automotive
ZF Lenksysteme

Emerging markets
China
India
Slovakia
Thailand

Market shares
Electric steering systems
Hydraulic steering systems

Market size by product type
Europe
North America
Japan
China

Market forecasts
Electric power steering systems
Electric powered hydraulic steering
Hydraulic power steering
Manual steering
Market value forecasts
Electric power steering systems
Electric powered hydraulic steering
Hydraulic power steering
Manual steering

Chapter 3 Technical review
Defining the elements
Recent innovations
Tomorrow’s steering systems
Q&A with TRW Automotive
Q&A with tedrive
Chapter 4 Manufacturers
China Automotive Systems
JTEKT Corporation
NSK
Showa Corporation
ThyssenKrupp
TRW Automotive
ZF Lenksysteme

List of figures
Figure 1: ZF Lenksysteme Servolectric Steering System
Figure 2: European market shares of electrically powered steering systems, 2008 (% of volume)
Figure 3: OE manufacturer shares of the European hydraulic vehicle steering market, 2007 (% of volume)
Figure 4: OE manufacturer shares of the North American hydraulic vehicle steering market, 2007 (% of volume)
Figure 5: Proportion of steering systems to passenger cars, divided by product type, Europe, 2009 (% of volume)
Figure 6: Proportion of steering systems fitted to passenger cars and light trucks, divided by product type, Europe, 2008 (% of volume)
Figure 7: Proportion of steering systems to passenger cars, divided by product type, North America, 2009 (% of volume)
Figure 8: Proportion of steering systems to passenger cars, divided by product type, Japan, 2009 (% of volume)
Figure 9: Proportion of steering systems to passenger cars, divided by product type, China, 2009 (% of volume)
Figure 10: ZF Lenksysteme Servolectric Steering System

List of tables
Table 1: Europe: Steering systems by type, rack drive EPS, pinion drive EPS, column drive EPS, EPHS, power rack and pinion, manual rack and pinion and recirculating ball steering, expected, best case and worst case scenarios, 2006-2016 (units ‘000s)
Table 2: North America: Steering systems by type, rack drive EPS, pinion drive EPS, column drive EPS, EPHS, power rack and pinion, manual rack and pinion and recirculating ball steering, expected, best case and worst case scenarios, 2006-2016 (units ‘000s)
Table 3: Japan: Steering systems by type, rack drive EPS, pinion drive EPS, column drive EPS, EPHS, power rack and pinion, manual rack and pinion and recirculating ball steering, expected, best case and worst case scenarios, 2006-2016 (units ‘000s)
Table 4: China: Steering systems by type, rack drive EPS, pinion drive EPS, column drive EPS, EPHS, power rack and pinion, manual rack and pinion and recirculating ball steering, expected, best case and worst case scenarios, 2006-2016 (units ‘000s)
Table 5: Europe: Electric power steering system by rack drive, pinion drive and column drive, 2006-2016 (units ‘000s)
Table 6: North America: Electric power steering system by rack drive, pinion drive and column drive, 2006-2016 (units ‘000s)
Table 7: Japan: Electric power steering system by rack drive, pinion drive and column drive, 2006-2016 (units ‘000s)
Table 8: China: Electric power steering system by rack drive, pinion drive and column drive, 2006-2016 (units ‘000s)
Table 9: Europe, North America, Japan and China: Electric power steering system by rack drive, pinion drive and column drive, 2006-2016 (units ‘000s)
Table 10: North America, Europe, Japan and China: Electric powered hydraulic steering, 2006-2016 (units ‘000s)
Table 11: North America, Europe, Japan and China: Hydraulic powered rack and pinion steering, 2006-2016 (units ‘000s)
Table 12: North America, Europe, Japan and China: Manual rack and pinion steering, 2006-2016 (units ‘000s)
Table 13: North America, Europe, Japan and China: Recirculating ball steering, 2006-2016 (units ‘000s)
Table 14: Europe: Electric power steering system by rack drive, pinion drive and column drive, 2006-2016 (EUR ‘000s)
Table 15: North America: Electric power steering system by rack drive, pinion drive and column drive, 2006-2016 (EUR ‘000s)
Table 16: Japan: Electric power steering system by rack drive, pinion drive and column drive, 2006-2016 (EUR ‘000s)
Table 17: China: Electric power steering system by rack drive, pinion drive and column drive, 2006-2016 (EUR ‘000s)
Table 18: North America, Europe, Japan and China: Electric power steering system by rack drive, pinion drive and column drive, 2006-2016 (EUR ‘000s)
Table 19: North America, Europe, Japan and China: Electric powered hydraulic steering, 2006-2016 (EUR ‘000s)
Table 20: North America, Europe, Japan and China: Hydraulic powered rack and pinion steering, 2006-2016 (EUR ‘000s)
Table 21: North America, Europe, Japan and China: Manual rack and pinion steering, 2006-2016 (EUR ‘000s)
Table 22: North America, Europe, Japan and China: Recirculating ball steering, 2006-2016 (EUR ‘000s)
Table 23: JTEKT Corp’s steering system facilities worldwide, 2009
Table 24: Showa Corporation’s steering businesses worldwide, 20008
Table 25: ThyssenKrupp Presta SteerTec’s facilities worldwide, 2009
Table 26: TRW Automotive’s steering system facilities worldwide, 2009
Table 27: ZF Lenksysteme’s facilities worldwide, 2008