Transmission supplier Getrag is forecasting sales to increase from €2,400 million this year to €4,200 million by 2010, according to Automobilwoche, which interviewed managing director Dieter Schlenkermann.
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The forecast is based on existing orders and means that production of transmission sets should rise from 3.5 million a year to 4.2 million. An increasing proportion of these will be four-wheel drive transmissions.
Growth will also come from dual clutch transmissions, which are expected to be adopted first in Europe, then in north America and the Far East.
