The top 10 suppliers to the global interiors market control 64% or $US16.5 billion of the $25.7 billion interiors market, according to a CSM Worldwide statement timed to coincide with an auto interiors trade show.
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This is an 11% increase over 2001, when the top 10 accounted for 53% and $10.4 billion of a $19.5 billion market.
The top 10 interior suppliers in North America, European and Japan/Korea are:
1. SAS Automotive
2. Visteon
3. Johnson Controls
4. Faurecia
5. Collins & Aikman
6. Lear
7. Intier
8. Calsonic Kansei
9. Grupo Antolin
10. Peguform
The data, based on piece-cost estimates, represent the combined market value for door trim panels, floor carpeting, floor consoles, headliners, instrument panels and package trays.
CSM said two factors contribute most to the increased market growth and market concentration: suppliers’ regional expansion and electronic component capability.
“Eight of the world’s top ten interior trim suppliers provide components to OEMs in at least two of the three major light vehicle producing regions: Japan, North America and Europe,” said spokesman Don Montroy. “These suppliers also have a diverse customer base in more than one region.”
Additionally, electronics capability provides suppliers the opportunity to provide high-content, electronics-heavy modules, thus increasing the overall value of an interior module. Five of the top 10 offer electronics.
Cockpit modules are a great example of an interior trim component that has gone from low-value component to high-value module. “Not so long ago the instrument panel was a relatively simple plastic component,” added Montroy. “But it has been transformed into a highly-integrated, high- dollar-value cockpit module.”
Editor’s note: The 12th annual Auto Interiors Show opens on Wednesday for a two-day run at Detroit’s Cobo Centre.
