Intelligence set: Global market review of automotive lighting - forecasts to 2013 plus five supplier profiles

Abstract

This Intelligence Set includes the automotive lighting report, plus company profiles for Hella, Magna, Schefenacker, Valeo and Visteon.

It offers excellent value for money and will allow you to discover where the market is heading, what the latest innovations are, and how your competitors are performing.

The profile of the automotive lighting industry has lately been undergoing rapid and significant change. Lighting regulations, once many in number and different in technical prescriptions are now greatly reduced and substantially harmonised. Markets have consolidated, as have vehiclemakers and lighting suppliers, giving rise to regionally- rather than nationally-based players round the world.

This level of co-operation is fairly unique to the lighting sector, with technique, practice, subcomponents and even build-facilities being shared at an unprecedented level. Partnerships, joint ventures, and other collaborative arrangements serve to accelerate the presence and prevalence of better lighting on the roads of developing countries, whilst also elevating the industry' s best practices and reducing the cost automotive lighting sophistication.

So with lighting technology advancing at a staggering pace since the beginning of the 21st century, and vehicle stylists and buyers growing more daring and demanding, the wide range of options, considered luxury until recently, is now a necessity. Furthermore, the growth of supply and demand for vehicles (and, therefore, for vehicular lighting systems) in developing nations means that co-operation between lighting makers is at an all-time high.

This latest edition of our automotive lighting report addresses these collaborations, and offers an overview of the key market drivers and technical developments. Profiles of the major European and Asian suppliers, plus market share estimates for the global lighting market by supplier and by Xenon headlamp systems is provided, along with forecasts by region, namely North America, Europe and Japan to 2013 by headlamp prevalence.