Abstract
just-auto estimates that the European, North America, Japanese and Chinese
instrument cluster market was worth about EUR2.9bn in 2007, and has the
potential to reach EUR3.9bn by 2014.
The instrument panel is a complex system of coverings, foams, plastics and
metals designed to house various components and act as a safety device for the
vehicle occupants, and the cockpit is one of the most complicated and
tightly-packaged assemblies in a vehicle. With several hundred individual
components, it tends to be one of the most common sources of quality problems,
so the standard of design and manufacture is therefore critical.
This expanded fourth edition of the just-auto vehicle instrumentation and
cockpits report contains two thousand more words than the last copy, updates
the market analysis, and reviews the key market drivers in the sector.
The report discusses how the vehicle instrument cluster, panel and cockpit
market will evolve in Europe, Japan, China and North America from 2004 through
2014, and offers detailed Q&As with senior executives of Alpine UK, Yazaki
North America and Johnson Controls.
The technical review takes a detailed look at recent innovations and new
ideas, such as Faurecia' s so-called Happy Attitude concept car, and Nissan' s
concept car featuring multiple preventative features designed to reduce
drink-driving.
Material technologies, like Borealis' thermoplastic olefin (TPO) for the
cockpit of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, and the world' s first biofabric - made
by supplier Teijin Fibres and Mazda, that claims to have been made with
completely plant-derived fibres suitable for use in vehicle interiors are also
investigated.
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