Abstract
This Intelligence Set includes the latest edition of the automotive glazing
systems report, plus manufacturer profiles for Asahi Glass, Nippon Sheet
Glass, PPG Industries and Saint Gobain.
Each profile is approximately 25 to 27 pages, and includes a brief outline of
business activity, financial statistics, customers and more. They will allow
you to discover where the market is heading, what the latest innovations are,
and how your competitors are performing.
just-auto estimates the automotive glazing market for passenger car and light
truck applications in Europe, North America, Japan and China was worth
EUR3.7bn in 2007, with that figure having the potential to reach EUR4.4bn by
2014.
Europe tends to lead styling trends for advanced glass shapes, including
panoramic windshields and large roof glazings, as well as colour tints such as
blue glass. So, with design trends pointing to greater usage of glass in the
future, and a growing trend toward aerodynamic design, glassmakers must be
able to control the pattern of temperatures in the glass throughout the
shaping process if shape, optical quality and stress patterns are to be
achieved.
Vehiclemakers' needs with respect to glass are also becoming increasingly
sophisticated and diversified, priority is being given to the heat resistance
of the cabin, sound-proofing, upgraded glass antennae, the adoption of
lighter-weight glass varieties and the encapsulation of glass.
In our fifth edition of the popular Global market review of automotive glazing
systems report we discuss the latest trends and technologies in more detail,
review the emerging markets, and provide forecasts showing how the replacement
glass market will evolve in Europe from 2004 through to 2014.
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