Material Trends: Global Sector Overview & Forecast

Table of Contents

Introduction

Pester analysis

Companies

3M

Accuride Corporation

Aichi Steel

AK Steel

Aleris

Arconic Inc

Asahi Kasei Plastics

Autoneum

BASF SE

Benteler

Biomer

Bodine Aluminum

Bridgestone

CIE Automotive SA

ContiTech

Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc

Covestro

Dow Automotive Systems

Dräxlmaier Group

DuPont (E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company)

Evonik

Faurecia

Fosun

Freudenberg & Co. KG

Gestamp Automocion

Henkel

Honeywell

Hyundai Steel

International Automotive Components

JFE Steel Corporation

Kobe Steel

Lanxess

LG Chem

Magna International Inc.

Infrastructure

Merger and acquisition activity

Martinrea

Metaldyne

Minda Corporation

Mitsui Chemicals

NanoSteel Company

Novares

Novelis

NSG

Oerlikon Balzers

Posco

PPG Industries

Infrastructure

Merger and acquisition activity

Products

PT Astra Otoparts

SABIC

Saint-Gobain

Samvardhana Motherson Group

Shiloh Industries

Showa Denko

Solvay

Stadco

Sumitomo Corporation

Tata Steel

Teijin

Tenedora Nemak

ThyssenKrupp AG

Toray Industries

Toyo Tire & Rubber

Toyoda Gosei

Trelleborg AB

Trinseo

Victrex

Woodbridge Group

Yokohama Rubber

ZF

Forecasts

Aluminium

Glass

Iron

Other materials

Plastics

Steel

Materials

Aluminium

Applications

Alcoa's MagnaForce

Aluminium sheet from Kobe Steel

Audi Space Frame

Cadillac ATS

Constellium’s aluminium crash management system

Engine cooling

Ford F-150 pickup

GM's aluminium welding technology

Heat shield from Federal-Mogul

Honda's steel-aluminium jointing solution

Novelis supplying aluminium sheet to General Motors

Tesla Model S

Turbocharger

Carbon fibre

Armoured vehicles

Bentley's solutions

BMW's solutions

Body panels

Carbon ceramic disc brakes

Daimler's solutions

Ford's solutions

GM's solutions

Coatings

Colour trends

BASF's research

DuPont's research

PPG's research

Other

Magnesium

Roofs

Seating

Organic materials

Acoustical foam

Doors

Ecological plastic in the Prius

Engine parts

Floor mats

Ford's approach to using alternative materials

Instrument panels

Interiors

Mercedes-Benz uses coconut matting, crushed olive stones and even sawdust

Seating

Tyres

Other materials

Alternative material to nylon 12 resin

BASF's car seat cover

ContiTech's double-sided timing belt

Plastics and composites

Bioplastic for vehicle interior parts

Brake pedal

Bumper market

Charge air ducts

Composite material door panels

Composite plastic tailgate

Door panels

Engine cooling

Environmentally friendly (‘green’) products

Front-end modules

Fuel system applications

General Motors' 'smart materials' developments

Glass fibre compounds

Glazing

Interior applications

Ford and Coca-Cola develop vehicle interior fabric

Resins

Roof systems

Sealing applications

Material from Trelleborg

Windshield sealing system for the Opel Astra GTC

Seat belts

Seats

Spare wheel tray

Spoiler

Suspension system

Tailgate

Technology developments

Transmission crossbeam

Wheels

Recycling

Batteries

Bumpers

Glazing

Interiors

Motor oil

Steel

Tyres

Continental's tyre recycling process

Ford makes gaskets and seals from recycled tyres

Michelin's TREC project

Waste packaging

Steel

Fuel tanks

Seats

Wheels

Archive

Emerging markets

Front-end modules

IAC develops blow foaming process for air ducts

Interior films from 3M

Nissan’s SpecV version of its GT-R ‘halo car’

PSA looks for aluminium partners