This publication has been discontinued on September 16, 2011.
Below is the updated product.
Published: January, 2012
Product code: 204713
Abstract
Description
This Intelligence Set includes the fourth edition of our road wheels report,
along with profiles of Alcoa, ArvinMeritor, Hayes Lemmerz, Superior, Topy and
Accuride.
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.
Although the North American and European aluminium wheel market has grown over
the past decade, the pace of growth has slowed recently and, we believe, is
set to decrease over the next few years. Advances in the use of steel,
supported by industry groups such the American Iron and Steel Institute
(AISI), has meant that manufacturers of steel wheels can meet alloy wheel
designs head on. Jim Cran, project manager of the American Iron and Steel
Institute' s Wheel Task Force, told us: “Since 2005, the Big Three have
significantly reduced the percentage of aluminium wheels they use. Cost was a
huge driver. Also, the Big Three have recognised people want good looking
wheels. Material is immaterial.”
In this, the fifth edition of this report, just-auto reviews the key market
drivers for road wheels, and fully updates its market analysis.
Since our last review of wheels was published in August 2007, the outlook for
the automotive industry has significantly changed. In late 2007, we were
looking at a ‘managed slowdown' for the global economy and the
automotive industry was very much part of that. By the end of 2008, however,
major companies were struggling to keep their heads above water in the face of
collapsed automotive markets.
Given the current state of the industry, just-auto has completely revised its
estimates and forecasts of the OE road wheels market volumes and values.
This report provides a global overview of the automotive road wheels sector,
providing top-level market fitment, volume and value estimates and forecasts
from 2005 through to 2016. Our forecasts are not extrapolative but dependent
on the underlying drivers of supply and demand. Our forecasts are largely
based on interviews with our extensive international network of industry
contacts. This allows us to consider and explain the meaning and implications
of industry events, rather than offer simple description based on incomplete
data.
In addition, and given the sheer volatility of the global economy at present,
we have set out an ‘expected' , ‘best case' and ‘worst case'
scenario applied to OE passenger car road wheels.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 2 - Market trends
- Market players
- Accuride
- Alcoa
- Q&A with Alcoa
- ArvinMeritor
- Borbet
- Compass Automotive Group
- Enkei
- Hayes Lemmerz International
- Magnetto
- Mefro
- Otto Fuchs
- Ronal
- Superior Industries
- Topy Industries
- Market shares
- Europe
- North America
- South America
- South Africa
- Asia
- Market volume forecasts
- Aluminium wheels
- Steel wheels
- Market value forecasts
- Aluminium wheels
- Steel wheels
Chapter 3 - Technical review
- Defining the elements
- Recent innovations
Chapter 4 - Manufacturers
- Accuride
- Alcoa
- Hayes Lemmerz International
- Superior Industries
- Topy Industries
List of figures
- Figure 1: European OE market shares for cast aluminium wheels for
passenger cars, 2008 (% of volume)
- Figure 2: European OE market shares for steel wheels for passenger cars,
2008 (% of volume)
- Figure 3: European OE market shares for steel wheels for trucks, 2008 (%
of volume)
- Figure 4: North American OE market shares of cast aluminium wheels for
passenger cars, 2008 (% of volume)
- Figure 5: North American OE market shares of steel wheels for passenger
cars and light trucks, 2008 (% of volume)
List of tables
- Table 1: Car assembly in North America, Western Europe and Japan,
2005-2016, actual/expected, best and worst case scenarios (‘000s units)
- Table 2: Installation of OE cast aluminium road wheels for passenger cars
assembled in North America, Western Europe and Japan, 2005-2016 (% of volume)
- Table 3: Market volume of OE cast aluminium wheels for passenger cars
assembled in North America, Western Europe and Japan, 2005-2016,
actual/expected, best and worst case scenarios (‘000s units)
- Table 4: Installation of OE steel road wheels for passenger cars assembled
in North America, Western Europe and Japan, 2005-2016 (% of volume)
- Table 5: Market volume of OE steel road wheels for passenger cars
assembled in North America, Western Europe and Japan, 2005-2016,
actual/expected, best and worst case scenarios (‘000s units)
- Table 6: Market value of OE cast aluminium road wheels for passenger cars
assembled in North America, Western Europe and Japan, 2005-2016,
actual/expected, best and worst case scenarios (EUR' 000s)
- Table 7: Market value of OE steel road wheels for passenger cars assembled
in North America, Western Europe and Japan, 2005-2016, actual/expected, best
and worst case scenarios (EUR' 000s)
- Table 8: Accuride' s wheel and wheel-end assembly sites in North America,
2009
- Table 9: Superior Industries' key financial results, 2005-2007 (US$' 000s)
- Table 10: Topy Industries' wheel-related facilities worldwide, 2009
