The Global Market for Vehicle Occupant Restraint Systems: 2004 Edition


March 1, 2004
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The Global Market for Vehicle Occupant Restraint Systems: 2004 Edition

 
A seatbelt for every seat and airbags for the front seat occupants are the norm these days. While frontal and side airbag design has caught much of the limelight in terms of interior safety systems over the last decade, some vehicle makers are fitting safety equipment below the steering wheel in an effort to protect all parts of the occupant’s body. Although most of today’s safety systems are passive, manufacturers predict a move toward passiveactive.

New car assessment programmes, such as EuroNCAP have contributed toward raising consumer awareness of passive safety technologies. In turn, their heightened awareness has led safety campaigners to put further pressure on legislators to raise standards.

The delivery value content per vehicle has risen 70% over the last ten years to around $230 per car today. With no signs of abatement, manufacturers expect year-on-year growth of around 5%. The real growth will occur as adaptive airbag systems permeate the North American marketplace. Manufacturers say these early systems will increase the supply value by as much as 50%. In Europe, double pre-tensioning system fitment to each seat and side airbag protection is also spelling out good news for manufacturers.

Report coverage

The 2004 edition of this report reviews the key market drivers for vehicle occupant restraint systems, extending and updating the analysis previously published in 2001. This report is published jointly with just-auto.com.

Chapter two sets out our revised fitment forecast for frontal, side, curtain and rear airbag applications and front seat pre-tensioner seatbelts through 2010.

Chapter three reviews the technical advances in vehicle occupant restraint systems, including the latest advanced airbag technologies, inflatable seatbelts as well as the latest developments in pedestrian protection. Chapter four provides brief profiles of the major airbag module and seatbelt manufacturers, namely Autoliv, Key Safety Systems, Delphi Corp, Nihon Plast, Takata, TRW and Toyoda Gosei. 




List of tables
List of figures
The author
Summary

Introduction
Inflationary market 
Report coverage

The market
Safety sells
Star wars
Seatbelt usage
Market value
Market forecasts
Market players
Market shares
Supply chain

Technical review
Defining the elements
Airbag developments
Airbags in the seatbelt
Airborne airbags
Side impacts
Safe-by-wire consortium formed
Protecting the pedestrian
Pregnant crash test dummy
Seatbelt developments
Inflatable seatbelts
Smart seatbelts 
3+2 point seatbelts
Whiplash innovation

Manufacturers

Autoliv

Key Safety Systems

Dalphimetal

Delphi Corp

Nihon Plast

Takata

Toyoda Gosei

TRW

List of vehicles in the US that currently offer pretensioners and load limiters 
List of tables 

Average supply of automotive safety products to the VW Golf, 1992 and 2002

Western Europe: Fitment of airbags and front seatbelt pretensioners to new passenger cars, 1995 - 2010

Japan: Fitment of airbags and front seatbelt pretensioners to new passenger cars, 1995 - 2010

North America: Fitment of airbags and front seatbelt pretensioners to new passenger cars, 1999 - 2010

World: Fitment of airbags and front seatbelt pretensioners to new passenger cars, 1999 - 2010

Vehicle occupant restraint system suppliers' global presence

Airbag module and seatbelt manufacturers' business activities

Autoliv's labour cost per country 
List of figures

Global vehicle occupant restraint systems market, 2002

Global average supply of automotive safety products, value per vehicle, 1993 - 2002

Global vehicle occupant restraint systems market value by region, 2001

Global market shares for the vehicle occupant restraint systems market, 2003

Shares in the global automotive safety equipment market, 2003

Shares in the North American automotive safety equipment market, 2003

Shares in the European automotive safety equipment market, 2003

Shares in the Japanese automotive safety equipment market, 2002

Siemens VDO airbag sensor

GM's Pontiac Solstice 

Without Autoliv's anti-sliding airbag

With Autoliv's anti-sliding airbag

Cut-away of Autoliv's anti-sliding airbag

Autoliv's 3+2 point belt system (1 of 3)

Autoliv's 3+2 point belt system (2 of 3)

Autoliv's 3+2 point belt system (3 of 3)

Autoliv's sales by customer, 2003

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