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Published by: just-auto
Published: Jun. 30, 2006 - 38 Pages
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Fuel for thought
- Report coverage
- Chapter 2 The market
- Market trends
- Market players
- Inergy Automotive Systems SA
- Kautex Textron
- TI Automotive
- Visteon
- Market shares
- Worldwide
- Europe
- North America
- Asia-Pacific
- Emerging markets
- Market forecasts
- Plastic fuel tanks
- Steel fuel tanks
- Chapter 3 Technical review
- Defining the elements
- Recent innovations
- New fuels
- Ethanol
- Biodiesel
- Fuel storage issues
- Chapter 4 Manufacturers
- Inergy Automotive Systems
- Kautex Textron
- TI Automotive
- Visteon
- List of figures
- Figure 1: World: fuel tank market shares for passenger car and light truck applications, 2005, % of volume
- Figure 2: Europe: plastic fuel tank market shares for passenger car and light truck applications, 2005, % of volume
- Figure 3: North America: plastic fuel tank market shares for passenger car and light truck applications, 2005, % of volume
- Figure 4: Asia: plastic fuel tank market shares for passenger car and light truck applications, 2005, % of volume
- Figure 5: TI Automotive's complete fuel system
- Figure 6: Inergy Automotive Systems' sales by geographical region, 2005, % of net sales
- Figure 7: Inergy Automotive Systems' sales by customer, 2005
- List of tables
- Table 1: Plastic fuel tanks: percentage fitment rates in Western Europe, North America, and Japan, 2000-2012
- Table 2: Plastic fuel tanks: volume fitment rates in Western Europe, North America, and Japan, 2000-2012 (000s units)
- Table 3: Plastic fuel tanks: market values in Western Europe, North America, and Japan, 2000-2012 (EURm)
- Table 4: Steel fuel tanks: percentage fitment rates in Western Europe, North America, and Japan, 2000-2012
- Table 5: Steel fuel tanks: volume fitment rates in Western Europe, North America, and Japan, 2000-2012 (000s units)
- Table 6: Steel fuel tanks: market values in Western Europe, North America, and Japan, 2000-2012 (EURm)
- Table 7: Volume of steel lost to plastic fuel tank manufacturing in Western Europe, North America, Japan, 2000-2012 (tonnes)
- Table 7: Inergy Automotive Systems sites worldwide
- Table 8: Visteon's fuel storage and delivery systems facilities worldwide
AbstractIn the 1970s, all fuel tanks were made of steel. Today, just-auto estimates that more than 90% of fuel tanks in Western Europe are made from plastic. The main factors driving fuel tank innovation are legislation, weight, packaging, safety and cost. Although steel industry sources acknowledge the benefits of plastic tanks, they believe that the tide is turning in their favour.
They argue that, in the long-term, the environmental and cost issues will win back a larger share of the steel fuel tank business. They reckon that they can make steel tanks with the same amount of design flexibility as plastic.
In this, the third edition of this report, just-auto reviews the key market drivers for automotive fuel tanks, addressing a number of topics, including:
- How will the market evolve through to 2012?
- Who is investing in the emerging markets?
- Given the legislation in Europe and California, can steel tanks really make a comeback?
- Plastic tanks have some clear advantages over steel, yet recycling them is still an issue. How do plastic tanks square in Europe given the end-of-vehicle-life requirements?
- Bio-diesel is already popular in Europe and is reported to be spreading to the North American market. Yet there still issues among vehicle manufacturers using plastic fuel tanks to store bio-diesel. Can steel do a better job?
- How does the quality of fuel storage affect the design of injection systems and what are the trends?
- Who leads the European fuel tank market?
- In terms of tomorrow's fuel tank designs, what could we expect?
Our product fitment forecasts in chapter two predict in some detail how the market for plastic and steel fuel tanks will evolve in Western Europe, Japan and North America from 2000 through 2012.
Also new in this edition, we initiate coverage of fuel tank activity in the emerging markets and an updated review of new product developments in chapter three.
Chapter four provides brief profiles of the major manufacturers, namely: Inergy Automotive Systems, Kautex Textron, TI Automotive, and Visteon.
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