SAMPLE: Vision systems intelligence service. Generated: July 9, 2018

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1 SAMPLE: Vision systems intelligence service Generated: July 9, 2018

2 Table of contents Table of contents Introduction... PESTER Analysis... Political... Although advanced driver assistance systems are increasingly fitted to new cars as drivers request them, Euro NCAP s tightened safety requirements will boost such installed equipment rates over the next few years.... Interest in the use of hybrid and electric vehicles has grown over the past decade, mainly due to the quest for improved fuel efficiency and lower emissions.... Economic... Laminated side glass continues to be adopted.... The size of the automotive OE glazing market is determined by three main factors: number of vehicles produced; dimension of the glass, i.e. the number of square metres of glass that are fitted to vehicles; and amount of value added.... The unit value of automotive glazing is increasing, reflecting the gradual integration of added-value products.... The use of acoustic windshields is gradually increasing.... Social... Anyone buying a new car is faced with a long list of optional extras. While sat-nav and climate controlled seats are usually high on consumers wish lists, acoustic side glass and rain repellent coating may not be.... Like so many other parts of the car, environmental, design, safety, security and comfort factors are driving automotive glass technology.... The skill for the new car salesman is therefore surely to sell the benefits of each option to the customer.... There are some who argue that such added value glazing products add cost at a time when automakers are looking for cuts. So are these features really just solutions looking for problems?... Technological... Although we are seeing more and more panoramic roofs on vehicles, this presents a challenge for vehicle designers to provide adequate shading from the sun for the driver and vehicle occupants.... As glazing plays an increasing role in the overall design, automakers are looking for other ways to use glass on other areas of the body.... For some time, there has been a desire for an overall smooth aerodynamic style to the vehicle.... Head-up displays - or HUDs - are gradually becoming popular. A HUD is a system which projects a visual image at a distance of about 2-metres in front of the driver.... Reduced glass thickness.... The trend in automotive design is still toward complex, large area glass shapes and lower installation angles.... Value added features are becoming increasingly important.... While the idea of replacing glass with lighter weight plastic sounds like an obvious innovation, it is not new.... Environmental... In addition to using glazing to enhance a vehicle s styling, glass can also be used as a substrate for photovoltaic cells that convert the sun s energy to electricity.... IRR windshields address the environmental concerns of fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.... With glass constituting about four percent of a vehicle s weight (and rising), the issue of recycling is an important topic.... Regulatory... Back in 2009, the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a long-awaited proposed rule making that could have a significant impact on the fitment of side laminated glazing in the US....

3 Table of contents CARB regulations play an important role.... The NHTSA has withdrawn a rulemaking proposal aimed at repealing the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) rule No. 219 focused on windshield zone intrusion.... Companies... Glazing companies... American Glass Products... Asahi Glass Co Ltd... Central Glass... Fuyao Group... Guardian Industries Corporation... Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.... Infrastructure... Products... NordGlass... Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC... Saint Gobain (Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA)... Infrastructure... Merger and acquisition activity... Products... Vitro SAB de Cv... Xinyi Glass Holdings... Others... BSG Auto Glass... Corning... Covestro... DuPont... Eastman Chemical Co... Freeglass GmbH... Research Frontiers... SABIC... Sekisui... Shanxi Lihu Glass... Sisecam... Mirror companies... Ficosa International, S.A.... Customers and contracts...

4 Table of contents Merger and acquisition activity... Organisational structure... Flex... Gentex Corporation... Customers and contracts... Infrastructure... Organisational structure... R&D... Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.... Magna International Inc.... Customers... Products... Murakami Kaimeido... Samvardhana Motherson Group... SL Corporation... Tokai Rika... Wiper companies... Denso Corporation... Federal Mogul Corporation... Products... Hella KGaA Hueck & Co.... Robert Bosch GmbH... Customers... Infrastructure... Products... Trico Products... Valeo SA... Others... Forecasts... Forecasts - glazing... Acoustic windshields... Glazing sets... Head-Up Displays (HUDs)... Infrared reflective glazing... Laminated sidelites...

5 Table of contents Large sunroofs... Polycarbonate glazing... Switchable glazing... Forecasts - mirrors... Exterior mirrors... Interior mirrors... Forecasts - wipers... OE wiper blades... Markets... Markets - glazing... Emerging markets... Market shares... China... Europe... Japan... North America... South America... Markets - mirrors... Auto-dimming rearview mirrors... Emerging markets... Market shares... Exterior rearview mirrors... Asia-Pacific... Europe... North America... Interior rearview mirrors... Europe... Markets - wipers... Emerging markets... Market shares... Asia-Pacific... Japan... Europe... North America... Technologies...

6 Table of contents Technologies - glazing... Acoustic windshields... Bare-edge glass... Enamels... Fog-free glazing... Frost-free glazing from SsangYong Motor... Glass processing... Head-up display... Heated windshields... Hydrophilic and hydrophobic coatings... Integrated antenna... Laminated side glazing... Large windshields... Autoliv's thin windshield pillar... Citroën C3... Large windshield examples: Cadillac CRX, Ford Edge, Astra GTC... Windshield sealing system for the Opel Astra GTC... Modular glazing... Panoramic roofs... Polycarbonate glazing... Recycling initiatives... Sealing systems... Shade bands... Solar controlled glazing... Solar roofs... Switchable glazing... Tempered glazing... Thinner glazings... Transparent displays... Technologies - mirrors... Innovations... Chrysler's Rear Cross Path and Blind Spot Monitoring systems... Drexel Univerity's solution to eliminating the blindspot... Ficosa's solutions... Ford's acoustic mirrors... Ford's cross traffic alert and blind spot mirror...

7 Table of contents Gentex's Full Display Mirror... Magna's solutions... Nissan's self-cleaning rearview camera... Technical trends... Rearview mirror integrated antennae trends... Telescopic trailer tow mirrors... Tomorrow s rearview mirrors... Back up cameras... Findings of Gentex commissioned research study... Technologies - wipers... Innovations... Bayonet connection from Federal Mogul... Bosch's direct drive system... Bosch's Jet Wiper... Bosch's reversing twin-motor wiper system... Federal Mogul's Articulated Contact Technology... Federal Mogul s X-1 flat blade... Flat blades from Bosch... Lanxess' windscreen wipers with synthetic rubber... Novel idea to prevent wipers freezing to windshield... Tomorrow s car... Trico's Visionall blade... Valeo's direct drive wiper system... Valeo's motorisation concept... Valeo s AquaBlade... Wiper technology trends...

8 Introduction Introduction This service brings together QUBE s previous glazing, mirror and windscreen wiper services all under one roof. Glazing Glazing plays an increasingly important role in the overall design of a vehicle and vehicle makers are looking for ways to use glass on other areas of the body, such as in sunroofs, and use more glass to improve a vehicle s safety aspect. The trends in MPVs, for instance, have seen bulky A-pillars become obtrusive for forward vision. Consequently, some car designers are focusing more and more on windshields that wrap around at the sides pushing the A-pillar back towards the front door. This style of windshield is known as panoramic. Higher and wider windshields have also led to the quantity of glass used in vehicle manufacture to gradually increase. Glazing provides vehicles a combination of aesthetic, functional and structural properties. The need for improved passenger comfort, increased functionality and lower vehicle manufacturer assembly costs means that glazing systems with infra-red and ultra-violet-inhibiting properties, integrated antennas, de-misting and de-icing capabilities, and ease of fitting are increasingly required by the OEMs.... 1

9 PESTER Analysis PESTER Analysis Political Although advanced driver assistance systems are increasingly fitted to new cars as drivers request them, Euro NCAP s tightened safety requirements will boost such installed equipment rates over the next few years. For instance, it is said that from 2014, it will be practically impossible for new vehicles to receive a five star EuroNCAP rating if they are not fitted with an Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB)... Economic Laminated side glass continues to be adopted. For some time, Europe has led with the adoption of laminated side glass for increased vehicle comfort and security. The first North American vehicle with laminated sidelights was launched in 2002 wit... Social Anyone buying a new car is faced with a long list of optional extras. While sat-nav and climate controlled seats are usually high on consumers wish lists, acoustic side glass and rain repellent coating may not be. Yet such products are becoming increasingly important, delivering greater functionality and adding a further growth dimension to automotive glazing sales.... Technological Although we are seeing more and more panoramic roofs on vehicles, this presents a challenge for vehicle designers to provide adequate shading from the sun for the driver and vehicle occupants. On the flipside, however, this presents opportunities for switchable glazing specialists. Since the mid-1960s, Research Frontiers Inc has been developing suspended particle control technology f...

10 PESTER Analysis Environmental In addition to using glazing to enhance a vehicle s styling, glass can also be used as a substrate for photovoltaic cells that convert the sun s energy to electricity. Solar panels on vehicles can be used to power ventilating fans to draw heat from the vehicle when it is parked in the sun, or to trickle-charge batteries. Solar roofs are already a reality, of course... Regulatory Back in 2009, the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a long-awaited proposed rule making that could have a significant impact on the fitment of side laminated glazing in the US. The proposal involves developing a new Federal Vehicle Safety Standard No X to reduce partial and complete ejection of vehicle occupants through side windows in rollover accidents. In 20...

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15 Sample forecast table Sample forecast table Market volumes of wiper blades fitted to newly-assembled passenger cars and light vehicles, , ('000s units) Market North America X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X Mercosur X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X Western Europe X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X Central Europe X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X Russia X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X Japan X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X China X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X India X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X Korea X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X Thailand X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X Other Asia X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X Iran X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X South Africa X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X Australia X.X X.X X.X X.X X.X X.X X.X X.X X.X X.X X.X X.X X.X Total X markets X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X X,X.X Source: just-auto, LMC Automotive and industry sources