Delphi, Visteon and Denso - 'Leaders in Auto Parts Manufacturing' According to New Industry Profile from Research and Markets

Business Wire, April 25, 2006

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c35839) has announced the addition of Automobile Parts and Accessories Manufacture - Industry Profile to their offering.

Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter:

The automobile parts manufacturing industry, with more than 5,000 US companies operating around 6,000 factories, has annual revenue of about $200 billion. The largest auto parts companies are Delphi (spun off from General Motors); Visteon (spun off from Ford); and Denso. A dozen companies have sales above $1 billion (including TRW, Dana, Eaton, Lear, Tenneco, ArvinMeritor, Bosch, Siemens, BorgWarner), and thousands have annual sales in the $10 to $500 million range.

COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

Demand for auto parts is driven by new car sales, which are strongly affected by interest rates, and by the replacement market. The profitability of a company in the industry depends partly on how difficult it is to manufacture its products and partly on the volume of demand, since many costs are fixed. Small companies can compete successfully with large ones by focusing on a small number of products, or some highly technical ones.

The structure of the industry is complex, with most smaller companies (referred to as 'tier 2' and 'tier 3&' suppliers) selling parts to larger suppliers (referred to as 'tier 1&' suppliers), who in turn sell component assemblies or modules to car and truck assemblers such as GM and Ford - collectively called original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).

Because of the hierarchical nature of the industry, the 50 largest companies control about 80 percent of the market. The large number of companies reflects the ...

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