Global and China Automotive Seating Industry Report, 2014-2015
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The report highlights the following:
1, Global automotive market and industry
2, Chinese automotive market and industry
3, Global automotive seating market and industry
4, Chinese automotive seating market and industry
5, Brief introduction to automotive seating
6, 15 automotive seating manufacturers
The seemingly simple automotive seating actually reflects a country's machining ability. In the world, at most 20 companies are capable of producing automotive seating whose frames are made of precision metals via stamping, while nearly a thousand companies have the capability to produce automotive engines.
In 2010, the global light vehicle output amounted to about 74.8 million; averagely, the automotive seating of a light vehicle was tagged with the selling price of approximately USD742, so the global light vehicle seating market valued USD53.8 billion. In 2014, the average selling price was USD786, a slight increase over USD771 in 2013; the global market was worth USD66.8 billion. In 2015, the average selling price is expected to reach USD800 and the overall market size will grow 30.3% from 2010 to USD70.1 billion.
Global automotive seating manufacturers can be divided into three camps, namely North America, Japan and Europe that held about 50%, about 30% and 13% market share in 2014 respectively. Compared with 36% in 2010, the market share of Japanese manufacturers in 2014 was lower because of the depreciation of the yen instead of their weakened competitiveness.
Mergers and acquisitions occur frequently in the seating field. Large manufacturers are keen on taking over seating parts producers to improve the supply chain. Recently, Lear has acquired the world's largest manufacturer of automotive leather seating -- Eagle Ottawa for USD850 million. In 2012, Lear spent USD257 million on purchasing Guilford Mills which is an automotive seating fabric manufacturer. By virtue of mergers and acquisitions, Lear has become the most promising player in the seating market, and saw its revenue surge 10.8% in 2014. By contrast, Magna suffers consecutive decline, and supposes seating business as a burden; therefore, it has to either sell the business or acquire small factories to enhance competitiveness.
Johnson Controls Inc (hereinafter referred to as JCI), as the world's largest automotive seating manufacturer, firmly grasps the Chinese market, from which JCI reaped the revenue of USD6.1 billion in 2014 being the largest origin of its proceeds. JCI boasts 61 production bases in 30 cities throughout China with nearly 28,000 employees, serving all of car makers. 42 ones of these bases are joint ventures in which JCI enjoys the absolute right to speak, while JCI’s Chinese partners only play the role of financial investors. JCI seizes 53% market share in China.
European manufacturers are a great deal interested in the Chinese market as well. Faurecia plans to build seven new plants in China in the next three years, including six joint ventures and a sole proprietorship. Besides, Brose intends to raise the capacity of its Shanghai Plant; and Lear makes more investments in China. However, Japanese companies almost have no new investment plan due to the tension of Sino-Japanese ties.

1. Brief Introduction to Automotive Seating
1.1 Structure
1.2 Frame
1.3 Motor
1.4 Fabric
2. Global and Chinese Automotive Market
2.1 Global Automotive Market
2.2 Global Automotive Industry
2.2.1 Volkswagen
2.2.2 Mercedes-Benz and BMW
2.2.3 Volvo, PSA and Fiat
2.2.4 GM and Hyundai
2.2.5 Toyota
2.2.6 Renault-Nissan
2.3 Overview of Chinese Automotive Market
2.4 Recent Developments of Chinese Automotive Market
2.5 Analysis on Chinese Automotive Market
2.6 Sales Volume of Typical Chinese Automakers
3 Global and China Automotive Seating Industry
3.1 Global Market Size
3.2 Ranking of Global Automotive Seating Industry
3.3 Supply Relationship between Automotive Seating Manufacturers and Automakers Worldwide
3.4 Share of Automotive Seating Suppliers for Automakers Worldwide
3.5 China Automotive Seating Industry
3.6 Supply Relationship between Automotive Seating Manufacturers and Automakers in China
4. Automotive Seating Manufacturers
4.1 Toyota Boshoku
4.1.1 Changchun Faway Toyota Boshoku Auto Parts Co., Ltd.
4.1.2Tianjin Intex Auto Parts Co., Ltd
4.1.3 Tianjin Kahou Automotive Decoration Co., Ltd
4.1.4 Tianjin Feng'ai Automotive Seat Parts Co., Ltd.
4.1.5 Tianjin Toyota Boshoku Automotive Parts Co., Ltd
4.1.6 Chengdu Toyota Boshoku Automotive Parts Co., Ltd
4.1.7 Shanghai Toyota Boshoku Automotive Parts Co., Ltd
4.1.8 Kunshan Toyota Boshoku Automotive Parts Co., Ltd.
4.1.9 Ningbo ARACO Co., Ltd
4.1.10 Toyota Boshoku Ningbo Co., Ltd
4.1.11Guangzhou Intex Auto Parts Co., Ltd
4.1.12 Feng'ai (Guangzhou) Auto Seat Parts Co., Ltd.
4.1.13 Toyota Boshoku Foshan Co., Ltd.
4.2 TS
4.2.1 Guangzhou TS Automotive Interior Systems Co., Ltd.
4.2.2 Wuhan TS-GSK Auto Parts Co., Ltd.
4.3 TACHI-S
4.3.1 TACLE Guangzhou Automotive Seat Co., Ltd.
4.4 Faurecia
4.5 Lear
4.5.1 Lear Dongfeng Automotive Seating Co., Ltd
4.5.2 Jiangxi Jiangling Lear Interior Systems Co., Ltd.
4.5.3 Shenyang Lear Automotive Seating and Interior Systems Co., Ltd
4.5.4 Chongqing Lear Chang'an Automotive Interior Decoration Co. Ltd
4.5.5 Lear (Wuhu)
4.5.6 Lear Automotive Fabric Co., Ltd
4.5.7 Nanjing Lear Xindi Automotive Interiors System Co., Ltd
4.5.8 TACLE Guangzhou Automotive Seat Co., Ltd.
4.5.9 Lear Corporation Changchun Automotive Interior System Co., Ltd
4.5.10 Beijing Lear Dymos Automotive Systems Co., Ltd
4.5.11 Shanghai Lear STEC Automotive Parts Co., Ltd
4.6 Johnson Controls
4.6.1 KEIPER
4.6.2 Shanghai YFJC
4.6.3 Nanjing YFJC
4.6.4 Wuhu Johnson Controls Yunhe Automotive Seating Co., Ltd
4.6.5 Chongqing YFJC
4.6.6 Guangzhou Dongfeng Johnson Controls Automotive Seating
4.6.7 Changchun Faway-Johnson Controls Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
4.6.8 Changchun FAW Faway Johnson Controls Metal Components Co., Ltd.
4.7 Magna
4.8 Brose
4.9 DYMOS
4.10 Sitech
4.11 Changchun Xuyang
4.12 WuHan New Yunhe Automotive Seating Co., Ltd
4.13 Hubei Aviation Precision Machinery Technology Co., Ltd
4.14 GSK Industrial
4.15 NHK Spring
Global Automobile Sales Volume, 2010-2015
Global Light Vehicle Output by Region, 2003-2015
Automobile Sales Volume in China, 2005-2015
Annual Sales Volume and YoY Growth Rate of Automobiles in China by Type, 2008-2015
Monthly Sales Volume of Passenger Cars in China, 2011-2014
Monthly Sales Volume of Commercial Vehicles in China, 2011-2014
Sales Volume of Passenger Cars in China, 2016-2014
Sales Volume of Commercial Vehicles in China, 2016-2014
Monthly Sales Volume of BYD, 2011-2014
Monthly Sales Volume of Great Wall Motor, 2011-2014
Monthly Sales Volume of Geely, 2011-2014
Monthly Sales Volume of Passenger Cars of GAC, 2011-2014
Monthly Sales Volume of Passenger Cars of DFG, 2011-2014
Monthly Sales Volume of CNHTC, 2012-2014
Monthly Sales Volume of BMW Brilliance, 2011-2014
Scale of Global Passenger Car Seating Industry, 2006-2016E
Output Value of Global Passenger Car Seating Industry by Region, 2010 vs 2014
Ranking of Major Automotive Seating Manufacturers Worldwide by Revenue, 2010-2014
Share of Automotive Seating Suppliers for Toyota, 2014
Share of Automotive Seating Suppliers for Honda, 2014
Share of Automotive Seating Suppliers for Renault-Nissan, 2014
Share of Automotive Seating Suppliers for VW, 2014
Share of Automotive Seating Suppliers for GM, 2014
Share of Automotive Seating Suppliers for Ford, 2014
Share of Automotive Seating Suppliers for Hyundai, 2014
Share of Automotive Seating Suppliers for PSA, 2014
Market Share of Major Manufacturers in Chinese Automotive Seating Market, 2014
Ranking of Major Automotive Seating Manufacturers in China by Revenue, 2010-2014
Revenue and Operating Margin of Toyota Boshkou, FY 2006-FY2015
Shipment of Toyota Boshkou, FY2011-FY2015
Shipment of Toyota Boshkou by Region, FY 2011-FY2015
Revenue of Toyota Boshkou by Region, FY 2006-FY2014
Operating Income of Toyota Boshkou by Region, FY2010-FY2015
Presence of Toyota Boshkou in China
Financial Performance of Tianjin Intex Auto Parts, 2013
Revenue and Operating Margin of TS, FY2006-FY2015
Operating Income of TS, FY2014
Main Vehicle Models Supported by TS’ Products, FY2011
Main Vehicle Models Supported by TS’ Products, FY2014
Main Vehicle Models Supported by TS’ Products, FY2015
Revenue Structure of TS by Product, FY2010-FY2011
Revenue Structure of TS by Product, FY2013-FY2014
Revenue Structure of TS by Region, FY2010-FY2015
Operating Income Structure of TS by Region, FY2010-FY2015
Operating Income of TS, FY2015
TS TECH Capital Investment Depreciation by Region, FY2014-2015
Revenue and Operating Margin of TACHI-S, FY2006-FY2015
Customer Distribution of TACHI-S, FY2007-FY2015
Revenue of TACHI-S by Region, FY2013-FY2015
Operating Income of TACHI-S by Region, FY2013-FY2015
Subsidiaries of TACHI-S in China
Faurecia's Revenue and Operating Margin, 2005-2014
Faurecia's Revenue by Customer, 2014
Faurecia's Revenue by Product, 2009-2014
Faurecia's Revenue by Region, 2012-2014
Faurecia's Revenue in China by Business, 2014
Faurecia's Seating Revenue in China, 2010-2014
Faurecia's Seating Market Share and Capacity in China
Faurecia's Seating Business Expansion Plan in China
Faurecia's Seating Business Roadmap
FAS China Product Plan on Mechanisms
Lear’s Revenue and Operating Margin, 2007-2014
Lear's Revenue by Business, 2010-2014
Lear's Revenue by Region, 2013-2014
Lear's Revenue by Customer, 2014
Revenue of Eagle Ottawa by Region/Customer
Lear’s Global Branches
Revenue of Automotive Seating Division of Johnson Controls by Region, 2014
Revenue and Operating Margin of Automotive Division of Johnson Controls, FY2006-FY2012
Global Braches of Johnson Controls
Revenue and Workforce of KEIPER, 2007-2010
Seating Revenue of Shanghai YFJC, 2005-2014
Revenue and Net Income of Changchun Faway-Johnson Controls Automotive Systems, 2010-2015
Assets and Liabilities of Changchun Faway-Johnson Controls Automotive Systems, 2010-2013
Revenue and Net Income of Changchun FAW Faway Johnson Controls Metal Components, 2010-2015
Assets and Liabilities of Changchun FAW Faway Johnson Controls Metal Components, 2010-2015
Revenue and Net Profit Margin of DYMOS, 2008-2014
Plant Distribution of DYMOS
Revenue and Operating Income of Hubei Aviation Precision Machinery Technology, 2006-2014
Major Customers of Hubei Aviation Precision Machinery Technology
Revenue and Operating Margin of NHK Spring, FY2007-FY2015
Revenue of NHK Spring by Business, FY2008-FY2015
Operating Income of NHK Spring by Business, FY2008-FY2015
Revenue of NHK Spring by Region, FY2008-FY2015
Automotive Seating Revenue of NHK Spring by Region, FY2012-FY2014
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