New Exhaust Systems Technologies For Both Diesel Engines - Forecasts To 2012'

DUBLIN, Ireland--Sept. 21, 2006--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c42403) has announced the addition of Global Market Review of Exhaust Systems - Forecasts to 2012 to their offering.

"The main forces driving the automotive exhaust systems industry are the emission and fuel economy targets," said Mauro Occhetti, Marketing and Sales Director, Magneti Marelli Exhaust Systems. "Exhaust suppliers are requested to support the carmakers to reach these targets and assure comfortable noise attenuation without over-design in order to guarantee a low system cost."

Technical developments in the hot-end are highly influenced by the new emissions legislations such as the forthcoming Euro 5 in Europe. As a result, there is an emergence of new exhaust systems technologies for both diesel engines such as close-coupled diesel particulate filters, NOx traps, and clean exhaust gas regeneration.

This third edition report reviews the key market drivers for exhaust systems, addressing the following issues:

-- With increasingly stricter emissions regulations forecasted, the emissions control content per light vehicle will rise over the next few years as a result of the introduction of multiple catalytic converters per vehicle and heat exchangers. What can we expect? How will carmakers respond to escalating prices?

-- With the ever popular diesel-powered engine in Europe, the market for particulate filters is growing exponentially. What are the opportunities in the retrofit market? For whom?

-- For some time, we have seen how manufacturers have focused on acoustical engineering of exhausts to help OEMs differentiate individual brands. What are manufacturers doing in this respect?

-- We're also seeing some exhaust manufacturers close or restructure their manufacturing footprint in Europe. Is there still too much capacity in the (exhaust) industry?

-- Who is investing in the emerging markets?

-- Despite the pace of consolidation in the exhaust sector, there are still a few small manufacturers in existence. What is the future for these smaller concerns?

This report contains information on the Companies

-- ArvinMeritor

-- Bosal

-- Calsonic Kansei

-- Eberspacher

-- Engelhard

-- Faurecia

-- Magneti Marelli

-- Tenneco

-- Delphi

The Chapter Titles are as follows:

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Chapter 2 - Product fitment forecasts predict, in some detail how the market for exhaust systems will evolve in Western Europe, Japan and North America from 2000 through 2012.

Chapter 3 - We initiate coverage of fuel injection system activity in the emerging markets and an updated review of new product developments.

Chapter 4 - Provides brief profiles of the major manufacturers, namely ArvinMeritor, Bosal, Calsonic Kansei, Eberspacher, Engelhard, Faurecia, Magneti Marelli and Tenneco.

Appendix Q&A with Karel Bos Jr (1961), Bosal ,and John Fuerst, Delphi Corp, May 2005

List of Figures

Figure 1: European OE emission control market shares for passenger cars and light vehicles, 2005 (% of sales volume)

Figure 2: North American OE emission control market shares for passenger cars and light vehicles, 2005, % of sales volume

Figure 3: Full exhaust system

Figure 4: Diesel particulate filter

List of Tables

Table 1: OE exhaust systems for passenger cars and light vehicle applications, Europe, Japan and North America, 2002-2012 (EURm of sales value)

Table 2: Emission regulations, Europe, USA and Japan

Table 3 Faurecias worldwide exhaust manufacturing sites, technical centres and customer offices worldwide

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