Vision Systems: Global Sector Overview & Forecast

Table of Contents

Introduction

Pester analysis

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

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

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

Technologies - glazing

Acoustic windshields

Bare-edge glass

Enamels

Fog-free glazing

Frost-free glazing

Glass processing

Head-up display

Heated windshields

Hydrophilic and hydrophobic coatings

Integrated antenna

Laminated side glazing

Large windshields

Large windshield examples

Thinner A pillars

Modular glazing

Panoramic roofs

Polycarbonate glazing

Recycling initiatives

Sealing systems

Shade bands

Solar controlled glazing

Solar roofs

Switchable glazing

Tempered glazing

Thinner glazings

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

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 Jet Wiper

Bosch's reversing twin-motor wiper system

Federal Mogul’s X-1 flat blade

Federal Mogul's Articulated Contact Technology

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 AquaBlade

Valeo's direct drive wiper system

Valeo's motorisation concept

Wiper technology trends