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 Issues
– Trends in car designs and the subsequent impact
on automotive suppliers
– Trends in electric vehicle technology and market
growth
– Industry consolidation
– Labor negotiations
– New drivetrain technologies
– New materials for automotive components
– Inter- and intramaterial competition
– Push-and-pull strategies for suppliers to the
automotive industry
– Customer satisfaction surveys for suppliers
to the automotive industry
– Recycling
– Second stage manufacturing
– NAFTA
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Components
-- Under the hood (engine/drivetrain)
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– Aluminum block and head
– Batteries
– Camshafts
– Composite driveshafts
– Crankshafts
– Drivetrain
– Driveline differential carriers
– Engine
• Mounts and bushings
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– Ferrous castings
– Hubs
– Oxygen sensors
– Steering column
– Transmissions
• Automated Manual
• Automatic
• Manual
– Other
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Components
-- Brake/suspension systems/tires
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– Brake drums
– Brake systems
– Carbon black
– Castings
– Elastomer
– Rubber vulcanizing agent
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– Steering knuckles
– Suspension systems
– Suspension technologies
– Tire
• Yarn
– Wheels
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Components
-- exterior
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– Body panels
– Car refinish
– Glass
– Headlamp glass
– Light-gauge plate steel
– Replacement glass
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– Sun roofs
– Tractor hood components
– Trailers
– Truck bodies
– Truck tarp
– Other
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Components
-- interior
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– Interior lighting
– Seat belt
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– Seating
– Wood products
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Electronics
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– Crank case heaters
– Electronic control units
– Mobility device
– Relays
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– Self-regulating choke
– Sensors
– Systems
– Wire cable
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Catalyst
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– Catalysts
– Ceramic honeycombs
– Substrates
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Raw
materials
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– Adhesives
– Aluminide
– Aluminum sheet
– Ceramic-matrix composites
– Engineering plastics
– Finishes
– Foundries
– Fluoropolymer
– Glazing
– High-heat resin
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– High-strength steel
– Lube additives
– Lubricants
– Nanophase materials
– Nonwoven
– Polymer composites
– Polyolefins
– Polypropylene
– Refinishes
– Seat heating element
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Services
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– Application centers
– Design
– Driver detection technology
– Engineering services
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– Environmental testing requirements
– Prototype
– Rapid prototyping
– Recycling
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