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PRLog (Press Release)– Jun 14, 2011– The seemingly inconspicuous seating system is merely inferior to engine in the automotive cost structure. The average price of common car seats is around US$850-1,050, that of medium-grade ones US$1,400-1,600 or so, and that of top-grade ones over US$2,000. The seating system turns out to be more expensive than gear box, chassis, and auto body to most of the cars.     The automotive seating system mainly consists of cushion frame, back frame, slide channel, covering, pad assy, recliner assy, and motor. The frames and the slide channel are usually obtained via the laser welding of high strength steels and they ask for excellent metal processing technology. Pad assy requires superb chemical preparation technology, electric control and order recall need electronic technology, and covering demands textile technology; consequently, there are few manufacturers of automotive seating assembly and the threshold is very high.  

The global automotive seating manufacturers fall into American, Japanese, and European factions. The America-based manufacturers are mainly composed of JC and Lear. As the world's largest manufacturer of automotive seating system, JC enjoys absolute superiority in pad assy technology and global presence. It possesses rich cash flow and improves its industry chain through purchasing small producers. JC accomplished three acquisitions from November 2010 to January 2011. In Nov., 2010, JC purchased Michel Thierry, the supplier of automotive seat textile fabrics for JC; in December 2010, JC acquired the component business of Keiper, the inventor of seat recliner assy, and the seating business of Recaro famous for top-grade automotive seating system; and in January 2011, JC bought the supplier of metal frames for automotive seating system named CRH whose major customers are manufacturers of luxury vehicles.

Lear started its cadillac bu ferrari siness with seating fabrics, its industry chain is highly integrated, and the major clients cover GM, Ford, and Audi, who contribute more than 50% to its revenue.

The Japanese manufacturers include Toyota Boshoku, TS, and TACHI-S; wherein, the former two thrive from seating fabrics, while the latter grows from seating spring. Toyota Boshoku mostly supplies for Toyota; 74% automotive seating systems of Honda are provided by TS; and the major clients of TACHI-S are Nissan and Honda.  

The European manufacturers consist of French Faurecia and German Brose. Engaged in medium & high-grade cars, Faurecia acquired Seat Comfort Segment of German Hoerbiger in December 2010. It mainly serves Audi A8 & A7, BMW 7 series, Bentley 831/621, and Benz S series, all are luxury cars priced over RMB 1 million.  

Brose, the largest manufacturer of electric seat adjustor and the second largest manufacturer of door-lock system in Europe, takes the lead worldwide in the fields of electric window winder, auto door system, ABS motor and air-conditioner fan assembly, but it deals with small quantities of seat assembly.  

In addition, the automotive seating manufacturers cover South Korean DYMOS and HANIL E-HWA; wherein, the former also provides gear boxes for South Korean Tanktech, and the latter gives priority to trim.

All the automobile manufacturers in China except BYD adopt the seating systems of joint ventures, and BYD also needs to purchase key components. The automotive joint ventures in China are mostly controlled by the foreign parties, and may eventually develop into sole proprietorships. The joint ventures of foreign-funded automotive enterprises in China are mainly the branch companies with the highest profit margin. Take Toyota Boshoku as an example: its operating margin in Japan is 1.2%, while that in China is as high as 13.6%. China has contributed over 80% to the profit of Toyota Boshoku.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Automotive Seating System 1.1 Structure 1.2 Framework 1.3 Motor 1.4 Fabric

2. Global and China Automobile Market and Industry 2.1 Global Automobile Market 2.2 Global Automobile Industry 2.3 Chinese Automobile Market, 2010 2.3.1 Overview 2.3.2 Market Pattern 2.4 Chinese Automobile Market, 2011 2.4.1 Overview 2.4.2 Passenger Car 2.4.3 SUV 2.4.4 MPV 2.4.5 Cross Passenger Car 2.4.6 Commercial Vehicle 2.5 China Automobile Industry

3. Global and China Automotive Seating System Industry 3.1 Global Scale 3.2 Global Ranking 3.3 Relationship between Automotive Seating System Manufacturers and Automobile Manufacturers in the World 3.4 Shares of Automotive Seating System Suppliers of Major Automobile Manufacturers 3.5 China Automotive Seating System Industry 3.6 Relationship between Automotive Seating System Manufacturers and Automobile Manufacturers in China

4. Automotive Seating System Manufacturers 4.1 Toyota Boshoku 4.1.1 Changchun Faway Toyota Boshoku Auto Parts Co., Ltd 4.1.2 Tianjin 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 4.1.11 Guangzhou 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 4.4.1 Changchun Faurecia Xuyang Automotive Seat Co., Ltd 4.4.2 Faurecia-GSK (Wuhan) Automotive Seating Co., Ltd& aston martin #13;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 1086274749  Interior Systems Co., Ltd 4.5.4 Chongqing Lear Chang'an Automotive Interior Decoration Co., Ltd 4.5.5 Lear Automotive Systems (Wuhu) Co., Ltd 4.5.6 Lear Automotive Fabric (Rui'an) Co., Ltd 4.5.7 dodge Nanjing Lear Xindi Automotive Interiors Systems 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 Control 4.6.1 Keiper 4.6.2 Shanghai Yanfeng Johnson Controls Seating Co., Ltd (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 Co., Ltd 4.6.7 Changchun Faway-Johnson Controls Automotive Systems Co., Ltd 4.7 Visteon 4.7.1 YFV 4.8 Magna 4.9 Brose 4.10 DYMOS 4.11 Sitech 4.12 Changchun Xuyang 4.13 Wuhan New Yunhe 4.14 Hubei Aviation Precision Machinery Technology Co., Ltd 4.15 GSK Industrial

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