Prospects For The Development Of Automotive Glass

According to the data, the global automotive glass industry is divided according to the theme of the consumer market. Europe, North America, Japan, China and South Korea account for 34%, 26%, 19%, 9% and 5% respectively, accounting for 93% of the global automotive glass market. Divided by enterprises, the global auto glass market is highly monopolized. Japan's Asahi Glass Company is the largest glass manufacturer in the world, accounting for almost 25% of the auto glass market. Moreover, giants in the glass industry (Saint-Gobain, Japan Plate Glass, etc.) ) also occupy a huge share of the automotive glass market. The world's three major auto glass manufacturers NSG, Asahi Glass (AGC) and Saint-Gobain, together with their joint ventures around the world, together occupy about 60% of the global OEM market.
With the rapid development of China's auto industry, the demand for China's auto glass industry is increasing, with an annual growth rate of 20%. Fuyao Group, a leading enterprise in China's auto glass industry, is the largest auto glass manufacturer in China, occupying 25% of the global auto glass market share and 70% of the domestic OEM market.
In terms of market: the automotive glass market is divided into the vehicle equipment market (OEM) and the after-sales repair and replacement market (AGR). From a global perspective, the OEM market for automotive glass is about 5 times that of the AGR market.
(1) The size of the OEM market is determined by the annual global car production. In 2011, global automobile production reached 80.1 million units, a year-on-year increase of 3%. Among them, the production of automobiles in Asia totaled 40.6 million, that of Europe was 21.1 million, and that of the Americas was 17.8 million.
(2) The size of the AGR market is determined by the local car ownership and the frequency of car glass renewal. On August 16, 2011, the world-renowned American auto industry magazine Wardsauto announced that as of that day, all kinds of cars in use around the world, including The total number of cars, trucks and buses has exceeded 1 billion.
China's auto market: Statistics show that at the end of 2011, the number of civilian vehicles in my country reached 105.78 million (including 12.28 million three-wheeled vehicles and low-speed trucks), an increase of 16.4% over the end of the previous year, of which the number of private cars was 78.72 million, an increase of 20.4% , of which the number of private cars was 43.22 million, an increase of 25.5%.