“Supposing the LED industry keeps developing at the current speed, the LED will be in line with the traditional light source level in 2014. The cost of the light source only takes up very small proportion of automotive headlight. If the automotive LED headlamp has the same illuminating effect as the headlamp made of the traditional light source, their cost gap won’t be more than 10%. Currently the LED headlamp cost is 30% higher and even two times of the HID headlamp, and the mainstream cars are against such a big cost difference.

Besides increasing the LED luminous efficiency and lowering the average illumination cost, it is also very necessary to solve the heat dissipation problem. The optical fiber-distributed lighting might be the best choice. If the technique of such lighting pattern achieves its maturity, the LED headlamp can be equipped into the low-temperature trunk instead of the vicinity of the high-temperature engine. Only an LED module is needed in the trunk, and then the optical fiber can transmit the light to every reachable area, which perfectly simplifies the design and minimizes the volume of the auto lamp. Though the current commonly-used heat pipe and fan can also dissipate the heat, they are with the high cost and complicated design.

From 2008 to 2013, the auto headlight manufacturing will remain the slow development. It is forecast that it will see the fast improvement in 2014. 50% high-mount brake lamps were made of LED in 2008 and this proportion will reach 100% in the future; 10% steering lamps were made of LED in 2008 and this proportion will reach 50% in 2015; only 10% width lamps were made of LED and this proportion will reach 30% in the future. In spite of huge market room, the price competition is quite intense and the price would fall by a big margin, hereby the market growing ability is not strong enough.

The global automobile industry has very clear group division. The German group and the Japanese group have built the vertical supplying system for years and the companies from other countries hardly have opportunities to participate in this system. The American automakers keep not so close a relationship with the suppliers, so other automakers still have certain chances. The Japanese auto market is monopolized by the three lighting companies, namely, Koito, Ichikoh and Stanley. Nissan has long-term partnership with Renault, so it also purchases the lamps from Valeo. In addition, the American automakers have numerous suppliers like Delphi, Visteon, HELLA and Stanley etc. The German automakers’ suppliers consist mainly of HELLA and AL. The French automakers undoubtedly choose their local company Valeo as the supplier. Similarly, Italy chooses AL, which is affiliated to the Italian FIAT Corporation. The South Korean suppliers contain Mobis and Sunlush.

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“The recession of global automotive industry contrasts with the prosperity of China automotive industry. In Jan.-Apr.2009, China’s auto output was 3.725 million sets, by an increase of 6.4%; sales volume 3,832,000, up 9.4%; sale/output ratio was up 2.55 points to 102.6%. As for models, the output and sale of passenger cars were 2,692,900 and 2,826,700 respectively, up 9.75% and 15.09% year-on-year, and the sale/output ratio increased 4.87 points to 104.97%. The output and sale of commercial vehicles were 1,031,900 and 1,005,200, down 1.46% and 3.86%, and the sale/output ratio dropped 2.43 points to 97.41%.

National economic stimulation policies continued to exert effects in April. Like March, the output and sale of automobiles in April set new records again, and the cumulative growth margin further expanded. The auto models that accounted for 52% of total sale and benefited from the favorable tax policy maintained stable growth rate in production and sale. The medium and high-end sedans began to revive. The output and sale of commercial vehicles did not fall sharply as before. The overall auto industry recovers. In fact, the automotive market in Mainland China has just begun to emerge, so the continuous high growth in this industry will be sustainable.

Automotive audio industry has already been a very mature industry. German, South Korean and Japanese automakers have their own specific parts and components providers with the cooperative relations of 30 years or 50 years, so it is very difficult for other suppliers to enter the industry. American automobile manufacturers emphasize cost, leaving potential opportunities for Chinese enterprises. The three major German automotive audio manufacturers — Becker, Blaupunkt and Continental (Siemens VDO) almost monopolize the German market. Toshiba, Fujitsu Ten, Alpine, Pioneer, Clarion, JVC Kenwood monopolize the Japanese market. Hyundai Mobis and Hyundai Autonet are about to merge, and both of them monopolize the South Korean market. American market is monopolized by the giants — Visteon and Delphi.

Automotive Infotainment System is the combination of automotive information system and entertainment system. Automotive information system mainly refers to navigation system, Telematics system and communication system. In 2008, the market valued approximately US$18.7 billion and after-market US$ 6.5 billion.

Becker, Blaupunkt and Continental (Siemens VDO) almost monopolize the German market. In Japan, Toyota cooperates with AisinAW and Denso; Honda gets supply from Denso, Pioneer and Alpine; Nissan depends on Clarion, Alpine and Panasonic. American automakers have more suppliers than any others, including Becker, Blaupunkt, Continental (Siemens VDO), Denso, Alpine, Panasonic, Aisin Seiki, Clarion. Ford also has a lot of suppliers. Hyundai gets supply from Hyundai Autonet. PSA and Fiat mainly cooperate with Blaupunkt and Magneti-Marelli.

By types, Chinese auto audio and infotainment manufacturers can be divided into joint ventures, wholly foreign-owned enterprises and local enterprises. By product, manufacturers can be divided into head-unit enterprises, navigation enterprises and electro-acoustic enterprises. By value, sole proprietorship enterprises account for about 50%, joint ventures 40%, local enterprises 10%. Of total output value, head-unit enterprises occupy 65%; navigation enterprises 10%; and electro-acoustic enterprises 25%. Local enterprises focus on electro-acoustic field.

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China has become a manufacturing center of aluminum automotive wheels in the world now. The export of wheels mainly focuses on the retail market. In the recent years, many foreign OEMs have begun to purchase aluminum automotive wheels directly from China because:

In the cost structure of Chinese aluminum automotive wheels, raw materials account for 55%-60% of the total cost, and labor cost takes 4%-5%. For developed countries, raw materials account for 50%, and labor cost takes 15%-20%. Therefore, China has competitive advantages in labor cost. At present, the average profit margin of foreign automotive aluminum alloy industry has fallen to 2%, so there is no possibility for the decline of selling price. In order to control the cost, international automobile giants have begun to purchase from China aluminum automotive wheels with price advantage or set up joint ventures in China. Japanese manufacturers have already established joint ventures in China.

China also has advantage in upstream resources, but the advantage is reflected in the quantity of alumina manufacturers instead of rich bauxite resources. The competition in the prices of alumina is fierce. After breaking the monopoly of Chinalco, private alumina factories emerged everywhere. To the aluminum wheel industry, raw material cost is the most important factor, in which Chinese manufacturers have advantage. Roaring alumina prices in 2008 made many manufacturers suffer losses. Although alumina price decreased in the second half of 2008, it was kept stable with a slight increase after major manufacturers made efforts to reduce output.

China’s output of aluminum automotive wheels rises rapidly. In 2001, China exported 3.5 million aluminum automotive wheels; in 2003, nearly 10 million; in 2008, 35 million, 10 times that in 2001. China produced 35 million aluminum automotive wheels in 2008, of which 30 million ones were for OEM sale, 1.5 million for inventory, and 1.5 million for after-market. Aluminum-alloy motorcycle wheel industry is an important branch of China’s aluminum wheel industry, with the annual output of 15-20 million.

Prosperous automobile industry stimulates a number of cities and enterprises to start aluminum wheel projects. In Baotou, Chongqing, Xining, Luoyang, Fushun, Zunhua, Guangyuan, Yuncheng, Kangping, Tongliao, Baise, Shenyang, Jiamusi, Peixian, Baiyin, Xuzhou and Wenchuan, aluminum wheel projects with the investment of RMB in millions have been under preparation or construction. In fact, aluminum wheels are applied to 68% of passenger cars in the world, so the development space for aluminum wheel hubs is limited. Majority of small Chinese enterprises rely on the after-markets of Europe and America, which get inflicted seriously by the economic crisis. As for the field of OEM, it is hard to enter, and requires efforts and funds for continuous years.

Although China has nearly 100 aluminum wheel manufacturers, but few of them have real strength. In China, large aluminum wheel manufacturers are generally supported by foreign investors. Manufacturers funded by Taiwan investors are mostly export-oriented, with the export mainly to Japan, and usually Japanese investors have their shares, for example, Toyota holds shares of Lioho Machinery. Manufacturers funded by Hong Kong investors often cooperate with larger enterprises, aiming at OEM market. Large-scale local enterprises also target OEM market, while small enterprises are engaged in after-market. Citic Dicastal is backed up by the super-large enterprise — CITIC Group, so it has no difficulty in gathering capital and it has the courage to invest in large scale, which is the key to its success. Besides, Citic Dicastal started to work in aluminum wheel industry earlier than others. Wanfeng Auto is also a pioneer in the industry and was first listed in 2006, and its development depends on financing. Jinfei Machinery is an enterprise restructured from a state-owned enterprise with adequate fund, and motorcycle wheel business takes a large proportion of its business. Jinfei Machinery has set up joint ventures with Indian manufacturers. In the initial phase of 2001, Huatai was supported by foreign investors, who held 60% shares of the first Huatai factory in Shenzhen. At present, Huatai has branches all over China, even merges and acquires foreign production lines directly. Lizhong Wheel is listed in Singapore, depending on Lizhong Group that has aluminum mines, and it has great development potential. Zhongnan Aluminum Wheel enjoys technology strength and cooperates with Japanese investors to produce products with good quality. Fucheng aims at export. Mingqi mainly cooperates with BYD. Jingyuan Heavy Duty Machinery is backed up by the largest tire enterprise — GITI Tire Group. Shanghai Youfa is a member of Youfa Group and listed in Singapore, aiming at after-sale market. Wuxi Zhenfa is an Indonesian enterprise listed in Indonesia.

Currently, European and American manufacturers of aluminum wheels are at the verge of bankruptcy, for example, Hayes Lemmerz filed for bankruptcy on May 11, 2009. In German, the annual sales of the best-known enterprise — BBS was less than 8 million euros in 2008, declining 40% with huge losses. However, the situation will benefit Chinese enterprises, especially large enterprise like Citic Dicastal.

In Japan, the giants — CMW, ENKEI and TOPY cooperate with Toyota, Honda and Nissan respectively. Asahi Aluminum, Hitachi Metals and UBE that have smaller scale cooperate with Honda, Nissan and Mazda respectively. UBE has less than JPY10 billion. In German, the giants — BORBET, RONAL and UNIWHEEL are unlisted semi-private family enterprises with a history of one hundred years and they acquired a number of small manufacturers. The scale of UNIWHEEL is relatively smaller, but has much shares in after-market. BORBET and RONAL cooperate with BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi and Porsche. American SUPERIOR and Hayes Lemmerz are surviving difficultly.

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Automotive finance refers to the financing activities in the production, distribution, purchase and consumption of automobiles. Automotive finance companies are the non-bank financial institutions approved by China Banking Regulatory Commission to provide automotive financial service to buyers and sellers of automobiles in China.

With the substantial increase of China’s automobile sales volume, the established concept of buying automobiles by loans, and the development of Chinese automobile finance companies, automobile finance companies have provided more and more loans to consumers year by year. In 2009, China’s automobile sales volume is expected to reach 13 million vehicles, the automobiles purchase through automotive finance companies will value RMB44.2 billion.

As of November 2009, ten automotive finance companies have been set up in China, of which 9 are foreign-invested companies or joint ventures, and Chery Huishang Bank Auto Finance Co., Ltd. is the only local one. In November 2009, Guangzhou Auto Group was awarded with automotive finance license. Now, it plans to establish an automotive finance company, which will provide financing service for Guangzhou Auto Group, Guangqi Toyota, Guangqi Honda and Guangqi Fiat Auto. This company is expected to be the 11th automotive finance company in China. In addition, JAC and Brilliance are also applying for setting up automotive finance companies.

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