Table of Contents:

List of figures
List of tables
The author

Summary
Fitment trends
OEM requirement trends
Market shares and trends
Carbon dioxide refrigerant R744

Chapter 1: Introduction
Better performance in a smaller package - with less consumption
Report coverage
Methodology

Chapter 2: The market
Market players
Aftermarket opportunities
Merger, acquisition and joint venture activity
Capital investment activity

Market shares

- World market
- European market
- North American market
- South American market
- Japanese market

Market forecast

- Overview
- European market
- North American market
- Japanese market
- Asian market
- South American market
- World market

Market values

Chapter 3 Technical review
Air conditioning: how it works
Extent of technology partnering and customisation
Platform design

List of figures

• Figure 1 Shares of the global OE HVAC unit market, 2003/2005
  
• Figure 2 Delphi's underfloor HVAC unit in the Renault Espace
  
• Figure 3 Shares of the Western European OE HVAC unit market, 2003/2005
  
• Figure 4 Shares of the North American OE HVAC unit market, 2003/2005
  
• Figure 5 Shares of the South American OE HVAC unit market, 2003/2005
  
• Figure 6 Shares of the Japanese OE HVAC unit market, 2003/2005
  
• Figure 7 Coolant circuit of an air conditioning system
  
• Figure 8 Trends in automotive air conditioning
  
• Figure 9 Visteon's compact HVAC unit
  
• Figure 10 Visteon's version of a CO2-based air conditioning system
  
• Figure 11 Some early adopters of CO2 HVAC technology in the EU
  
• Figure 12 Behr's refrigerant condensers for air conditioning systems
  
• Figure 13 Physiotronic 4-zone HVAC system in new Mercedes-Benz S-Class Figure 14 Valeo's basic HVAC architecture

List of tables

• Table 1 Climate control system manufacturers and products supplied
• Table 2 Major merger, acquisition and joint venture activity in the HVAC equipment sector, 2003 - 2005
  
• Table 3 Recent and planned capital investment activity in the HVAC equipment sector, 2003 - 2007
  
• Table 4 Western Europe: air conditioning penetration by vehicle segment, 1999 - 2012
  
• Table 5 Worldwide sales of air conditioning systems for passenger car applications, western Europe, Japan, NAFTA and worldwide,
  2002 - 2012
  
• Table 6 Regional US dollar sales of air conditioning systems for passenger car applications
  
• Table 7 Comparison of cabin temperatures using different heating systems Table 8 Summary of HVAC manufacturers' business activities
  
• Table 9 Behr's Air Conditioning System division's production, 1999 - 2003 Table 10 Behr key contracts
  
• Table 11 Calsonic Kansei key contracts
  
• Table 12 Delphi key contracts
  
• Table 13 Denso's air conditioning facilities worldwide
  
• Table 14 Denso key contracts
  
• Table 15 Valeo thermal products sales, first half 2005 v first half 2004
  
• Table 16 Valeo key contracts
  
• Table 17 Visteon key contracts