Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: Executive summary

• Developed markets are nearing saturation
• Legislation is driving major changes
• The global supplier rankings show little change

Chapter 2: The market

2.1: Introduction

2.2: Market players

- World market
- Europe
- North America
- Japan
- Elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific region

2.3: Market shares

- World market
- European market
- North American market
- Japanese market
- Elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific region

2.4: Market outlook

Chapter 3: Technical review

3.1: Compressors

- Variable compressors dominate the European market
- Sanden

3.2: The great refrigerant debate

- Uncertainty over the choice of system remains in Europe

- The US has similar legislation scheduled for 2017 in some states

- Japan has not set laws for refrigerant use in automotive HVAC systems but has established voluntary agreement with the EU

- HFO-1234yf

- CO2 systems

3.3: Platform design

3.4: Automatic air conditioning systems

3.5: Muti-zone systems

3.6: Control haptics are increasingly important

3.7: Interior cabin air quality

3.8: Smaller air conditioning units for Compact cars are growing in importance

3.9: Intelligent automotive air conditioning

Chapter 4: Manufacturer profiles

4.1: Behr

4.1.1: Behr’s joint ventures

- Europe
- China
- Japan
- US
- India
- South Korea

4.1.2: Recent performance

4.1.3: Recent product innovations and developments

4.1.4: Prospects

4.2: Behr-Hella Thermocontrol (BHTC)

4.2.1: Prospects

4.3: Calsonic Kansei

4.3.1: Prospects

4.4: Delphi

4.4.1: Prospects

4.5: Denso

4.5.1: Prospects

4.6: Valeo

4.6.1: Prospects

4.7: Visteon

4.7.1: Prospects

List of tables

Table 1: Climate control system manufacturers and main products supplied

Table 2: Comparison of two main refrigerant systems

Table 3: Penetration levels for standard and automatic air conditioning systems

Table 4: Key statistics for Behr’s Air Conditioning division

Table 5: Behr key contracts

Table 6: Calsonic Kansei key contracts

Table 7: Delphi Thermal Systems net sales 2006 – 2008

Table 8: Delphi key contracts

Table 9: Denso key contracts

Table 10: Valeo Domain’s of innovation sales 2008 v 2007 (€ millions)

Table 11: Valeo key contracts

Table 12: Visteon key contracts

List of figures

Figure 1: Shares of the global OE HVAC market, 2005/2008 (% volume)

Figure 2: Shares of the western European OE HVAC market 2005/2008 (% volume)

Figure 3: Shares of the North American OE HVAC market 2005/2008 (% volume)

Figure 4: Shares of the Japanese OE HVAC market 2005/2008 (% volume)

Figure 5: Japan Climate System’s AC system

Figure 6: Sanden internal control variable displacement compressor

Figure 7: Behr R744 refrigerant-based system

Figure 8: PrehCon Centre Console Control

Figure 9: Preh HMI concept

Figure 10: Preh climate control - front and rear: BMW X5

Figure 11: Denso’s conventional air conditioning unit

Figure 12: Behr’s HVAC system for the Mercedes-Benz S-Class

Figure 13: Behr’s Physio-Control HVAC in the Mercedes-Benz S-Class

Figure 14: Valeo air purifier system

Figure 15: Visteon