ISSN-1652X THE ISSN-1652X 3-2010 3-10 Motorbike VEHICLE in stainless COMPONENT steel FKG - FORDONSKOMPONENTGRUPPEN Nordic suppliers at IAA
Kjell Nilsson, Semcon: “ Old knowledge can be a burden” Supporting safe and green technology
Sergio Marchionne: “ Without change we stand still”
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Supporting safe and green technology. 6 State-owned Fouriertransform has 3 billion SEK to invest in companies with ”Plastic compounds for promising new new technology. But it will take 5-6 years before all is invested, and there is a shortage of qualified specialists the automotive industry FKG - Fordonskomponent- to assist companies. gruppen AB Steel customers believe in future. At high 8 strength steel specialist SSAB’s Steel Day, The Scandinavian 87 per cent of companies present ex- Vehicle Component is issued pected better business a year from now. – developed and six times a year in Swedish or English. 10 Technical consultants need more compe- tence. If they can’t recruit more qualified produced in Sweden” people for new technologies, Swedish Head quarters: technical consultants risk losing high-level Bror Nilssons gata 4, jobs. This is according to a recent survey. Älvstranden. Henrik Eriksson – R&D Manager SE-417 55 Göteborg. Extra costs for Chinese quality. Additional 11 measures are needed to secure constant Phone +46-31-711 89 01. high quality and safe deliveries from Chi- Fax +46-31-711 89 04. nese suppliers. A recent survey examines E-mail: [email protected] the costs for this.
Publisher: Svenåke Berglie, Semcon’s CEO Kjell Nilsson speaks. He 12 warns that Swedish technical consultants President of FKG - Fordons lack staff competence in new technolo- komponentgruppen AB. gies. Mobile phone: +46-703-410 123. 14 Connected vehicles. Wireless communica- E-mail: svenake.berglie@ tion will connect tomorrow-s vehicles with the outside world, according to fkg.se consultant Mike Sena and other speakers More info: www.polykemi.se at Telematics Valley’s April 21 conference Editor-in-Chief: in Gothenburg. Tege Tornvall. Box 126, Polykemi AB | Box 14, 271 21 Ystad, SWEDEN | Phone: +46(0)411-170 30 SE-793 23 Leksand. Nordic suppliers at IAA. Presentation of Telefax: +46(0)411-167 30 | E-mail: [email protected] | www.polykemi.se 15 14 out of 28 Swedish exhibitors to share a Phone +46-247-137 25. stand at this year’s IAA show in Hanover Mobile phone on Sept. 23-30. +46-70-628 87 76. E-mail: tege.tornvall@ 18 Sergio Marchionne: Without change we telia.com stand still. Fiat’s unconventional CEO claims only big var makers can handle the costs for developing and producing Advertising: tomorrow’s more complex cars. But Saab The Vehicle Component. buyer Victor Muller does not agree. Johan Turian. Ad 4 you media AB. Scania wants lower costs for customers. 20 The strongest driving force for Scania is Krukmakargatan 35 C, satisfying customers, said purchasing vice SE-118 51 Stockholm. president at SSAB’s Stel day. The same Phone +46 8 556 950 44. must be for its suppliers, he claimed. Fax +46-8-556 960 19. E-mail: [email protected]. Excellent Saab - but too big. Driving the 21 ned 9-5 at its media launch, the editor found it excellent to drive but unnecessar- Art director: ily big. GM positioned it not to threaten Peter Schmidt. the new Opel Insignia. But free from GM, Schmidts Bokstäver & Bilder, Saab is now free to take on more Swedish suppliers. Lövhagegången 8, SE-416 56 Göteborg. Simple ways to produce more. Four cases Phone +46-31-21 96 99. 22 for higher productivity by simple mea- Mobile phone: sures from the PPA project. +46-70-491 37 34. E-mail: [email protected] 24 Events. Print: Trydells Tryckeri AB, 25 SVEN pages.Motorbike in stainless steel. Box 68, 312 21 Laholm. Tel: 0430 73100. Editorial cooperation As from now, The ISSN-1652-862X. Vehicle Component Copyright: C FKG 2010. cooperates with Auto- motive Sweden, sharing Printed copies: 3,200 material both ways. Swedish and 800 English Short news will also be Audited circulation: 3,430 found in Automotive Sweden’s newsletter and on FKG’s website. /Tege Tornvall, Editor-in Chief.
The Vehicle Component 3/10 3 scp göteborg www.tibnor.se - tioner har tioner fika amarbete ger resultat. sidan. Med utgångspunkt från kundens speci kundens från utgångspunkt Med sidan. Kockums Industriers malmvagnschassi är resultatet av funktionell design och ett nära samarbete på material ibnor tillsammans med Kockums och leverantörspartners leverantörspartners och Kockums med tillsammans tibnor tagit fram en helhetslösning av lagerfört stålmaterial och produktionsanpassade s detaljer. UNDERVERK EMA Fordon stå 3-10:Layout 1 10-06-07 17.34 Sida 2
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KG’s magazine ”Fordonskomponenten” dates back supplier close to 20 years. Since ten years, it comes every sec- ond month, first with one issue in English (“The Ve- Ekenäs Mekaniska is hicle Component”). As publishers we considered what we could do better. A survey among 3,000 subscribers a specialist in the ma- gave little guidance. The magazine was well received. nufacture of advanced With the automotive industry’s structural develop- profiles and tube compo- ment, many of those we wanted to reach were foreigners who simply Fcouldn’t read Swedish. To reach key people abroad, Swedish wasn’t nents. A high degree of automa- practicable. Many Finnish companies preferred English to Swedish. The tion, great expertise and dedicated English issue attracted more advertisers than Swedish issues. personnel make Ekenäs Mekaniska a So we decided to use English for all issues. We found a new printing company, hired a professional ad sales company, began cooperating with supplier you can rely on. The company The Swedish Vehicular Engineering Association (SVEA) and had the has several years of experience as a circulation formally audited. We also improved the editorial contents supplier to the automotive industry. with more about individual suppliers. The circulation has grown. Now more that 4,000 copies per issue is Ekenäs Mekaniska processes tubing and pro- normal. 3,700 are distributed per surface mail; the balance is dealt out files in steel, stainless steel, copper and alu- at trade shows, conferences, projects in other countries etc. to support minium. The knowledge ranges from design the advertisers. The magazine is also on our website. Its finances have and prototype manufacture to assembly and improved, even if we haven’t reached break even. There are also more ads, and some issues have reached the ad target. delivery to the end customer. Now it’s time again. We will again check all actions possible to make Ekenäs Mekaniska is certificated according the magazine better for readers and advertisers. We want to focus more to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO/TS on key questions of great importance to our readers, such as financ- ing, payment terms and the new block exemption. By deep interviews 16949. we want to paint visions and plans of those who set the agenda for the e to com automotive industry. We will continue to cover the development of the Wel , l 13 automotive industry and to report from conferences, trade shows and Hal 7 E2r projects. nd ove ta ann 010 S AA-H pt, 2 Our cooperation with SVEA continues- We have a new partner- I 0 se 23-3 ship with Automotive Sweden, an organisation financed by the regional Ekenäs Mekaniska AB is a com- pany with 90 employees. The administration of West Sweden, Business Region Gothenburg and turnover is 14 million euro. municipalities in western Sweden. Its magazine with the same name has contents similar to what we are looking for, such as interviews with key people in the industry. But its target group is different, and its circulation is much smaller. If other publishers can share material, why can’t FKG and Automo- tive Sweden? We have begun doing that with little overlapping but big cost advantages. Automotive Swedens magazine has both an English and a Swedish version. The organisation also has a newsletter, available on FKG’s website. We will also take actions to stimulate advertising, and we’ll review the distribution of our magazine. While “Fordonskomponenten” is back, “The Vehicle Component” stays. There will be one Swedish and one English version. We continue our talks with Automotive Sweden about a deeper cooperation. Is there room for two magazines of this kind? What could we gain from merging them into one? Currently only questions, but we intend to answer them after the summer. 0 - 6 1 a d B å s t
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The Vehicle Component 3/10 5 Supporting safe and green technology “We now have about 60 applications. Of these, 20 seem to be of interest for investing”, says Per Nordberg, managing director of Fouriertransform (FT). This is Sweden’s new state-owned venture capital company, created to support high tech automotive technology (see issue 2/10, page 6).
echnologies and areas to be sup- has so far invested a total of 260 million ported must meet the following SEK in five companies. Trequirements: n sustainable in use of resources and 6-8 per year environmental effects Each application must be evaluated with n intelligent use of electronics for infor- these requirements in mind. With its mation, communication, monitoring permanent staff of ten and 30-40 con- and control tracted specialists, FT can handle 6-8 n secure in vehicle ownership and use, investments per year, totalling 500-700 including active and passive safety million SEK. n clear brand identity “No single investment should take n economic ownership and use more than 5 per cent of our capital, or 150 n useful owner, driver and passenger million SEK”, says Per Nordberg. services Consequently, it will take FT some n cost and resource efficient produc- five to six years to place its funds in tion. investments, keeping a strategic buffer The aim is to invest in companies for unforeseen needs. This time is so long with promising technologies meeting that basic company, market and technol- these requirements. Focus is on small ogy conditions may well change before and mid size companies supplying any decision can be made. interesting technology to vehicle makers. “Our involvement goes deeper than With a total capital of 3 billion SEK, FT just investing. We also provide business,
technology and industry competence by taking a seat on the boards of companies we support and by offering Basic facts specialist assistance in running opera- State-owned Fouriertransform tions”, says Per Nordberg. has a total capital of 3 billion SEK. For this, FT needs access to 260 million have been invested in the following five companies: experienced specialists free to take on Norstel AB, Powercell Sweden AB. new assignments despite a shortage of EffpowerAB, NovaCast Technolo- qualified professionals, as testified by gies, FlexProp AB. consulting giant Semcon’s CEO Kjell Managing director is Per Nord- Nilsson and by the survey on technol- berg, MBA. He is born in 1956 and Fisker Karma hybrid luxury car. ogy consultants in this issue. most recently was vice president and CFO of manufacturing tool No working capital giant Sandvik. “But we don’t offer general financial Fouriertransform has a per- support. The projects we support must manent staff of seven persons, of which five in Stockholm and two be clearly separated from the daily in Gothenburg. business of our partners, preferably with Address: Sveavägen 17 their own separate budgets and with SE-111 57 Stockholm tools for economic follow-up”, says Per Sweden. Nordberg. Tel. +46-8-410 40 600. For general working capital, there www.fouriertransform.se are commercial banks and other finan- Fuel cell-driven Mercedes B-class. cial institutes, including the regional
6 The Vehicle Component 3/10 Driving forces: Maud Olofsson and Jöran Hägglund from the government.
business support agency Almi. For R&D “Our task is to further develop and support, there is also the FFI program, strengthen this cluster by supporting managed by state agency Vinnova. projects meeting future demands with More state “Still, our involvement could make new solutions for sustainable and safer it easier for our partners to find further traffic and transports”, he says. support working capital”, says Per Nordberg. After helping its partners off the A potential partner to Fouriertransform The idea is not for FT to stay on as ground into running businesses, FT is is Cleantech Inn Sweden, a state-sup- partners for ever. It is to help companies intended to leave by selling its shares to ported agency aimed at promoting and with promising technologies to establish other owners or new investors, including driving sustainable technologies and in- Board members Hasse Johansson themselves on the market and com- making the company public. novations. This is done not by financing but by information and networking. and Ulla-Britt Fräjdin.Hellqvist. mercialize their innovations. This may “Exiting is as important as invest- Cleantech Inn recently held a take five to seven years, according to Per ing. After we have helped companies seminar on hybrid and electric vehicles Nordberg. commercialize promising technolo- in Skövde, northeast of Gothenburg. gies, we will turn to new prospects with It has also offered Fouriertransform Swedish cluster equally promising innovations”, says Per cooperation in this field but has as yet FT:s chairman Lars-Olof Gustavsson, Nordberg. no proper automotive vehicle makers or with long venture capital experience, While each investment is small in suppliers among its partners. stresses the importance of the Swedish relation to the total size of the Swedish The name Cleantech is, not surpris- automotive industry cluster, based on automotive cluster, it can work as a lever ingly, used by many players, inde- four vehicle makers with strong brands, to create new business, according to FT:s pendent of one another. It therefore requires an added specification to many technical universities and R&D website. It is a long term initiative. separate them. Cleantech Inn Sweden institutes, and 1,100-1,200 suppliers of has its office in university town Lund in www.fouriertransform.se components, systems, technology and south Sweden. www.cinns.se services. /TEGE CEO Per Nordberg
The Vehicle Component 3/10 7 Quarterly prices As for prices, marketing and sales director K-G Ramström said the trend is for quarter deals and prices rather than benchmark prices. The driving force behind this is dramatically higher raw material prices, also based on quarter rather than benchmark pricing. While these higher prices must inevitably hit vehicle makers and their suppliers, SSAB will focus more on sllving problems and giv- ing advice for more cost efficient choice and use of materials, based Steel customers on in-house and external R&D.
Equal lifting power in both beams, but ultra high strength steel makes believe in future the rounded one 60 per cent lighter. Better days are ahead. This was the conviction of most listeners at high strength steel specialist SSAB’s Steel Days recently. In a simple survey, 87 per cent of A list of basic customer advice responding companies believed in better business a year from now, and not one includes the following: thought it will be worse. n Secure your cashflow n Secure your access to raw mate- ursuing its efforts to make Host Hans rial Åkerblom the automotive industry n Focus on and improve your Puse more advanced high strengths strength steels, SSAB pro- n Make your production more claimed its motto, to be achieved flexible together with its customers: n “A stronger, lighter and markets compared to Q4 in 2009. Be loyal to and respect your more sustainable world.” The global high strength steel business partners Another equally proud motto demand is expected to grow by n Cooperate in improvning your of SSAB was also quoted: 11 per cent in the second quarter businesses “SSAB will lead, not follow.” Moderator ofthis year. Several factors speak n Understand the concept of The tool to realize this is ever Magda for growing shares of high strengt competition (striving for the lena Graaf more advanced high strength steels in automotive applications: best) n less weight steels. SSAB managers Martin n Participate in development n more strength Lindqvist and K-G Ramström activities. stressed SSAB’s leading force n consequently lower fuel con- in this growing niche, aiming at sumption To assist its customers in this, increasing their niche volumes n longer product life cycles SSAB has its Knowledge Service to 50 per cent of all their sales by n more payload. Center, informing on material 2015 with Asian growth as a key To meet the expected higher properties and advising on joining, demand, SSAB returns to its in- forming, welding, tooling, efficient element. Marketing head KG vestment program for higher high production, design and engineer- Upward market Ramström strength steel capacity in Sweden ing, and wear. There are also After the market dip in late and also China. Planned invest- crash simulations and testing and 2008 and all 2009, 2010 sales are ments total 3 Billion SEK. verification programs as well as turning upwards again, if still Like Scania, SSAB focuses seminars on efficient use of high far from full 2008 volumes, said on total cost for customers, which strength steels. SSAB managers. First quarter is more a question of product www.ssab.se 2010 steel sales grew 10-38 per performance and quality than of /TEGE cent in the group’s three main low price.
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The Vehicle Component 3/10 9 Technical consultants need more competence Only one out of four of qualified Swedish automotive technology consultancies plans to grow in the automotive area. Three out of four see their growth in other areas. They all expect a lack of professional competence in vital areas. One out of five may leave the automotive field altogeth- er due to low profits.
hese are some of the results of a Karin Broman Structural changes survey made for FKG (the Nordic All this brings about structural changes Tautomotive supplier association) in automotive technology consulting. by business and management consultant Rather than quitting the automotive Karin Broman at FreeWheel Consulting. field, most consultancies consider other She surveyed 20 automotive technol- measures to meet the new challenges. ogy consultancies, most of them FKG n Close to half believe technical members. From secret private interviews consultancies will cooperate more came the following picture: horizontally n Next to all of them also have custom- n More than one third (38 %) believe ers outside the automotive field there will be alliances, mergers, n Close to half of them (44 %) get at acquisitions least half of their revenues from the n Close to one third (31 %) believe there automotive area Automotive doubts will be bankruptcies. n Close to a quarter (23 %) get more n Only one out four consultants (25 %) As for Swedish vehicle makers and than 70 per cent from automotive plans to grow within the automotive their systems and component suppliers, customers. field technology consultants to a large extent Despite this automotive dominance, n Three out of four (75 %) see their have their growth potential outside the crisis of the global automotive indus- growth in other fields Sweden. try and its suppliers has hit consultancy n One out of five (19 %) may leave the n Most of them (88 %) have customers firms hard. In hard times, vehicle makers automotive field altogether due to low outside Sweden tend to reduce their dependance on con- profits n Two thirds (69 %) have subsidiaries or sultants before cutting their own staffs. n All of them expect a lack of compe- partners in other countries. tence in new, vital technologies. While most consultants generally Low wages claim to do development work in-house Swedish wages for both floor and office for their customers, in reality many get employees are relatively low by European most of their revenues from work done standards. This is a cost advantage in at customer premises, often payed by the competion for sales but less advanta- hour for assisting customers in calcula- geous for recruiting qualified staff. tions verifications rather than develop- n Technology consultancies can only ment. offer less qualified jobs due to low n Three out four (74 %) get less than wage levels half of their revenues from in-house n Consequently, they are handicapped development in competing for high tech commis- n More than half (54 %) get more than sions half of their revenues from work at n This can generally press prices and 74 per cent have less than half of their revenues from devel- customers move jobs to low cost countries. opment commissions. n Close to half of them (44 %) want Consultancies may turn down offered more in-houseand less external work. jobs or leave the automotive field for lack The not yet ended crisis has accentu- of profits. Because of this, the Swed- ated the global need for new vehicle ish automotive cluster runs the risk of technology with state subsidies for R&D losing entire R&D departments to other in new areas. This opens new business countries. If not stopped, it can in the opportunities for consultants, but also long run move Sweden from developing brings new problems to solve. and producing complete vehicles to mere n More than half (58 %) consider they production under severe price press. have the competence needed today But there are ways to prevent this. n More than one third (38 %) can’t Provided they can get the competent afford training its staff in new technol- staff they need, Swedish consultancies ogy aim to widen their offerings to new fields n They all expect a future lack of in an effort to raise their revenues and qualified competence in vital new 44 per cent have more than half of their clients from reputation. The following fields were automotive. technology areas. mentioned in the survey:
10 The Vehicle Component 3/10 n Research and training n Certifications n Strategic advice Volvo Car news n Sales of physical products. The new S60 sedan series was well The incident highlights the vital received by international media. Its small dependance of electricity to make all ele- Raising the game boot will be compensated in the coming cronic systems in new cars work. It could To be better prepared to take on such V60 estate version. But nor the V60 will have happened to any car maker. commissions, consultancies have a range be bought for its space, rather for its of internal measures to take. Listed mea- practicality for various leisure activities. sures in the survey include the following: Volvo has definitely left its former niche n Recruite and keep edge competence of roomy family wagons. n Secure financial stability Less fortunate was Volvo’s demon- n Carry through growth plan stration of its automatic braking system n Find new customer fields recently. Due to a not fully recharged n Create an internal sales culture battery, it failed when international n Generally improve operations to media were invited, and the car crashed attract better commissions into the rear of a truck – after some 400 n Plan on long term similar tests without problems. n Reinforce company strengths. More style than space: new Volvo S60. This also requires competent and qualified customers. Swedish technology consultants are not all happy with the general level of their customers. They would be happier if more customers Extra costs for would meet the following wishes: n Long term visions, practicable and well communicated n More time to get started n More total project responsibility Chinese quality n Provide more in-house junior compe- By being well prepared, Nordic companies can avoid or reduce tence to avoid price competition n Out-source more of complete devel- additional, unexpected costs for quality control of Chinese opment commissions. suppliers. But quality control as such can seldom be avoided. /TEGE his is the conclusion in a new four solutions are recommended in vari- report from the Swedish Trade ous combinations: responsibility can be TCouncil (Exportrådet), commis- given to either a local Chinese employee, sioned by FKG (the association of Nordic a local Chinese third party, or a Swedish Vital fields automotive suppliers) and funded by employee; there is also the possibility of the Swedish Agency for Economic and keeping a buffer stock in Sweden. To compete internationally, Swed- Regional Growth (Tillväxtverket). In four cases studied, such additional ish technology consultants must To control product, production and quality control costs vary from 0.6 to 5 cover many fields. The consultant delivery quality from Chinese suppliers, per cent of batch value. survey lists the following: n IT systems, embedded systems, software; electronics and meca- Extra quality control costs of Chinese supplier, four cases tronics Product Solution Value/batch Cost/batch n Engineering and design in vari- Cable harness Local employee 2.5 Mill SEK 13,775 SEK = 0.6 % ous materials, light design and materials Steel tube Third party + Swedish 0.5 Mill SEK 20,500 SEK = 4.2 % n Hybrid and electric vehicles, Printed circuit board Third party + Swedish 0.65 Mill SEK 33,440 SEK = 5.1 % advanced engines, battery tech- Metal component Swedish + third party 1.0 Mill SEK 19,950 SEK = 2.0 % nology n Telematics between vehicles, The study also has three cases of extra costs for reactive measures. One is for an urgent with outside world order, one for quality faults and one for a lost container. These costs can vary from 2 up n Processes, production flow, tool to as much as 37 per cent. For a lost container, insurance covers value of goods lost. competence, mould forming n Calculations, simulations n Active safety, ergonomics Extra costs for reactive measures for Chinese supplies, three cases n Passive safety, crash protection, Product Problem + measure Extra cost Per cent structures Metal component Urgent = new order, air 370,000 SEK 37 % n Logistics, infrastructure freight n Leaner and cleaner technology, Alt. Swedish buffer stock 75,000 SEK 7.5 % alternative fuels, emission treat- Printed circuit board Fault, new order, air freight 13,000 SEK 2.0 % ment n Ventilation, heat recovery Steel tube Lost container, new order, air 13,000 SEK 2.6 % n Noise, vibrations and harshness Swedish buffer stock 200,000 SEK 31 % n Paint and surface treatment. /TEGE www.fkg.se
The Vehicle Component 3/10 11 Kjell Nilsson, Semcon: “Old knowledge can be a burden” By Hans Nyman, Automotive Sweden
Semcon is a technology development company with operations in 40 locations on three continents and 2,600 employees. The Group is active in product development and technical information and is orga- nized into three business areas: Automotive R&D, Design & Development and Informatic.
emcon works with the majority of leading How do you feel about the financial situation right automotive manufacturers and Automotive now? R&D is by far the largest business area in The debt level in the EU countries poses a risk and is a problem that the company. Semcon is very active in the could affect development. The situation in Greece is going to put automotive world, with extensive expertise the EU to the test. The risk in the powerfully globalized world we and a strong sense of where development is live in is that there are always bubbles popping up in the economy. headed. I met Semcon’s President and CEO They pull in capital and resources for a period of time and then Kjell Nilsson for a discussion on the automo- burst, with negative effects felt throughout the rest of the world. I tive industry with glimpses into the past – and the future. think it’ll calm down a little when interest rates get to more normal S levels. Money’s cheap now, and this is attracting speculation in Just home from Geneva – what was your many areas. impression? A “wait and see” feeling. Many manufacturers are going out of Looking back …The first decade of the new millen- their way to be politically correct and are showing small cars. nium is at an end – what were the big events that But they’re happiest talking about “full size” cars. I think that affected the automotive industry? the pendulum is starting to swing back. People will be choosing The biggest influence was the CO2 debate, which put pressure bigger cars now that automotive manufacturers have started on politicians and legislators. Then came the rising oil prices. This bringing out bigger cars with low gas mileages. One example led to a transformation that, looking back, has gone amazingly is VW, who managed with their “Blue Motion” program to fast. USA has a tradition of big cars with big engines, since gas has make big cars fuel-efficient. Climate, safety and comfort are always been – and still is – comparatively cheap. This tradition in making a case for bigger cars, now that we’ve managed to get the US put domestic manufacturers in serious trouble when the fuel consumption up to almost 50 miles a gallon or even higher situation changed so quickly, but now they’re up and running again. on them. Small cars have a role in city traffic, but many people I think that in the future, the US is going to have to raise gas taxes want to have a car that can be used for various activities – skiing to European levels. This would lead to vehicles with reasonable trips, drives in the countryside, pulling trailers, etc. and for that fuel consumption levels and would help to balance the US budget people want bigger cars. deficit.
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How quickly is the transformation progressing in the US? as big as the US and there is great potential there for an expansive Fast! Ford is bringing EU models to the US and saving develop- automotive market. ment costs and time. Fiat will be bringing Fiat technology to Chrysler and GM also has European vehicles they’re using to keep What will be the role of suppliers in the next decade? up with the changes. Production will not be a primary area of focus for automotive companies. Brand name, overall concept, technical development Why do so many countries want to make cars? and customer relations will be more central. Manufacturing will Isn’t it one of the toughest industries out there? take place outside the company. Import duties on many markets “National Pride” is an enormous propellant behind automotive in- will also force dispersed manufacturing. dustries and national airlines. It wasn’t long ago that every country We’ll see big suppliers powerfully driving technology ahead in their had to have its own airline with direct flights to New York – whether specialized areas, companies like Bosch and Autoliv. they had any passengers or not. It’s about the same story with auto- We’ll get more partnerships over company lines. Car buyers mobile manufacturing. Many countries want their own industry for don’t see 80% of the vehicle’s contents and don’t care so much the domestic market, but to maintain a healthy financial position, where it comes from. One million cars are required per platform you also have to export. for good profitability, and that means that partnerships are essential when the company itself can’t reach those volumes. There are some new countries producing cars. On the issue of fuel, liquid fuels will dominate. We’ll see a lot Will they have an effect on the global market? of different types of hybrids, which provide fuel savings, and we’ll We laughed at the Japanese when their cars came. It took 30 years see pure electrical vehicles in busses and work vehicles operating for them to reach the top. It took the Koreans 20 years and it will within designated areas. The battery issue is the Achilles’ heel. take the Chinese 10. The new automotive manufacturing countries Lead batteries have been denounced for a long time, but they’re are often not burdened by old tradition and knowledge. They dare still around. Developments in the area of batteries are not proceed- to think freely and in new directions. Old knowledge can be a ing at the same pace as other developments. burden. A few current issues. What do you think is in store for the second decade of Toyota is currently experiencing a confidence crisis of considerable the 21st century? proportions – how could things get so bad for them? Europe has a market for external “automotive engineering” of Hierarchy and culture may have delayed rectification measures, about three billion Euro. Of these three billion, two billion are in but now the problem is being enormously exaggerated in the US Germany. This means that Germany will continue to lead Europe – and lawyers and US car manufacturers are not above egging it on the automotive front. on. Toyota is a very professional company that has certainly gone A lot of European technology and models are going to be over the top with a giant recall to be on the safe side. But many are brought to the US. By tradition, the US is open and unsentimental enjoying giving Toyota a kick while they’re down. about change when it is needed. The US car market is going to become more European. Volvo Car Corporation and Saab – how do you think The greatest growth on the automotive market will be seen in that they’ll be developing over the next decade? Asia. The Chinese automotive industry will be consolidated and al- Both have strong names. Without that strength, Saab wouldn’t be ready has a few of its own makes. China will be active on the global around today. Both stand for quality, safety and comfort. If they market, but will have its biggest export potential, apart from the keep to their areas and strengthen their companies, they’ll be suc- Asian market, on the Russian market east of the Urals. Asia will also cessful. Safety, comfort and quality are especially appreciated on be a leading contender in many respects on the technical front. Just certain markets and Saab and Volvo CC have great potential in this look at flat-screen TV’s – LG has established itself as a global name area. If they stay away from low-price vehicles and really big cars, in a very short time. It could be the same thing with new technical things could turn out well. A lot of people want “functional perfor- areas in the automotive industry. BYD (leaders in battery technol- mance,” which is something that Saab and Volvo CC are good at. ogy) and other expansive companies, backed by their proficiency, But of course it’s going to be tough. Passenger cars are in vogue and will seize their opportunity. trucks are an investment.
How about in the area of features – what will happen What will happen with Semcon over the next decade? in the next decade? We will be continuing our expansion outside of Sweden – Brazil, Fuel consumption will sink dramatically, which is positive thing India, Russia and China. We’ll have our biggest portion of opera-
from all aspects, CO2 debate aside. Reducing fuel consumption tions in the automotive sector, but other areas with large technical saves money and resources, which is important for virtually every content will also be growing. Wind-powered energy, for example. country. In the area of automotive engineering, operations will be ex- Active safety will increase traffic safety, which will be valued panding as automotive manufacturers outsource more and more to highly by many car buyers and benefit the automotive manufactur- external development. Doors, chassis, custom vehicles or facelifts. ers that are out early in this area. It’s all being outsourced so that the automotive manufacturer can New markets are coming. Russia has an enormous need for focus on core business operations – the development of new cars, building infrastructure and has resources, but these have thus far brand name and customer relations. Developmental requirements primarily ended up outside the country. This will change. Trucks will be extensive and this presents great opportunities for Semcon. and busses will be needed on a large scale when the old Eastern We are already seeing how things are beginning to take off after a bloc is rebuilt to modern standards. The old Eastern bloc is just tough 2009.
The Vehicle Component 3/10 13 Internationell Connected världsledande fackmässa för plast och gummi vehicles Tomorrow’s vehicles will be connected to the outside world by wireless communication. This was the mes- sage at Telematics Valley’s seminar in Gothenburg on April 21. The question is not if but how, said consul- tant Mike Sena in his engaging speech: Car Wars, The battle for the connected vehicle platform.
his war is between four Mike Sena major platform options: Pro- Tprietary, Industry, Common or Open. Shortly, they mean the following: n Proprietary: somebody owns it, can be used for a price; only the owner can improve it n Industry: owned by a group of industries, can be used for a price; only the group can improve it and standardized future. n Common: somebody owns Per Adamsson from Volvo it, can be used for a price; Trucks is also the chairman of Tele- constantly improved by many matics Valley. He told his listeners k-online.de authorized developers2 that only 10 per cent of the total n Open: nobody owns it, free to costs for a road transport operator use; anybody can improve it. is for buying trucks. No less than The need for compatibility and 90 per cent is for operational costs. standards favours open source He gave the following break-down Buy your ticket now +++ at an attractive price +++ platforms, but competition drives of costs: in the Online Ticket Shop +++ at www.k-online.de/2130 owned platforms in quest of a n road tax 0.4 % technical advantage. n tires 2.1 The general need for more con- n interest 2.4 nectivity between vehicles and the n insurance 2.7 outside world is driven by several n repair and maintenance 5.4 Innovativa lösningar factors, such as congestion, noise n depreciation 8.4 and emissions as well as safety, n other costs 15.0 för bilindustrin practicality and function. n fuel 21.8 n Lätt, stabilt, miljövänligt: Plast och gummi är It is all wireless, and involves driver 41.8. areas such as telecommunication, Not counting the driver, fuel ac- oumbärliga för bilindustrin. De är energisnåla, traffic information, telematics, counts for 37.5 per cent. To reduce möjliggör komplexa formgivningar, klarar höga infotainment, and owner and user operating costs for their customers, temperaturer och är ett optimalt material för många security in two-way communica- Volvo offers many soft products tekniska användningar. tion between vehicles and various and services, accounting for 41 per service networks. cent of Volvo Trucks revenues. For På K 2010, den globalt viktigaste kontakt- och this, telematics are a vital tool. affärsplattformen för alla användarebranscher, Bewildering choice “We support open platforms upplever du runt 3000 utställare från över 50 “There is a bewildering choice of for both internal and external länder som presenterar sina innovationer. Missa inte platforms and systems for vehicle services”, said Per Adamsson. www.tmvconference.coco.mydisk.se det. Vi ser fram emot ditt besök! makers and buyers”, said Mike Sena, but predicted a more open /TEGE
Four platform alternatives Tysk-Svenska Handelskammaren Box 27104 102 52 Stockholm Common Source Platforms Open Source Platforms tel. 08-6651820 fax. 08-6651804 e-post [email protected] Proprierary Platforms Industry Standard Platforms www.handelskammer.se
14 The Vehicle Component 3/10 kmd1002_92x268_M5_Se_Lae_OS.indd 1 07.06.2010 11:11:56 Uhr Nordic suppliers at IAA
On Sept. 21-30, 28 Swedish automotive exhibitors share Key 1. Company name. a stand at the IAA commercial vehicle show in Hanover. 2. Head office. 3. Technology, pro- Sharing partners are FKG (the association of Nordic automo- duction methods. 4. Typical products/ tive suppliers), exhibition company Elmia and Automotive services. Sweden, a promotion agency for the automotive industry of 5. Product develop- ment. western Sweden. 6. Customers. 7. Plants. 8. Staff and turnover. roject manager for the shared 6. AB Volvo, Scania, Volkswagen, Aros Quality Group 9. Contact person. stand is Lina KÂvestam from Delphi, Kongsberg Automotive 10. Address, phone, Component and systems supplier website. PElmia (see below). She welcomes 7. Sölvesborg and Riga a record number of Swedish participants: 1. Aros Quality Group AB. 8. 18 employees, 10 Million € turnover. ìIt is important for Swedish automo- 2. Västerås. 9. Rikard Rockhammar. tive suppliers to exhibit and be present 3. Sheet metal fabrication, plastic injec- at IAA, the worldís largest and leading 10. Box 23056, tion moulding, cable harnesses and commercial vehicle show. It is held by SE-104 35 Stockholm, Sweden. transformers. Germanyís automotive industry associa- +46-8-729 17 00. 4. Qualified welded and assembled tion VDA and features a strong OEM www.adiator.se and supplier presence.î designs in steel, stainless steel and Press days are Sept. 21-22 with VIP aluminum separately or together with visitors on Sept. 22 and the official open- molded plastic with high visual and ing on Sept. 23. Even without commer- mechanical requirements. cial visitors, these days are important for 5. Individual and customized design. media coverage and informal high level R&D/Technical Support. business contacts. 6. Supplier to cars, trucks, busses and heavy vehicles. Participating companies 7. Sweden, Estonia, Bulgaria and China As we did for the 2008 show, we give short presentations of participating Arkivator 8. Total group: 2,000 employees and 1,7 exhibitors in alphabetical order with the billion SEK turnover. first 14 in this issue and the remaining World class machining 9. CEO Per-Johan Dahlgren. 14 in issue 4/10, both to be distributed at 1. Arkivator AB 10. Regattagatan 16, IAA as well as other important events. 2. Falköping, north-east of Gothenburg. SE-723 48 Västerås, Sweden, There are also other Swedish and 3. Cnc-machining, high speed milling, +46-21-40 47 00. Nordic exhibitors present at the IAA with turning, broaching, grinding, nib- www.aqg.se stands of their own or shared with other bling, etc. parters. Further information on www. iaa.de
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5. Cooperates with FKG, Chalmers Technical University, Lindholmen Science Park, Innovatum Technical Park and Telematics Valley. 6. Automotive producers, suppliers, researchers, consultants etc. in the region. Bror Tonsjö 7. Shares office with Business Region Heavy vehicle components West Sweden agency. 1. Bror Tonsjö AB. Autoliv 8. 3 employees. 2. Kode north of Gothenburg. 9. Malin NorÈn. Leading safety provider 3. Cutting and machining: turning, mill- 1. Autoliv Inc. 10. Box 111 19, ing, drilling and assembly.. SE-404 23 Gothenburg, Sweden. 2. Stockholm. 4. Metal parts for heavy vehicles +46-31-61 24 02. 3. Machining and assembly of pur- www.automotivesweden.se 5. To customer specifications, inhouse chased components. prototyping. 4. World leader in active and passive 6. ABB, Atlas Copco, Finnveden, Parker automotive safety systems: seatbelts, Hannifin, Scania, SKF, Volvo Trucks airbags, steering wheels and columns, 7. Kode. pedestrian protection, driver assis- tance, etc. 8. About 130 employees, 2008 turnover 220 million SEK. 5. R&D centre in Vårgårda, northeast Autotube of Gothenburg, and Elmshorn, close 9. Jonny Nyberg. to Hamburg. Also 11 other R&D loca- Air and fluid distribution 10. Hedsvägen 3, tions around the world. 1. Autotube AB SE-442 60 Kode, Sweden. +46-303-72 72 00. 6. Almost all car makers, growing num- 2. Varberg on Swedish west coast. ber of truck makers. www.tonsjo.se 3. Bending, welding, endforming, as-
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8. 100 employees, 120 million SEK Medium to large die cast components Key 1. Company name. turnover. in magnesium and aluminium. Joined 2. Head office. 9. Patrick Strömberg. products in metallic materials such as 3. Technology, pro- steel, magnesium and aluminium. duction methods. 10. Ekenäs Industriområde, 4. Typical products/ SE-574 91 Vetlanda. 5. Jointly with customers. services. 5. Product develop- +46-383-345 00. 6. The automotive sector and general ment. www.ekenasmekaniska.se industry. 6. Customers. Clean Oil 7. Plants. 7. Plants in Forsheda, Hultsfred and 8. Staff and turnover. Technology Olofström in Sweden, Bielsko-Biala 9. Contact person. in Poland. 10. Address, phone, Non-stop cleaning of oils website. 8. About 700 employees, turnover 1.4 1. Clean Oil Technology AB. billion SEK. 2. Gothenburg. 9. Linda Malmberg. 3. Develops and produces its own 10. Box 9148, system with soft- and hardware. SE-40093 Göteborg, Sweden. 4. Patented systems for continuous +46-31-734 59 00. cleaning of engine and hydraulic oils www.finnveden.com in running engines with various fuels. Elmia OEM and aftermarket. Major subcontractor show 5. R&D department in Anderstorp, 1. Elmia AB. south Sweden. 2. Jönköping. 6. Volvo Buses, Volvo Trucks. 3. No production; exhibition, event and 7. Anderstorp, Sweden. conference organiser. 8. 10 employees, turnover 1.5 million 4. Annual subcontractor, truck, caravan 9. Marketing director Göran Fredriks- and custom car shows. son. 5. Cooperates with FKG. 10. Bror Nilssons gata 5, 3 tr., 6. Most subcontractors to the Nordic SE-417 55 Göteborg, Sweden. automotive industry. +46-31-47 29 70. 7. Exhibition halls in Jönköping. www.cot.se 8. 2009 turnover 260 million SEK; 89 FKG employees. 9. Lina Kåvestam. Represents Nordic suppliers 10. Box 6066, 1. FKG. SE-550 06 Jönköping, Sweden. 2. Gothenburg. +46-36-15 20 00. 3. Speaks for and represents Nordic www.elmia.se automotive suppliers. 4. Holds seminars and conferences, organises business contact tours, pub- lishes trade magazine, information on Ekenäs Mekaniska website. Metal tubes, aluminium profiles 5. Cooperates with Bil Sweden, Auto- 1. Ekenäs Mekaniska AB. motive Sweden, member of Clepa. 2. Vetlanda. 6. About 300 member companies in Finnveden Metal Sweden, Finland and Norway, includ- 3. Cutting, bending, endforming, ing most major suppliers. milling, pressing, welding, extruding, Structures assembly. 7. Office in Gothenburg. 4. Tube components in steel, stainless Metal component specialist 8. Two employees plus contracted specialists in various fields. steel, copper and aluminium; compo- 1. Finnveden Metal Structures AB. 9. Svenåke Berglie. nents from aluminium profiles. 2. Gothenburg. 10. Bror Nilssons gata 4, 5. To customer specification. 3. Stamping, die casting, joining SE-417 55 Göteborg, Sweden. 6. Scania, Volvo Trucks, Renault 4. A wide range of sheet metal compo- Trucks, Mack, SAPA. +46-31-711 89 01; nents such as consoles, fittings and www.fkg.se
The Vehicle Component 3/10 17 Sergio Marchionne: Without change we stand still On January 26th, Fiat’s president Sergio Marchionne was to Stockholm to met Swedish automotive and finance industry players in Stockholm. The meeting took place at the Grand Hotel in Stockholm, where at the same time Spyker’s CEO Victor Muller sat waiting for a response from GM. Marchio- nne got many questions about Saab and said, with a smile, that he had a feeling that it was the wrong day to come to Sweden.
Text: Hans Nyman, Automotive Sweden
he meeting was ar- industry receives aid, then change must be ranged by Salvatore demanded. In the USA, the government Grimaldi (entrepre- has intervened with colossal bailouts – but neur, bicycle king and changes have also been demanded. Cut- president and owner of backs, development and tough conditions Grimaldi Industri) and for repayment. In Europe, the govern- Investor’s chairman ments have not demanded changes. In Jacob Wallenberg. A the USA, everyone is going in the same panel debate after Marchionne’s speech direction – unions, companies and the Twas attended by Scania’s CEO Leif government. Its automotive industry came Östling, SKF’s CEO Tom Johnstone, face to face with reality. In Europe, the professor Christer Karlsson from Copen- industry has received aid without giving hagen Business School, and also Jacob anything in return. Wallenberg, Salvatore Grimaldi and Sergio Marchionne. Automotive industry must be open In a brief summary, Marchionne said The automotive industry must be much the following in his speech: more open towards the public. Fuel con- sumption, the environment, and safety are Huge overcapacity important values for the public and us all, Only the finance industry has been and the automotive industry must under- more affected by the recession than the stand and respect this. Out of all Europe’s automotive industry. The western world’s car manufacturers, Fiat presently has the
automotive industry was characterized, lowest CO2 emissions in its model range. Only being big doesn’t help even before the crisis, by ineffectivity and Building large companies by acquiring ”underperformance”. When things were Chrysler won’t become Fiat companies to grow bigger -- ”bigger to at their best, values were not destroyed, Fiat acquired 20 per cent of Chrysler look better” – is risky. Large organiza- but the mentality was exactly like in after Chrysler’s reconstruction in 2009. tions lead to bureaucracy and uncertain- Bobby McFarrin’s song ”don’t worry – be Fiat’s technological know-how will help ty, which damage businesses. Chrysler happy”. At the moment it’s ”all worried Chrysler, but it is in no way the inten- and Daimler failed due, among other – no one happy”. Globally, we have a tion that Chrysler will become Fiat or things, to these reasons. A merger should production capacity of 94 million cars, the other way round. Chrysler will make lead to something that is better for car and the demand is 30 million less. One its type of cars—larger cars. Fiat will buyers – the customers, and then it can third of the capacity is in Europe. It is not produce a Fiat that competes with be successful – ”Bigger to be better”. obvious that there is competition and Chrysler. In combination, Chrysler and price pressing with such low capacity Fiat complement each other. We will Change should take place now utilization. not come to Chrysler and tell them what The automotive industry must change they should do. On the contrary, we will now, but there is a risk that changes will Unconditional national pride listen first and then share our experience. not take place. As a result of government perilous Achieving success in a merger depends intervention, car makers will overwinter The automotive industry seems to be the largely on leadership, and it is important until the macro economic conditions last bastion – possibly with the airline that national pride does not obscure judg- become better, and then they will carry companies – for national pride. It does ment. Through its ownership in Chrysler, on a while more according to the motto not deserve to be taken care of the way Fiat has a larger critical mass as a basis for ”Don’t worry – be happy” until the next many countries do. If the automotive development. crisis. At Fiat everyone is required to do
18 The Vehicle Component 3/10 it did not turn out that way. At that time, Fiat was thinking in terms of a restructur- ing of the automotive industry in Europe including capacity cuts. Saab buyer He insists that success in the automo- Victor Muller tive industry requires creativity and freedom in combination with discipline of steel. In Europe a new 1.2 1 engine is Saab: needed for the PSA Group, VW and Fiat. The most reasonable would be to col- Small laborate on development and manufac- turing – but no, everyone thinks that they volumes can make the best version, which is why enough it becomes three times more expensive Saab’s new chair- than necessary. The automotive industry man Victor Muller burns money. speaks against Sergio Marchio- Panel debate nne’s belief that In the subsequent panel debate, it was only mega car agreed that Europe does not need more makers can survive manufacturing capacity but less. Leif thanks to large Östling disclosed that he estimates that volumes to carry in current fiscal value Saab has lost SEK development costs for new, expensive 30 billion. Half of the loss occurred technology. during its time under GM and the rest Muller argues that during the period prior to that. Chris- these costs are so ter Karlsson said that Fiat and Sergio immense that even Marchionne have broken the established large car makers pattern in the automotive world and have must co-develop produced a product plan that is cohesive and share technol- and gives benefits of scale. ogy, and that much Sergio Marchionne said that we must of this develop- utilize all conceivable technologies to ment is done by resourceful Tier 1 reduce CO emissions and that there is 2 suppliers, and thus not one solution, but rather a combina- available to anyone tion must be found. He said that there for use. are too many hawks around the table in “Coming out of the the automotive world who all know best, crisis, we now see each and every one, and that CEOs in much more coop- their best all the time and not blame oth- He says that the passenger car indus- automotive industry are not character- eration between ers or circumstances. try is enormously capital demanding. In ized by humility. The car world is full of car makers. There Fiat the passenger car portion takes 80 people who have old preconceived ideas is much technology Sergio Marchionne’s responses to per cent of the capital but delivers only 20 and practices – new blood is needed. available for Saab to choose from questions: per cent of profits. Marchionne concluded the debate and adapt for Saab He believes in the USA and in Chrysler. He observes that China is building up by saying that we must support change; demands”, he says. He is not a masochist and has gone into its car industry and will have substantial but that he is worried that Europe has not He also claims Chrysler because he sees advantages. scale advantages. If we think that our in- understood that yet. that his luxury car At Chrysler the effort is refocused on dustry should be in China, then we must brand Spyker will quality, service and customer service accept that they come to our markets. My comments benefit from Saab – something the automotive industry He warns that Swedish national Sergio Marchionne was straightforward by getting far bet- seems to have forgotten. pride is not a good reason to support the and explicit, but not arrogant. He is a ter sourcing prices He believes that the Spyker solution automotive industry. Look at the airline special person in many ways and was, for the compo- will be difficult for Saab. It is difficult for companies around the world to see what as usual, dressed in a sweater among nents and systems it needs. Muller small niche companies to handle a ”stand happens if protected. all the suits. His profile is more that of says Spyker will alone” situation, but he apologizes if he He says Geely is a respected company a literature professor than the CEO of incease its annual has been too harsh in his judgment since and can be a good owner of Volvo Car a large industry group, and he does not sales from 40-50 he is not aware of all the facts. Corporation. give way to statistics but keeps the debate units to about 100 He stresses that truck and passenger He regrets that Saab does not fit into on a higher and more general level. He and turn to profits car operations are totally different. Pas- Fiat at present. When Fiat was involved is obviously different and very refreshing in a few years. senger cars have a lot of similarities to the in the discussions regarding Opel/Vaux- to listen to. fashion industry. hall, Saab was included in the plans, but Gothenburg, January 27, 2010
The Vehicle Component 3/10 19 Scania wants lower costs for customers Like every truck maker, Scania was hit by the sud- den market and financial crisis in late 2008 and all of 2009. But Scania rode the storm better than most Reduced weight gives lower fuelcosts and higher payload. competitors, still made profits and actually strength- before”, said P-O Svedlund. for transporting 30 tonnes of goods ened its future market position. Scania’s (and every truck maker’s) or more”, said P-O Svedlund. Still product development is driven by lower weight and more efficient his was the message of pur- Purchas- customer needs and legal require- drivelines combined with larger chasing head P-O Svedlund ing head P-O ments with strong competition press- truck sets may reduce this by half Tat high strength steel specialist Svedlund. ing the time available for everyone. by 2020 per ton-km. SSAB’s recent Steel Days, where Most important issues are: Despite the recent crisis, not yet some 140 qualified guests listened to n more efficient drivelines for less over, Scania sees the following long informative speeches by both Sved- fuel consumption, less emissions term trends: lund and SSAB managers. and lower driving costs n increasing global trade Scania’s relative success in hard n lower weight for less consumtion n continued dominance for road times is reflected in its supplier and higher payloads transports relations. Unlike most competi- n safer driving dynamics and better n tors, Scania wants to increase its focus on total user cost and life- spired Kaizen principle of constant, crash protection cycle vehicle cost purchasing of parts, components and n customer-focused improvements. more efficient driver assistance n increased road safety systems, also from Sweden and the “This reduces our financial for safe and economic driving. n alternative fuels and more ef- Nordic region. burden for development and gives ficient energy “In the near future, we will our customers continuous access Leaner and cleaner n increase the share of purchased to the latest technology. No new “Modern long haulage trucks fast growing emerging markets. components and systems in our new truck is quite the same as the one consume less than 3 l/100 km of fuel /TEGE vehicles from 70 to 75 per cent”, said P-O Svedlund.
Continuous development He and Scania generally have a different view on their suppliers, as shown in the table below. Contrary to most competitors, Scania does not develop new models by platforms but in small steps by continuous improvements and upgradings – true to their Toyota-in-
Mighty power Purposeful and ergonomic interior. With 730 hp and a massive torque of 3,500 Nm, Sca- Scania’s views on customer relations by comparison nia’s new V8 for the moment Issue Competitors Scania beats its competitors. For Number of suppliers Must reduce total number Have the number required low consumption, it features a new XPI fuel injection Want single sourcing Prefers shared sourcing system. Such power is no Want few and big suppliers Prefers small and mid-size end in itself but an answer Systems suppliers Want more systems suppliers Focus on quality and processes to demands for more load Low cost sourcing Must have more low cost Total cost most important capacity and possible longer truck trains on European Swedish suppliers Sweden too expensive Swedish total cost competitive roads in the future. Flow integration Forward and backward integration Focus on own strengths Supplier location Plant close to final assembly Alliances, cost engineering
20 The Vehicle Component 3/10 Excellent Saab – but too big? Saab’s new 9-5 is an excellent car with ample room for 4-5 people in comfort (less for the mid rear pas- senger), good performance and well balanced road manners. But with 501 cm length, 187 cm width and 1.7-1.8 or more tonnes of weight, it is bigger than Saab’s technicians would have liked.
eveloped under GM rul- for personal style, It also features ing, it was positioned not a next to perfect driver environ- ment with easy-to-read and use Dto threaten Opel’s new Excellent driving dynamics. Photo: Ola Thelberg. Insignia, which was a step up from instruments and controls. In its its predecessor Vectra and both sedan version, it is well suited to For the future, Saab will choose marketing”, he claims. bigger and heavier. Consequently, Russia, China and other emerging and make clever use of existing CEO Jan-Åke Jonsson and the 9-5 became even bigger. Under markets. powertrain and other expensive Saab’s management as a whole GM, Saab’s limits were set by Opel technology, adapting it to Saab seem to share this view, which also rather than GM, and many Saab CEO Jan-Åke requirements. Victor Muller says was leading Volvo’s founders Assar ideas were shelved not to disturb Jonsson mid and small size car makers can Gabrielsson and Gustav Larsson as GM and Opel strategies. live well using and adapting market well as Saab’s management in the Being an integrated part of GM, technology. past, sharing engines and technol- Saab also had some of its revenues “Decisive is what customers ogy for the 96, 99, 900, 9000, 9-3 consolidated into GM accounts, see and perceive. It is a matter and former 9-5 series – but with a giving a worse impression than of design, brand positioning and Saabish “touch”. /TEGE necessary of Saab’s internal profit- ability. In the pipeline are several new Saab models, more or less ripe for New model range launching if sufficient capital is At the press launch in Trollhättan, available for industrialisation and Saab’s chairman Victor Muller marketing. The new 9-5 is first in and CEO Jan-Åke Jonsson said EFFECTIVE the line but not quite what Saab the new 9-5 will be Saab’s oldest SPECIALIST IN would have liked to do. model by 2013, when the present 9-3 has been replaced. Saab will CUSTOMISED SELF Well adapted then have the 9-3 and its estate and But as things are, Saab has cab derivates as well as the 9-5 with ADHESIVE TAPES managed to adapt it well with its estate version and also the new Facts about Stokvis Tapes: Your advantages: impressive driving manners and 9-4X crossover. • Independent specialist • Independent advice good comfort and driver ergonom- Next in line will be a smaller 9-2 • Own laboratories • All tests completed according ics. The 2-litre 160 hk/350 Nm car, already well on its way inside • Offi ces, warehousing and con - to your specifi cations verting facilities in 18 countries • Local service with global approach Saab and possibly influenced by turbo diesel is sweet with adequate • 3,500 different products • We will fi nd the solution for all power for daily use and reasonable the historic 92 model in its design, • Q1, ISO 9001:2000, your demanding applications consumption in the 6.-7 l/100 km possibly in cooperation with BMW. ISO14001 and ISO • Quality secured region. But Victor Muller speaks strongly TS16949 certifi ed But luggage space is average against retro engineering and with limited access, rear head room design (se separate article). is limited, and rear passengers He wants future Saabs to be bump their heads in the low door modern rather than retro cars. But opening. The much needed estate without sufficient financial and version is due only next year. technical resources, Saab cannot Worse, visibility is poor with the develop and produce its own front out of vision and small rear powertrain technology. We are specialised in customised tape products: side and rear windows. Still worse, HEADLINING • PROTECTION • BONDING • STOKGUARD the new 9-5 lacks engines meeting Sharing technology ANTI NOISE CUSTOMISATION • CARPET LAMINATION green requirements, the diesel “We will use and adapt drivelines claimed at 5.1 l/100 km against from other car makers to suit our the 4.5 l/100 km needed for tax own demands”, says Kjell ac Berg- subventions. ström, head of Saab Powertrain www.stokvistapes.com Against this stands its bold after having headed GM Europe’s Stokvis Tapes Sverige AB, Zinkgatan 6, Box 769, 601 17 Norrköping, Sweden design, following Saab’s reputation Powertrain division. Phone +46 - (0)11 280 400, Fax +46 - (0)11 280 410, E-mail: [email protected]
The Vehicle Component 3/10 21 limited numbers of products. They professors Anders were all aimed at the materials flow, Kinnander Simple ways not at equipment or operators, where and Peter further productivity gains can be Almström made. Advanced press tool manufactur- to produce more er Lidhs in Dalstorp east of Gothen- burg improved its OEE rate (Overall “There are many simple and cheap ways to produce Equipment Efficiency) by 50 per more from a process without any investments”, said cent by moving machine prepara- professor Anders Kinnander and assistant professor tions off-line from on-line, actually using pallets for material handling, Peter Almström from Chalmers, as they informed clearly marking which products were about their PPA project for higher productivity in in process, not mixing material and Gothenburg on April 20. finished components, and improving fixture and adjustment work. ne example was safety flow: sealing, preparatory assembly The press tools are still made one equipment supplier Klip- in batches, and final assembly in a by one to customer specification, Opan in south Sweden. Only piece-by-pieve flow. but the time between production by moving components closer to Simple separating walls were moments was drastically cut. assembly stations have they man- made from waste material, and the At aluminium component CEO aged to cut both time and costs assembly instruction was revised. Benteler’s plant in Skultuna north Harriet Lidh from per product assembled with a total These simple measures cut the of Västerås, the productivity was Lidhs. productivity gain of 42 per cent. time per product by 26-35 per cent. improved by 29 per cent by relocat- Changes for further productibity ing and rearranging assembly of fuel improvements require investments 50 per cent gains pipes, and by improving materials of about 0.7 million SEK. Four-wheel drive gearbox special- handling. At Mobile Climate Control’s ist Getrag in Köping west of All these improvements could assembly plant in Norrtälje north Stockholm cut the flow time for be made by simple, straightforward of Stockholm, climate systems machining material batches into measures, often carried out by opera- were assembled at stations from final products by half from 8 to 4 tors themselves. More sophisticated components in batches on a large days. Measures taken were better measures require investments and table. Separating the process into planning, more visual monitoring, greater physical changes in equip- three moments speeded up the and clearly visible buffer areas for ment and shops. /TEGE
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22 The Vehicle Component 3/10 No retro Saab Volvo group news Despite emphasizing Saab’s aircraft and rallying heritage, Spectators at World Cup football suffered less than other vehicle has shown a number of designs for Saab’s new chairman Victor matches in South Africa are trans- markets in the crisis. From San- future trucks (see pictures). Muller is firmly against retro ported in Volvo Buses as part of tiago in Chile has Volvo got an In the first four months of this Saab models. the BRT Bus Rapid Transit system order for 297 city buses to be used year, Volvo Trucks delivered 19,108 “Retro is lack of imagina- used in many South African cities. in the local Transantiago transport new trucks, up 12 per cent on 17,119 tion and fresh ideas and almost The American Penske group is system. the year before. April deliveries never succeeds”, he claimed not only a successful racing team Volvo claims that design is a jumped by 51 per cent to 5,127 from at Saab’s media launch of the but also an important industry and selling point also for trucks and 3,403 in 2009. /TEGE new 9-5. trade group. For its truck leasing But he would welcome a operation, Penske has now ordered modern successor to the old 600 VN670 tractors from Volvo 92, brought to state-of-the-art Trucks. levels of technology, functional- For its next generation of mid ity, safety and environmental size truck and bus engines, Volvo properties. will produce its own engines rather “New Saabs must offer than buying them from the Ger- clever, ‘Saabish’ solutions”, he man engine specialist Deutz. The told invited Swedish media. engines will be built in France, In- dia and Japan. The most promising Saab market for mid size trucks is India, chair- where Volvo has a local partner, man Victor Eicher Motor. Muller. Coming out of its deep crisis, the global construction equipment market gains new speed. To benefit from this, Volvo intends to increase its market share, introducing its new heavy FMX truck with power- ful engines. dataThe interchange global bus market has Future Volvo design.
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Andersson, www.sae-china.org/News Autoliv’s CEO Jan Carlson, 9-12/11 Jönköping Elmia’s annual Subcontractor show; Efficient transports: www.elmia.se Kongsberg Automotive’s vice n intelligence for calculating load president Bent Wessel-Aas, 9-13/11 Shanghai China International Industry Fair; www.ciif- carrying capacity; Semcon with expo-com chief economist Anders Rune partners. from the Swedish manufacturing 14-16/6 -11 Valencia European Automotive congress; n modular system for forestry www.stauto.org/inicio industries, transports; Volvo group with and a top profile from the Volvo partners. group. Funds are administered by the The evening of Sept. 8 offers governmental business develop- Industry shows valuable mingling opportunities ment agency Vinnova. at a buffet dinner at Elite Park There are many shows, seminars Metal machining show AMB in Hotel on Gothenburg’s legendary www.vinnova.se and conferences for automotive Stuttgart, Sept. 28-Oct. 2. 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24 The Vehicle Component 3/10 Supplier news Car maker news n Among brands coming stronger McLaren F1 out of the crisis is Audi, delivered 264,100 new cars in the first quarter of this year, up 25.9 per cent on the n China’s largest heavy duty truck same period of 2009. New hybrid and producer, CNHTC, has for the 20 years electric cars are in the pipeline for second consecutive year named the near future. Wabco its best supplier. Wabco n Premium car maker BMW will develops and produces brake and produce electric cars in its Leipzig safety systems for heavy vehicles plant, using high tech parts and sys- wsith headquarters in Belgium. tems from other BMW plants as well Wabco’s stabilisation system RSS as external suppliers. It its Landshut for trailers has been acknowledged and Wackersdorf plants, BMW will by the EU and certified by the Ger- make components for its hybrid man technical consultant TÜV Megacity vehicle, intended primarily Nord. for urban use. n The British government will support GM with a 300 million € loan for continued production of Vauxhall-branded Opel cars in England. EU rules require that state support is given for technical development rather than business in Despite the efforts of Koenigsegg, now VW-owned general, but Opel’s R&D is mostly Bugatti, Pagani and others, the legendary McLaren done in Germany – and globally by F1 still stands out as the world’s best super sports car GM. ever – and arguably the best car ever. Built only in n Expanding car maker Hyundai n The Swedish/Norwegian 106 units, it now celebrates its 20th anniversary from is defying the present outsourc- shipping company Wallenius Wil- ing trend by building its own steel helmsen will ship Jaguar and Land the moment it was introduced in 1990. works in South Korea. It will have Rover vehicles from England to two furnaces by 2011 for an annual It was the dream fulfilled of as efficient body, this allowed top North American and Oceania and productionof eight million tonnes. McLaren’s former technical head speeds approaching 400 km/h. has been recognized as Supplier For 2015, a third furnace is planned. Gordon Murray, who had free In its street version, it could roll in of the year by tractor and farming Total investment: 3.5 billion €. hands to create a non-plus-ultra 6th at idle engine speed or 57 km/h, equipment producer John Deere. This is part of Hyundai’s efforts GT car, using the Formula 1 team’s and then gradually accelerate in for self-support in materials. know-how in ground effect, gen- 6th (top gear) to its street top speed In September, Hyundai will open its eral aerodynamics and lightweight of 350-370 km/h. At 100 in 6th, it new production plant in Russia for construction. consumed about 8 l/100 km. At 200 machining parts, pressing body pan- What came out has never (3.500 r/min) less than 2 l/100 km. els and also final assembly. The total been surpassed. Weighing only 1.2 It did 0-100 in less than 3.5 sec, investment is about 500 million €. VW buys tonnes, the F1 was propelled by a 0-200 in 8-9 sec. It carried three normally aspirated 6 litre BMW in comfort with some luggage and n To meet an increasing demand, G i u g i a r o V12, producing 600-680 hp and good vision all around. Koenigsegg Mitsubishi is building a new battery about 650 Nm of torque. comes closest – but not on level. factory to supply 50,000 batteries per In a sleek, equally beautiful /TEGE year for its electric car i-MiEV, L Renault with Nissan invest a lot in electric vehicles. With a Portuguese partner, they will promote electric mobility in Portugal, which was Lighter rear seat among the first countries to adopt an official policy for electric mobility. BMW may not be known for low But the vital question is not so much Big car makers buying design prices, but they have managed the vehicles as the electricity, its stor- studios is nothing new, Once, to cut the weight of the back seat age and where it comes from. Ford bought Ghia. Who speaks of their new 5 series by 15 per n of Ghia now? Hopefully, the cent and its cost by 10 per cent Small car specialist Suzuki sold case of VW becoming major- by using a new sandwich design, less new cars in its latest fiscal year ity owner of Italdesign may provided by supplier JSP. Still, the than the year before, but made better turn out differently. Founder new 5 series is 100-150 kg heavier profits. Its 2009 new car sales were Giorgetto Giugiaro will remain than its predecessor, due to less more than 2.3 million units, plus at the head of the company, and aluminium and more safety and more than 3 million motor bikes. it seems it will go on operating comfort equipment. The seat core replaces the body-in- Suzuki employs more than 50,000 white anti-submarining ramp and people in 196 countries around the independently. enables a flap floorpan for multiple car variants from one platform. world.
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26 The Vehicle Component 3/10 för att tåla de över 20 G som kan alval, design och formningsmetod”. uppstå vid hårda landningar. För att kunna mäta sig med För att hantera chocklaster större konkurrenter, ofta med utnyttjar man de fjädrande egen- mångfatt större resurser, måste små skaperna hos ett tunnväggigt gods tillverkare uppvisa mer än konven- med mycket hög sträckgräns. Här tionell ingenjörskonst. Highland måste man styra lasters riktning för kompenserar sin ”litenhet” genom att inte få permanenta sättning bättre lyhördhet. Här tillåts ar. Knäckning, buckling och tävlingsförarens erfarenheter styra membranverkan måste undvikas. utvecklingen. I stället kan lastansättning som Genom att kombinera input dragning, tordering och böjning från en tänkande förare med en utnyttjas för att ta upp energi. En given designfrihet kan Highlands ”jämnvek” design eftersträvas ingenjörer skräddarsy ramens men kan av packnings- eller rena uppträdande mot förare och designskäl vara svår att optimera. tävlingsgren. Exempelvis kräver en Bilden nedan visar bakre enduro- och en supermotardracer stötdämparinfästningen med en helt olika karaktär i uppträdandet. Diagram över sann spänning - töjning för några HyTens varianter relativt andra stål. lastriktning utanför rörets centrum. Med återkoppling från föraren Det tvingar röret att arbeta som kan denna karaktär modelleras på ponenter. Stålramar sammans- få en detalj med eftersträvad högre en torsionsfjäder utan att bucklas. samma sätt som övriga egenskaper. vetsas av rör samt pressade och hållfasthet hos den färdiga formen. Om det skulle bucklas, minskar las- För att även en trött och sliten gjutna detaljer. Vanligen används Man ”formar till hållfasthet”. tupptagningsförmågan momentant förare skall kunna köra en enduro- krommolybdenstål av typ AISI Hållfasthetstillväxten blir störst i de och riskerar ett katastrofalt fallera. motorcykel, måste den vara vek nog 4130 / SS 2225, med sträckgräns ca hårdast sträckta partierna. Genom En mer optimal design kunde vara att finna sitt eget spår i terrängen. 600MPa. Oavsett vilket koncept verktygets design kan dessa sträck möjlig om inte packningskrav satt En styv ram måste hanteras med man väljer måste materialet ha en ningar styras dit lasterna på den avgränsningar. kraft, vilket dränerar förarens ork. lämplig kombination av styrka och färdiga komponenten är störst. formbarhet för att möjliggöra opti- Deformationshårdnandet sprider mal design till lägsta möjliga vikt. också ut de annars lokala förtun- Highlands ingenjörer fann ett ningar som kan uppstå vid svårare alternativt kandidatmaterial i det omformning. Man får alltså även höghållfasta rostfria stålet HyTens. mer homogen godstjocklek. Närbesläktat rostfritt används En vanlig missuppfattning är sedan länge i hjulekrar, de hårdast att en motorcykelram skall vara så påfrestade komponenterna i en styv som möjligt och att elasticitets- motocrossmotorcykel. modulen därför är intressantast. I HyTens kan fås i ett stort så fall kunde man använda vilken antal hållfasthetsvarianter med metall som helst, då e-modulen sträckgränser från 300MPa till dividerad med densiteten är den- 2000MPa. Generellt är brot- samma för alla aktuella metaller. Stötdämparinfästning, last 20G tförlängningen (formbarheten) Annorlunda uttryckt: ”samma dubbelt så hög som för kolstål med design, oavsett material, väger lika För att möjliggöra en design Å andra sidan kräver supermotard motsvarande hållfasthet. mycket för samma styvhet”. Men med väl avvägd styvhet utnyttjar racing på slicks hög styvhet för Diagrammet ovan visar föru- detta uttryck missar att man med man att hög brottförlängning ger att kunna hanteras i hög fart. tom exempel på hållfasthet och bättre formbarhet kan få en BÄT- större designfrihet. Då kan man ut- Möjligheten att skräddarsy dessa brottförlängning även att HyTens TRE design…. veckla en ram med önskad styvhet egenheter är vad som möjliggör har ett extremt deformationshård- I verkligheten skall en motor- i aktuell lastriktning. Den färdiga motorcykelns konkurrenskraft. nande, visat i kurvans lutning. Jäm- cykelram ha väl avvägd styvhet mot ramen bör ha hög skadetålighet. Om ramdesign vore en exakt för gärna med Trip 700 stålet, som normalt uppträdande laster, t. ex. 10% resterande brottförlängning i vetenskap, skulle stora företag säljs med just denna egenskap som från kurvtagning och inbromsn- färdigformad detalj kan vara lämp- dominera. Men så är det inte. merit. Tack vare deformationshård- ing, i kombination med en elastisk ligt för att inte riskera ett katastro- Genom att vara innovativa kan små nandet kan man utnyttja formbar- vekhet mot chocklaster från t. ex. falt brott vid oturligt handhavande. tillverkare fortfarande vinna. heten hos en HyTens-variant med bottnande fjädring. Gör man fel Sådant leder oftast till personskada, relativt sett lägre hållfasthet och här, kan ramen bli för vek för att ibland invaliditet. genom hårdnandet vid formningen ge god hanterbarhet eller för styv Termen ”designfrihet” kan ut- tryckas i det förlängningsvärde som överskrider kravet på restduktilitet, i vårt fall 10%. Alltså, då HyTens1000 (med minsta brottgräns1000MPa) har en minsta brottförlängning av 20%, blir värdet på designfrihet 10. AISI 4130, med brottförlängningen 12%, har då designfrihet 2 med starkt begränsade design- och formningsalternativ. “Men detta Ramens vridstyvhet modellerad tänkesätt visar redan från början vid hård kurvtagning och högt ef- Martin Lind på Highland Supermotard 450 lättare konsekvensen av materi- fektutag.
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