AN_070820_14.qxd.ps 10.08.2007 17:46 Uhr Page 14 PAGE 14 · www.autonewseurope.com August 20, 2007 Car Cutaway ZF gets the new Alfa Romeo Spider ready for any weather Numerous suppliers help with the new Alfa Romeo Spider’s power- Spider is mainly equipped (uptake expected to be well above 90 per- those transmissions. Italy’s Mazzucconi casts and fully assembles the train. ZF Friedrichshafen contributes the axle, angle drives, differential cent) with the F40 and M20/32 six-speed manual transmissions from 2.4-liter turbodiesel’s cylinder heads. and propshaft for the premium roadster’s four-wheel-drive system, GM Powertrain Europe, which is based in Turin. Swiss supplier Hoer- which it supplies from its plants in Gotha and Thyrnau, Germany. The biger Antriebstechnik delivers the majority of synchronizer systems to Steven Wingett OIL PUMP: OIL AND FUEL FILTERS: GASKETS: WATER HOSES: ANTI-FRICTION BEARINGS: SYNCHRONIZER COMPONENTS: TECHNICAL ADHESIVE TAPES: OVERHEAD CONSOLE SWITCH BANK: SUNVISORS: SEAT PLASTIC TRIMMING PROFILES: MAGNA POWERTRAIN UFI FILTERS FEDERAL-MOGUL HUTCHINSON INA NEUMAYER TEKFOR HOLDING SCAPA METHODE ELECTRONICS AUTOMOTIVE GROUP SATURNO GALLINA CYLINDER HEAD: SELF ADHESIVE LABELS: MAZZUCCONI GROUP AVERY DENNISON OIL COOLER: MODINE EUROPE PASSENGER AIRBAG MODULE: TRW AUTOMOTIVE ENGINE SEALS: FREUDENBERG-DS NAVIGATION SYSTEM: MAGNETI MARELLI TIMING BELTS: DAYCO EUROPE MAIN FLOOR CARPET: CYLINDER HEAD GASKETS: RIETER ELRINGKLINGER REMOTE KEYLESS SYSTEM: DIAPHRAGMS: GIOBERT CONTITECH CONROD: CD/MP3 RADIO: MAHLE ROBERT BOSCH SOLENOID VALVES: LIFT-O-MAT TAILGATE: KOLBENSCHMIDT PIERBURG STABILUS FRONT CRASH BEAM: TOWER AUTOMOTIVE RETRACTABLE HARD TOP: WEBASTO EXTERNAL MIRRORS: FICOSA ULTRASONIC PARK ASSIST: VALEO POWER STEERING OIL COOLER: KTM KÜHLER BRAKELINES: TI AUTOMOTIVE STEERING PUMP: ZF LENKSYSTEME REAR SUSPENSION SPRING: 4 WD AXLE: MUBEA FAHRWERKSFEDERN ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN SUSPENSION HYDRAULIC BUSHES: POWERTRAIN COOLING MODULE: PAULSTRA VISTEON MANUAL TRANSMISSION FLUID: REAR BRAKE DISCS: CASTROL BREMBO TRANSMISSION SYNCHRONISER SYSTEMS: FASTENERS: MAGNESIUM CROSS CAR BEAM: SIDE DOOR LATCH: STEERING WHEEL & DRIVER AIRBAG: TIRES: ELECTRIC WINDOW REGULATORS: EXHAUST SYSTEM: REAR FENDER: HOERBIGER ANTRIEBSTECHNIK A RAYMOND MERIDIAN TECHNOLOGIES MAGNA CLOSURES KEY SAFETY SYSTEMS BRIDGESTONE EUROPE LAMES GROUP EBERSPÄCHER METZELER AUTOMOTIVE PROFILE SYSTEMS Marelli aims for big boost from China Bosch foresees large Italian supplier sees growth from China for Magneti Marelli’s in electronics, lighting, worldwide operation, he adds. gains from small cars New regulations in China such as and powertrain systems stiffening emissions standards and April Wortham lenges that cover both technology consumers’ growing concern with Automotive News Europe and pricing,” said Wolf-Henning Alysha Webb safety will help Magneti Marelli in- Scheider, who is president of Bosch’s Automotive News Europe crease its sales, says Razelli. BOXBERG, Germany Robert Bosch gasoline systems division. “Fast de- Razelli was in Shanghai to open expects vehicles that cost ¤7,000 or velopment cycles and the ability to SHANGHAI Italy’s Magneti Marelli a new Magneti Marelli office. It less to make up 13 percent of the supply the market with high-quality aims for sales in China to equal will principally house lighting prod- world market by 2010. Bosch wants products and in large volumes are 10 percent of total sales within three ucts personnel. its products and technology on a both crucial.” years, says president and CEO Euge- As it expands in China, Magneti quarter of them. According to Bosch, unit sales of nio Razelli. Marelli is willing to invest alone or Bosch wants to capitalize on the in- low-price vehicles worldwide will Sales from China are currently through joint ventures with auto- dustry’s fastest growing market seg- reach 10.2 million in 2010, up from about $100 million (about ¤72 mil- makers or suppliers, he says. Until ment: low-cost vehicles. 8.2 million in 2006. lion) annually, or less than three per- now, all of Magneti Marelli’s manu- The supplier estimates that unit By 2014, Bosch expects the number cent of total sales, he says. facturing in China has been through sales of low-cost vehicles will grow at to climb to 11.8 million vehicles. Magneti Marelli has five manufac- Marelli’s Razelli says emissions and companies it fully owns. an average annual rate of 5 percent Automakers are increasingly turing sites in three locations in Chi- safety concerns will boost China sales. Says Razelli: “First we wanted over the next eight years. moving into the low-price vehicle na. It employs 800 people, says to establish a solid presence in China. In some countries, such as India, segment. Razelli. In China, it produces power- growing the fastest,” says Razelli. Now we are willing to consider the average growth rate will be al- Bosch has won an order to supply train components; exhaust products; Most of the increase will come from partnerships.” most 14 percent between now and alternators, brakes and engine man- electronic systems; and automotive domestic sales, he says. Magneti Marelli ranked 30 on the 2014, Bosch says. agement systems for a new car lighting. “The numbers include a bit of ex- Automotive News Europe top 100 “Suppliers looking to get a piece of that Indian automaker Tata Motors “Electronics, lighting, and power- port,” says Razelli. The 10 percent global suppliers list with worldwide the action in this strong growth envi- plans to launch next year priced at train will be the three business areas figure does not include purchasing sales of $4.97 billion in 2006. ANE ronment need to adapt to new chal- about ¤1,830. ANE Ixetic 1/5 page.