Automotive control cable sales soar as regulatory framework tightens

As per the findings of the report, the $2.1bn market for automotive control cable will witness a moderate four percent annual rise in the revenues, by 2019 end. 

New vehicle model launches, and the spectacular rise in vehicle parc, have been the leading market growth influencers. While gains are majorly driven by the increasing demand for automotive vehicles, government mandates regarding anti-lock braking systems for passenger and commercial vehicles, are identified to remain the key growth determinants for market. This scenario will particularly prevail in developing countries, such as India, China, and Brazil, among others, according to report’s analysis.

The onset of rapid mainstreaming of electric vehicles is rendering a new dimension to the automotive control cable landscape. Study offers exclusive insights on this, in addition to how companies actively operating in the automotive control cable landscape are focusing on competitive strengths and improved technology, towards the transformation of the auto ancillary industry, since it is a low-volume and highly fragmented sector. 

A stream of opportunities in South Asia’s market

Regions such as South Asia and East Asia are projected to generate substantial growth opportunities in the forecast period owing to the rise in the number of vehicle consumers, increasing urban population, sales of automobile, and vehicle parc in these regions. China is one of the prime countries in East Asia, which has a prominent share in the market due to the presence of several automotive control cable manufacturers in the country. 

The China market is likely to boost the growth of the East Asia automotive control cable market. India and ASEAN countries in South Asia and Pacific are projected to boost the automotive control cable market owing to the rise in disposable income of major population and prominent factors such as urbanisation.

The North America market is likely to be one of the prominent markets in the global automotive control cable market due to the increasing vehicle production in the region and demand for automotive control cables by automobile customers enhancing safety features of the vehicle. Moreover, regions such as Latin America and MEA are also expected to witness a healthy CAGR during the forecast period. The report also includes all the major countries in every region. All relevant macroeconomic and forecast factors are considered while studying the automotive control cable market size.

By vehicle type, the compact vehicle type of automotive control cable segment is expected to hold prominent value shares of the global automotive control cable market. This has majorly resulted from the increasing production of compact vehicles and its features such as lower price point, less parking space requirement, etc. On the basis of sales channel, the OEM segment is expected to hold a majority share of the global automotive control cable market value due to more reliability and durable life cycle of automotive control cables.

Automotive control cable market: vendor insights

The report highlights some of the prominent market players, who have established themselves as leaders in the global automotive control cable market. Few examples of key players in the market are Thai Steel Cable Public, Minda Corporation Limited, Kongsberg Automotive, Suprajit Engineering, Ficosa Internacional, and Dura Automotive Systems, among others.

The global automotive control cable market is significantly consolidated with some players holding prominent shares of the market. These players have strategic partnerships with car manufactures. For instance, Suprajit Engineering collaborated with several car manufactures such as Tata Motors, General Motors (India), BMW, Volkswagen, and Ford India Limited, Suzuki, among others, to provide automotive control cables.