The mission of the Automotive industry – one of the most globalised industries – is to provide safe and accessible transportation for the world’s increasing population. The industry is one of the main engines of economic growth, with important multiplier effects both in upstream sectors such as metal processing, chemicals, and textiles, and in downstream sectors like ICT, trade and services. It is also one of the biggest innovators on a global scale, rapidly adopting breakthrough technologies that address the need for more efficient and environmentally-friendly transport solutions.
The Automotive industry involves the manufacturing of bodies, engines, parts and whole vehicles for ground transportation. Such vehicles include motorcycles, cars, light commercial vehicles and heavy commercial vehicles.
The Chinese automotive sector’s y/y growth sped up in the second half of 2016, improving on an already strong performance in the first half of the year. Sales revenue reached RMB 8,019bn in 2016, up by 14.1% y/y, while total profit grew at a ...
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Malaysia is the third-largest producer of, and market for, motor vehicles (excluding motorcycles) in the ASEAN region, behind Thailand and Indonesia. Including motorcycles, the motor vehicle industry is dominated by passenger vehicles, which ...
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The Chinese automotive sector’s y/y growth sped up in the second half of 2016, improving on an already strong performance in the first half of the year. Sales revenue reached RMB 8,019bn in 2016, up by 14.1% y/y, while total profit grew at a ...
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The Chinese automotive sector’s y/y growth sped up in the second half of 2016, improving on an already strong performance in the first half of the year. Sales revenue reached RMB 8,019bn in 2016, up by 14.1% y/y, while total profit grew at a ...
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India is the world’s sixth-largest motor vehicle producer, claiming a share of some 5% in global vehicle manufacturing in FY2016. The country is also the world’s seventh-largest commercial vehicle producer. The industry’s output, ...
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The Chinese automotive sector’s y/y growth sped up in the second half of 2016, improving an already strong performance in the first half of the year. Sales revenue reached RMB 7,146bn in the first eleven months of 2016, up by 14.1% y/y, while ...
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The Chinese automotive sector’s y/y growth speeded up in the first nine months of 2016, improving an already strong performance in the first half of the year. In the first nine months of 2016, motor vehicle sales grew by 13.2% y/y to 19.29mn ...
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Malaysia is the third-largest motor vehicle manufacturer and market in the ASEAN region, behind Thailand and Indonesia. The domestic market is dominated by passenger vehicles, which represented 56.4% of total sales in 2015. Two national brands, ...
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Indonesia is the second-largest motor vehicle manufacturer, behind Thailand, and the largest automotive market in the ASEAN region. Due to a robust growth in recent years, the country is forecast to overcome Thailand in motor vehicle production by ...
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The Philippine automotive industry and market have been growing steadily over the past five years. Sales in 2015 were by 144.8% higher than they had been in 2007, the year when they first recovered from the slump brought about by the 1997 Asian ...
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