The demand for steering system has showed steady growth due to the expansion of the automotive market.
This is according to the Automotive Steering System Market Size (2014-2018) Analysis for Global and Chinese Regions
In 2014, the global automotive steering system market size exceeded 90 million sets with the revenue of US31.1 billion.
EPS has become the dominance of the steering system market, with a share of over 50%. In 2014, Chinese automotive steering system market size increased to 23.89 million sets, of which the demand for passenger car steering system rose to 19.92 million sets. In China, the EPS technology of mainstream companies has been more mature, the product demand has been growing rapidly, and EPS is replacing HPS to be the main role in the automotive steering system market.
In the Chinese market, JTEKT, ZF Lenksysteme and other foreign manufacturers still occupy dominating positions; at the same time, Chinese local enterprises such as CAAS, Zhejiang Shibao, FAWER Automotive Parts, AVIC-Xihang Yubei and ELITE represent huge potentials with higher market share.
As China’s largest steering system group, CAAS operates its business through its eight subsidiaries. In 2013, CAAS sold up to 4.27 million sets of steering system, representing a year-on-year increase of 22% and the market share of 19.3%, 1.2 % points higher than 2012.
In China, CAAS mainly serves Geely, Great Wall Motors, Brilliance Jinbei, BYD, Beiqi Foton, Dongfeng Motor, FAW Group and Chery.
ZF Shanghai Steering Systems is a joint venture set up by Huayu Automotive Systems (49%) and ZF Lenksysteme (51%), with more than 1,500 employees. In 2013, the company sold 2.64 million sets of steering system and held the market share of 11.9%, 3.1 % points higher than 2012.