The 2021 Shanghai Auto Show has come to an end. This year’s auto show is the first important auto show after the global recovery from the epidemic. The number of new cars launched is even higher than before. I believe everyone has been overwhelmed these days. In addition to the busy and noisy vehicle exhibition hall, the quieter but more professional parts exhibition hall is also worth visiting. If the vehicle exhibition hall displays new cars in the coming year, then the parts exhibition hall displays new technologies that will be applied in the next one to five years. In the parts exhibition hall, you can see the future of the automobile industry.
The theme of this year’s Shanghai Auto Show is "Embrace Change", which is especially appropriate for parts manufacturers. The automobile industry is rapidly transforming into intelligent electric vehicles, and the transformation of automobile enterprises is relatively easy. They define products, and core components and technologies can be imported. Parts companies are facing greater challenges, and no one can help them transform, and not transforming means being eliminated. What should suppliers who focus on engine technology do in the electrification era? Is the supplier of gearbox willing to be the simplest reducer? In Halls 1.2 and 2.2 of the National Convention and Exhibition Center, let’s see how auto parts suppliers embrace change.
The National Convention and Exhibition Center, the venue of Shanghai Auto Show, is famous for its huge scale, which makes the mass media feel scared and weak. The National Convention and Exhibition Center is in the shape of a four-leaf clover, and the parts exhibition halls are Hall 1.2 and Hall 2.2, which are located on the second floor in the upper right corner (northeast direction) of the four-leaf clover.
Zeef
Booth location: Hall 1.2
Highlights of the booth: the world’s first new generation of on-board supercomputer "ProAI"
ZF is one of the largest suppliers of auto parts in the world, with revenue exceeding RMB 260 billion in 2020, ranking 5th in the industry. The most important product of ZF, which started with the production of gears, is the gearbox, and its classic 8AT gearbox has an excellent reputation among consumers. However, at the Shanghai Auto Show of this car, ZF did not exhibit any gearbox products, but brought a series of electrified and intelligent new products, which coincided with the theme of this year’s Shanghai Auto Show, "Embrace Change".
valeo
Booth location: Hall 2.2
Highlights of the booth: a new concept of thermal system
Valeo is an auto parts giant from France, with revenue exceeding RMB 150 billion in 2020, ranking 11th in the industry. Valeo’s predecessor, Ferrodo, started out as a manufacturer of brake discs and clutches, and then Valeo’s business continued to expand, involving all aspects of automobiles. In recent years, Valeo is accelerating its transformation towards electrification, autonomous driving, connected cars and digital mobile travel, and its high-voltage solutions and ADAS solutions have a high market share.
Faurecia
Booth location: Hall 1.2
Highlights of the booth: hydrogen fuel cell power system
Faurecia is also from France, with revenue of nearly RMB 140 billion in 2020, ranking 13th in the industry. Faurecia is most famous for its emission control system and interior and exterior decoration system. Popular models such as Han and (|) are equipped with Faurecia seats and interior parts. At this auto show, Faurecia not only exhibited smarter cockpit solutions, but also brought the ultimate environmentally friendly hydrogen fuel cell power system.