Intense economic pressures on the auto industry are restructuring both the value and supply chains that deliver TPEs and fabricated parts to the automotive interiors sector. This paper explores:rn1. The impact of economic pressures on the automotive plastics and rubber supply chainrn2. The role of TPOs and TPVs in the shifting supply chainrn3. The implications of globalization and supply chain flatteningrn4. How TPOs and TPVs can add value currently and in the futurern5. Target TPO substitutions in auto interiorsrn6. Role of fabrication technologies in adding value to the use of TPO in automotive interiorsrn7. New competitors to the established position of TPOs in automotive interiors.rnThe presentation is based on REA's:rn8. Recent automotive TPE research in Europe, N. America, Japan and Chinarn9. Automotive interior soft trim study (1)rn10. Second Europe/N. America TPE multiclient study (2)rn11. Multiclient analysis of advanced technology nonwovens in the automotive sector (3).rnReferences and abbreviations are included at the end of the paper.
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