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PAGE 18 · www.autonewseurope.com February 2 , 2009 Car Cutaway Bosch system adjusts braking in Audi Q5 Robert Bosch supplies the Audi Q5 premium SUV’s adaptive cruise control and electronic stability control. When towing, the latter system detects when the trailer is about to fishtail and prevents this by applying braking to the appropriate wheels. The system also knows when CRANKSHAFT SEALS: FREUDENBERG STARTER: PISTONS: BOSCH FEDERAL-MOGUL the Q5 is carrying a full roof rack and adjusts braking performance accordingly. Brose provides two versions of the Q5’s manual rear-seat adjuster. The standard fit allows the seat to be reclined and folded. The high-end option additionally permits a choice between extra legroom CENTER DIFFERENTIAL: AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING WINDSHIELD: GUARDIAN A/C COMPRESSOR: DENSO in the back seat or more space in the trunk. Brose expects fitment rates of 60 percent for the basic and 40 percent for the high-end version. Steven Wingett STEERING COLUMN: ROOF TRIM FASTENERS: APAG ELEKTRONIK EMHART TEKNOLOGIES ROOF GRAB HANDLE: OLHO-TECHNIK REAR WIPER SYSTEM: VALEO REAR AIR VENT: DR. SCHNEIDER KUNSTSTOFFWERKE LICENSE PLATE LAMPS: HELLA GROUP BACKLITE GLASS: AGC AUTOMOTIVE EUROPE TAILGATE HINGES: CIMOS D.D. REAR LAMP GASKET: TEKSPAN DECKLID OUTER: NOVELIS POWER TAILGATE MOTOR: NIDEC MOTORS & ACTUATORS MANUAL SEAT RECLINER: BROSE TRUNK TRIM COVER: PEGUFORM/POLYTEC SEAT BELT REMINDER: IEE FRONT HEAD RESTRAINT: GRAMMER CUPHOLDER ROTARY DAMPER: CULTRARO AUTOMAZIONE ENGINEERING SEAT: MAGNA STEYR FAHRZEUGTECHNIK FRONT-END MODULE: OIL FILTER MODULE: FAURECIA SOGEFI FILTER DIVISION DRIVER AUTHORIZATION SYSTEM: MMI CONTROL: MARQUARDT PREH PULLEYS: WINKELMANN POWERTRAIN TURBO: HONEYWELL TURBO TECHNOLOGIES ACTIVE INTAKE MANIFOLD: MANN+HUMMEL CAMSHAFTS: THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA CAMSHAFTS BATTERY: AKKUMULATORENFABRIK MOLL CYLINDER BLOCK (DIESEL): TUPY SINTERCAST COOLANT HOSE: TEKLAS KAUCUK HEADLAMPS: KOITO FASTENERS: A.RAYMOND FRONT RAILS: NOBLE INTERNATIONAL SYNCHRONIZER: SULZER FRICTION SYSTEMS OIL MIST SEPARATOR: HENGST TIMING BELTS: CONTITECH VACUUM PUMP: IXETIC ENGINE VALVE SPRINGS: SCHERDEL A/C INTERNAL HEAT EXCHANGER: FRONT WHEEL BEARING: EATON NSK EXTERIOR MIRRORS: VISIOCORP; GENTEX SIDE INFLATOR AIRBAG: TRW CLUTCH PIPE ASSEMBLY: FTE INNER WAISTBELT: COOPER-STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INFOTAINMENT: ALLOY WHEELS: HARMAN BECKER BORBET ANTI-FRICTION BEARINGS: INA REAR AXLE DRIVE: ZF REAR STABILIZER BAR: MUBEA Suppliers wanted: If you are a supplier and have questions or want your information considered for our cutaway features, contact Steven Wingett at automotivenews@supplierbusiness.com or through www.supplierbusiness.com Tenneco Europe boss Nair predicts profits Partsmaker poised to benefit from government rules that require lower emissions Hurtej Kaur Automotive News Europe Emissions control and ride control supplier Tenneco expects to make money this year. “The outlook, despite the current environment, [is that we] will be profitable in 2009,” Hari Nair, Tenneco’s boss for Europe, told Automotive News Europe. Nair also said that the US-based supplier made a profit in 2008. He declined to be more specific. The company will report its fourthquarter and full-year earnings for last year on Thursday, February 5. If the company’s nine-month results from 2008 are any indication of what to expect for the full year, Europe will play a major role in generating the profit Nair expects. Through September 2008, Tenneco reported global earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) of $142 million (about ¤101 million at the time) on sales of $4.71 billion. Most of that EBIT – $97 million – came from Nair’s business area, which includes Europe, South America and India. He also is in charge of Tenneco’s Asia Pacific business. that the development cycles for Tenneco’s new CO2-reducing technologies are nearly complete. He expects to see financial benefits from those products between 2010 and 2012. The products are supposed to help automakers meet new regulations that require automakers to lower their emissions. Although he is positive about the future, Nair concedes that Tenneco also is being affected by the global economic slowdown. The company said it will record about $31 million (currently about ¤24 million) in restructuring charges in the fourth quarter of 2008 and in 2009. The changes will result in $58 million in savings. Auto suppliers around the world are hurting because automakers are reducing orders by up to 50 percent to cope with sharp drops in new-car sales. In response, partsmakers are cutting projects, employees and plant shifts. Tenneco, which is based in Lake Forest, Illinois, makes exhaust components and systems, shock absorbers, struts and suspension systems and elastomer products. Including aftermarket volumes, the company reported sales of $6.2 billion in 2007 and an EBIT of $252 million. Europe, South America and India accounted for $99 million of ANE the global EBIT. IAC benefits from the decline of its rivals James B. Treece Automotive News Europe DETROIT International Automotive Components Group is partially offsetting a dismal year by picking up business from troubled rivals, IAC owner Wilbur Ross told Automotive News Europe sister publication Automotive News late last month. “I don’t pretend we haven’t been hurt,” he said. “We have been hurt.” Ross acknowledged that IAC will not make money this year. But the supplier has added “around $300 million (about ¤232 million) in new business” over the past six months by picking up contracts from other, bankrupt suppliers, he said. James Kamsickas, president of IAC’s American and Asian operations, said the business came from bankrupt interiors and plastics companies such as Blue Water, Progressive and Cadence. Ross described it as “airlifting the business out.” ness. “We’ve yet to interrupt a production line [at an automaker’s factory,]” Kamsickas said. The added revenue “doesn’t come close to offsetting” the volume lost from the inWilbur Ross’ IAC has dustry’s sales added millions from drop, he said. bankrupt suppliers. Volumes from General Motors, Ford Motor and Chrysler are down 40 percent to 60 percent, Kamsickas said. To help cope with the decline in business, IAC’s top managers took a 4 percent pay cut effective January 1. In addition, Ross said, last year “we infused more capital into the company and probably will infuse more capital [again this year]”. “We had anticipated a down year,” Ross said. IAC, which was created in 2005, has bought the interiors assets of Lear and combined them with select assets of the defunct Collins & Aikman. Ross also has purchased niche players in Brazil and Japan. IAC of New York ranks No. 31 on the ANE list of the top 100 global suppliers, with worldwide auto parts ANE sales of $5.31 billion in 2007. Tenneco’s Hari Nair expects to see financial benefits from the company’s CO2-reducing products from 2010. In the third quarter of 2008, the company’s European operations benefited from new business with Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz. Both automakers are using Tenneco’s Continuously Controlled Electronic Suspension. VW offers it on the Passat and Mercedes fits it on the C class. Carried away Over the Christmas holidays, for example, IAC used more than 35 full semitrailer trucks to take 65 tools and dies from a failed rival. The equipment was distribute to IAC factories, which then began making the parts. Helping automakers make a smooth transition to an IAC factory has been critical to winning the busi- Looking ahead Nair also is bullish about the company’s prospects for the next five years. The reason for his optimism is
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Automotive News Europe - February 2, 2009

Automotive News Europe - February 2, 2009
Contents
Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler’s Mountain of Debt at Conti
Get Ready for a New Type of Auto Show
Consolidate or Die ?
Don't Let Me Down
Lap of Luxury
Audi Q5 Senses a Heavy Load
The Power of Four
Automotive News Europe - February 2, 2009 - Automotive News Europe - February 2, 2009
Automotive News Europe - February 2, 2009 - Contents
Automotive News Europe - February 2, 2009 - 3
Automotive News Europe - February 2, 2009 - Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler’s Mountain of Debt at Conti
Automotive News Europe - February 2, 2009 - Get Ready for a New Type of Auto Show
Automotive News Europe - February 2, 2009 - 6
Automotive News Europe - February 2, 2009 - 7
Automotive News Europe - February 2, 2009 - Consolidate or Die ?
Automotive News Europe - February 2, 2009 - 9
Automotive News Europe - February 2, 2009 - 10
Automotive News Europe - February 2, 2009 - 11
Automotive News Europe - February 2, 2009 - Don't Let Me Down
Automotive News Europe - February 2, 2009 - 13
Automotive News Europe - February 2, 2009 - 14
Automotive News Europe - February 2, 2009 - 15
Automotive News Europe - February 2, 2009 - Lap of Luxury
Automotive News Europe - February 2, 2009 - 17
Automotive News Europe - February 2, 2009 - Audi Q5 Senses a Heavy Load
Automotive News Europe - February 2, 2009 - 19
Automotive News Europe - February 2, 2009 - 20
Automotive News Europe - February 2, 2009 - 21
Automotive News Europe - February 2, 2009 - The Power of Four
Automotive News Europe - February 2, 2009 - 23
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