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NEW FORECAST OF MATERIAL CONSUMPTION BY THE WORLD WIDE CAR INDUSTRY UP TO 2020 AUTHORED BY DR PETER WELLS
The future of global materials demand to 2020, Dr Peter Wells. Published by Automotive World.
http://www.automotiveworld.com/arreports/default.asp?contentid=72162
This new report from Dr Peter Wells, a Reader at Cardiff Business School and member of the ESRC BRASS research centre, was written for all those interested in the long-term prospects for the global automotive industry, and particularly for companies, analysts, investors, governments, academics and NGOs concerned about the future of materials consumption by the world’s most important manufacturing sector. In many of the key material supply chains, including steel, aluminium, other metals such as copper, and of course plastics, there is a vital need for strategic planning. This report analyses how the key economic and environmental pressures on the vehicle manufacturers will be felt in terms of changing technologies, markets and, ultimately, shifts in materials demand on a global basis. Given the huge uncertainty of current times, this report provides a clear and cohesive view of the possible futures facing the automotive industry, and hence of future materials demand.
A unique and useful feature of this report is that all the steps required to generate the forecasts of global materials demand from the automotive industry for 2010, 2015 and 2020 are made clear to the reader. This transparent methodology means that readers can insert their own assumptions and expectations into the forecast if required. In addition, the forecast outlines three possible scenarios around which assumptions may be built.
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