Automotive Lighting: Automotive Light Bulbs Present Two Major Market Patterns

After nearly a decade of cultivation and development, China has become the largest country in automobile production and consumption since 2009. Take Beijing alone as an example, 1,300 new vehicles are added every day, and 1,100 drivers are added. Such a huge consumer market exceeds the expectations of most people. At the same time, the popularity of products such as tires and automotive lighting products driven by the automotive market, which are closely related to the safety of automobiles, has increased. Tires, such as Michelin, and car lights, such as Osram, have increasingly entered the eyes of riders.

The headlights are consumables. According to the usage habits and the use time, they need to be replaced in time. In addition, the safety of the headlights is closely related to the traffic. Therefore, the headlights should not be sloppy. In general, the quality of the original car lights is relatively reliable, because car manufacturers in the selection of suppliers will be very strict. Therefore, in the second replacement of the lights, experts understand the car will recommend that riders choose the original matching lights. So, how do you know which manufacturer your headlights are?

To answer this question, we must first understand some of the auto parts market knowledge. In the current domestic automobile market, the vehicle manufacturer's matching lamp products basically come from the supporting manufacturers of major auto manufacturers. Among them, more than 50% of the luminaires are from HELLA in Germany and SKOITO in Shanghai. Hella is a supplier of Volkswagen, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Renault and other famous automobile manufacturers. Shanghai Xiaoyu products are mainly Shanghai GM, Shanghai Volkswagen, SAIC, FAW Toyota, FAW-Volkswagen, Dongfeng Nissan, Dongfeng Passenger Vehicle and Changan Ford. , Changan Suzuki, Anhui Chery, Shenyang Huachen, Dongfeng Yueda, Beijing Jeep, Sichuan Toyota, Guangzhou Automobile and other brands supporting.

Hella and Xiao Biao do not produce light bulbs themselves. In the automotive light bulb suppliers, there are basically two major market structures. According to incomplete statistics, OSRAM in Germany alone holds more than 45% of the share, which is a veritable Automotive lighting industry leader. In other words, one of every two cars in the world uses OSRAM headlights. As the world's largest professional manufacturer of lighting products, OSRAM also has a series of first auras in the field of automotive lighting. As early as 1919, it began to produce headlights. In 1971, it introduced the world’s first BILUX H4 halogen bulb; in 1991 it launched the world’s first A gas discharge lamp. Knowing the above background, it is easy for a rider to know what brand of car lights his car is using.