Analysis Report: Exhaust System (Japanese, European and U.S. Markets)
Tighter emission regulations and response
2025/06/19
- List of Suppliers
- I. Introduction
- II. Outline of Various Exhaust System Components
- III. Trends in Exhaust Gas Regulations
- IV. Market Overview of Key Exhaust System Components Suppliers
- V. Trends of Major Suppliers of Exhaust System Components
- VI. Major Suppliers and Their OEM Customers (Japanese production vehicles)
- VII. Installation of Exhaust System Components by Model
- VIII. Sales Comparison of Major Exhaust System Manufacturers
- IX. Global Footprint of Key Suppliers (Detail)
List of Suppliers
Exhaust system suppliers:
Japanese market
Sango Co., Ltd. (Sango) | Futaba Industrial Co., Ltd. (Futaba) | Marelli Corporation (formerly Calsonic Kansei Corporation) | Yutaka Giken Co., Ltd. (Yutaka Giken) |
Hirotec Corporation (Hirotec) | SNIC Co., Ltd. (SNIC) | Sakamoto Industry Co., Ltd. (Sakamoto) | Crefact Corporation (formerly Sankei Industry Co., Ltd.) |
Sankei Giken Kogyo Co., Ltd. (Sankei Giken) | Aisin Takaoka Co., Ltd. (Aisin Takaoka) | KIK Co., Ltd. (KIK) |
European and U.S. markets
FORVIA SE (Faurecia SE) | Tenneco Inc. (Tenneco) | Eberspächer Gruppe GmbH & Co. KG (Eberspaecher) | Friedrich Boysen GmbH & Co. KG (Frederich Boysen) | Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH (Benteler) |
Marelli Europe S.p.A. (Marelli Europe) | Bosal International N.V. (Bosal) |
Catalyst substrate suppliers:
NGK (NGK Corporation, formerly NGK Insulators, Ltd.) | Corning Incorporated (Corning) | Nippon Steel Chemical & Material Co., Ltd. (NSCM) |
Catalyst washcoat suppliers:
Cataler Corporation (Cataler) | Tokyo Roki Co., Ltd. (Tokyo Roki) | BASF SE (BASF) | N.E. Chemcat Corporation (N.E. Chemcat) |
Johnson Matthey Plc (Johnson Matthey) | Umicore N.V. (Umicore) | Umicore Shokubai Japan Co., Ltd. (Umicore Shokubai) | Emitec Technologies GmbH (formerly Vitesco Technologies Emitec GmbH) |
I. Introduction
The need for clean and eco-friendly engines is naturally increasing. To meet this need, automakers and their suppliers are actively engaged in activities to reduce the weight of components, improve fuel efficiency and improve exhaust gas cleansing performance. Engine performance is directly connected to fuel economy and exhaust emissions, so it is essential to improve the performance of exhaust system components as well as to achieve improvements in the lubrication system and drivetrain, and to optimize combustion control.
For exhaust gas purification, it is necessary to improve the performance of the catalytic converter, as well as to design the optimum catalyst effect and back pressure (exhaust side pressure) for each engine. The exhaust pipes and tubes including the muffler and silencer, the shell shape of the catalytic converter, the pipe length, branching shape, inner wall condition of the exhaust manifold, and the heat capacity of the exhaust path are also important design items to be tuned in the restricted layout under the vehicle floor.
In addition, stricter regulations are expanding business in the short term for Japanese, European and U.S. catalyst manufacturers, who are leading the way in emissions control measures ahead of Chinese parts manufacturers. In 2020, electrically-heated catalytic converters were released by component manufacturers as equipment to comply with stricter Euro-7 regulations. Companies remain under pressure to develop exhaust systems.
On the other hand, the development of eco-friendly vehicles such as EVs (electric vehicles) is progressing at a rapid pace due to tightening regulations worldwide. Suppliers are also seeking opportunities to diversify into body parts, chassis parts and electrification parts for these eco-friendly vehicles.
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