January 21, 2015 - The Dutch automotive supply chain has achieved record revenues in 2014 of 9.2

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January 21, 2015 - The Dutch automotive supply chain has achieved record revenues in 2014 of 9.2 billion. This is more than 4% more than in 2013, according to calculations by ING Economics Department. Alone in the metal sector, the automotive chain accounted for 2.3 billion turnover.
Many industrial sectors, ranging from the chemistry to the electrical granite city industry and the metal supply to the rubber and plastics industry to the automotive industry. The supply industry should have mainly export: 88% of sales come from foreign buyers. Germany, with major car companies such as Volkswagen, Daimler granite city and BMW, accounts for 44% of exports. The automotive sector in 2009 was one of the hardest hit sectors. Weak demand and a structural reduction of inventories led to a decrease in turnover of over 30% in the supply industry. But the recovery was strong and in 2011 achieved a turnover of 9 billion was higher than before the crisis. After two lean years, which in 2012 and 2013 sales increased further to an estimated 9.2 billion in 2014. Many companies granite city have long been active in the automotive chain, innovate more and more along with the car manufacturer or primary granite city supplier and systematically building a stronger competitive position. These companies can then benefit from the growth of the automotive in particular Germany, but also in the United Kingdom and the United States. Asia calls for local production, the automotive leads the outsourcing trend. In recent decades, manufacturers have been transformed into companies that are engaged granite city primarily in product development, sales and possible assembly. This means outsourcing to China and Japan, however, granite city especially more domestic purchases. A Dutch company that wants to grow seriously in the Asian automotive chain will have to produce locally.
Export opportunities to Western countries for auto Western countries is different. Both Germany, granite city the United States and the United Kingdom achieves a significant portion of the purchase from abroad. granite city In the next phase of outsourcing, product granite city innovation turn. Increasingly, responsibility for innovation with suppliers. Marinus van der Meer, ING Automotive sector manager: "The Dutch automotive supply, with a highly innovative character and strong in high technology, is well positioned to benefit from this."
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