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The global child car seat market, segmented into different product types and distribution channels, is showing sustained growth, with an estimated value of $4.05 billion in 2018 and a forecast CAGR of 4.9% from 2019 to 2027.
Despite the importance attached to road safety and regulations that support demand, the decline in France's birth rate, from from 12.9 births per 1,000 inhabitants in 2010 to 11.8 in 2016, the French market remained strong, with car seat sales estimated at 202 million euros in 2017
Online retailing has grown strongly. Consumers favor e-commerce for its convenience
The price of car seats generally varies between 100 and 400 euros, depending on factors such as design complexity and brand.
Trends and dynamics in the French child car seat market
The market is valued at 200 million euros in 2017. This valuation is based on the fact that France represents around 14.6% of the European population of children aged 0-9, with the European child car seat market amounting to 1.25 billion euros.
The French market is highly concentrated, with major companies such as TeamTex holding a market share of between 40% and 60%. Other major players include Dorel France, Recaro, Graco and Britax-Römer.
Distribution channels are changing, with hypermarkets and specialty stores the traditional favorites
E-commerce is rapidly gaining ground
Market segmentation illustrates a variety of product types catering to different age groups and safety needs needs, from booster seats for older children to compulsory rear-facing seats for children under 15 months.
Prices for these seats range from 90 euros for economy options to around 400 euros for top-of-the-range seats.
Regulations continue to evolve, with standards such as R44 and the more recent R129 defining product classification and safety criteria, imposing features such as rearward-facing seats.such as rear-facing seats for children under 15 months, and the widespread adoption of the Isofix system for securing car seats. Compliance with these regulations is mandatory, and has influenced both product design and consumer purchasing behavior.
The stability in the number of fatal car accidents in France since 2013, as well as the significant reduction in the number of children killed on the roads, indicate a positive impact of safety measures and the use of car seats.
Industry players
- Graco - Specializing in baby products, Graco
- Britax-Römer - designs and manufactures mainly child safety products,
- TeamTex - Considered a market leader with its Team Tex, Safety Baby and Nania brands.
- Artsana Group
- Maxi Cosi (Dorel group)
- Outlander Joie baby
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1.1 Market overview and definition
The child car seat market covers all sales of seats designed to ensure the safety and well-being of small children in vehicles.
According to Globenewswirea child car seat is designed to protect children in vehicle accidents or collisions. The child car seat market is segmented into different product types and distribution channels: for example, there are booster seats, infant car seats, combination seats and convertible seats. Booster seats have long dominated the market. Booster seats can also be segmented into backless booster seats and high-back booster seats. We'll look at all these product types when describing the child car seat market.
Children's car seats are generally secured in the car using the seatbelt or the Isofix system (ISO standard for anchoring children's car seats directly to the car seat by means of two or three metal locking clamps on the back of the car seat).
According to uFC-Que Choisiraccording to UFC-Que Choisir, Isofix seats, which are designed to facilitate installation of the child seat, are categorized into two segments according to the child's weight:
- group 0 and 0+ for children weighing up to 13 kilograms;
- group 1 for children weighing between 9 and 18 kilograms.
Most French carmakers, such as Renault, Citroën, Opel and Peugeot, have equipped their vehicles with three-point mountings for child seats, as new cars have been required to be fitted with the Isofix system since February 2011.
On average, two to threedifferent car seats are needed to support the growth of each child occupying a vehicle. This fact, combined with the constraints of national and European regulations, parents' growing concern for their children's safety, and the increase in the number of newly-registered cars, augurs well for growth in the child car seat market.
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- Market share of different car seat types
- Fertility rate trends
- Trends in the number of bodily road accidents
- Trend in the number of children killed on the road
- Trend in the number of immaculate cars
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Near Lyon, Forvia relies on hemp and recycled materials as alternatives to plastic - 09/12/2023
- Materi'Act, Forvia's sustainable materials subsidiary
- The company created by the merger between Faurecia and Hella has already recruited over 120 people, including around twenty PhDs in chemistry, biochemistry, materials and IT.
- The company expects to employ 400 people by 2025
- Materi'Act is diversifying: from a supplier of finished products for automotive brands, it is becoming a manufacturer of materials not only for the automotive industry, but also for sports, furniture and construction
- By 2030, Forvia plans to generate sales of 2 billion euros from this activity, i.e. just under 10% of total sales.
- The industrial activity is supported by an APM plant for hemp-derived auto parts near Dijon, and a recycled carbon tank plant in Allenjoie (Doubs)
- Forvia intends to open sites in America and Asia, closer to assembly plants, to reduce the carbon footprint of parts transportation. Materi'Act is also responsible for securing the sourcing of recycled plastic.
Forvia inaugurates the headquarters of its sustainable materials division MateriAct - 25/11/2023
- Forvia has invested around twenty million euros in the renovation of Materi'Act's headquarters.
- Forvia expects Materi'Act to generate sales of 2 billion euros by 2030.
Automotive supplier Antolin inaugurates its "Plant 4.0" in Besançon - 14/11/2023
- Grupo Antolin inaugurated a new-generation plant in Besançon at the end of 2022.
- the new production site will employ 370 people.
- The 21,000-square-meter plant cost a total of 34 million euros.
- The Group employs 24,000 people and has 130 plants in 25 countries.
- The group's sales target for 2022 was 4.45 billion euros, compared with 5.2 billion in 2019.
- The equipment manufacturer's presence in Besançon dates back to 2012.
Germany's Forvia plant delivers its first hydrogen tanks - 23/06/2023
- Medium-term target production capacity: 100,000 hydrogen tanks per year
- Allenjoie site customers: Stellantis, Hyvia (joint venture between Renault and Plug) and MAN
- Number of plant employees: around 250
- Forvia investment in hydrogen technology development: over 380 million euros
- Expected hydrogen revenues for Forvia in 2030: 3.5 billion euros
- Estimated global hydrogen market in 2030: 20 billion euros
Strong growth in Europe with Chinese carmakers - 07/05/2023
- Merger of Faurecia and Hella in 2022 to form the Forvia group.
- Loss of 382 million euros for Forvia in 2022.
- Forvia sales in 2022: 25.46 billion euros, up 17%.
- Forvia sales in China: 5.38 billion euros, up 21.6% on 2021.
- China accounts for over 20% of Forvia's business.
- Chinese manufacturers will hold 50.5% of the local market in 2022.
- Global automotive production in 2022: 82 million units.
- World's largest automotive market: China, with 23.56 million vehicles sold in 2022.
- price differential for small electric vehicles between Chinese and European brands: around 10,000 euros.
Strong growth in Europe with Chinese carmakers - 06/03/2023
- Sales of 25.46 billion euros in 2022, up 17% on a like-for-like basis
- In 2022, global automotive production will amount to 82 million units, roughly the same as in 2012
- China accounts for 5.38 billion euros in sales and 23.56 million vehicles sold in 2022
- For small electric vehicles, the price gap between Chinese and European brands is 10,000 euros
- Western automakers' share of sales shrinks
- Chinese automakers will have a 50.5% share of the local market by 2022 (including 5.5% for Baojun and Wuling, integrated into the GM Group)
- Forvia collaborates locally with Chinese giants such as NIOO, Geely, SAIC and BYD, tesla
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