Global mobile air conditioning market

The demand for MAC systems is currently divided between Asia, the EU and the Americas, with the biggest markets being China (26.1%) and Europe (22.3%).
The demand for MAC systems is currently divided between Asia, the EU and the Americas, with the biggest markets being China (26.1%) and Europe (22.3%).

The demand for MAC systems follows the production of cars. Most cars are manufactured by a few dominant brands from the USA, Japan and Europe.

The global estimated distribution of MAC-equipped automobile production in 2012 is 57 million units, including 13.3 in Europe, 13.2 in China, 8.6 in Japan, 4.1 in the US, 4 in South Korea, 2.6 in India and 2.3 in Brazil.
Japan (4.6 million unit sales, 8.6 production capacity) and the European Union (11.3 million unit sales, 13.3 production capacity), which have a surplus production over sales, are considered major car-exporting countries.

Seven companies cover over 90% of the market - Denso, Calsonic Kansei, Keihin, Halla-Visteon, Delphi, Valeo, Behr.

Source : The Green Cooling Initiative (GCI)