BrazilAutomotiveGuide_2022

84 Janeiro/January 2022 | AutoData | Brazil Automtive Guide FABRICANTES DE AUTOPEÇAS/SISTEMISTAS » MANUFACTURERS OF AUTO PARTS/SYSTEMISTS tecimento desencadeada pela pandemia traz chance ímpar à cadeia nacional. “Devemos depender tanto de fornecimento de mercados de outras regiões?”, ques- tionou. “Os semicondutores são apenas um exemplo. Devemos colocar todas as fichas emuma única região? Estamos vendo que há ônus. Mas isso caminha para a competitividade. A oportunidade está dada.” O Sindipeças defende agenda que elimine entraves horizontais à competitividade, que atingem todos os setores da economia brasileira. “Assim como políticas públicas que aceleram a inovação e a integração do nosso País ao mundo, preferencialmente por meio de acordos internacionais.”  transferred a production line of injection nozzles from the US to Brazil aiming to adjust to the changes called for by Euro 6 and the external market. Eaton also wants to increase the level of nationalization, today at 60%. So much so that, bearing in mind the new phase of Proconve, L7 for automobiles, which will be in place from this year on, and L8 for commercial vehicles next year, in 2021 started to produce in the country the ORVR system, wwhich reduces in up to 98% emissions generated through evaporative emissions form the fuel tank. Mindful of the low levels of inventories with the car manufacturers, which in November reached 18 days, Iochpe-Maxion sees plenty of room for growth this year, inasmuch as manufacturers are used to operate with an inventory of 30 to 35 days. In 2021, the company invested R$ 90 million in Brazil, and for 2022 plans are to keep on investing additional resources. According to president Marcos de Oliveira, there is a continuous need for investment in local plants, which account for 30% of billings for the Brazilian multinational. “Mainly those serving commercial vehicles, which should keep on presenting god results”. According to Oliveira, commercial vehicles have historically represented 37% of the company’s global business, reaching last year 45%. His projections for this year are that 3.4 million trucks and buses will be manufactures worldwide, volume 17% higher than in 2021, China excluded. To Dan Iochpe, from Sindipeças, the crisis in supply brought about by the pandemic presented a unique opportunity to the domestic chain. “Should we depend so much on the supply from other regions?” he asks. ”Semiconductors are but one example. Should we put all of our chips in one region only? We can now see there is a bonus to be paid. But this leads to competitiveness. The opportunity has presented itself”. Sindipeças believes in an agenda that eliminates horizontal hurdles to the competitiveness which reach every sector in the Brazilian economy. “Just as public policies that accelerate innovation and Brazil’s integration into the world, preferably by means of international agreements”. 