Automotive GLOW PLUG Market

The glow plug is required to provide ignition for the fuel/air mixture in a similar manner to a spark plug in a Gasoline engine. However, glow plugs cannot be used with an engine running on Gasoline. As there is no spark to ignite the fuel, thus for a diesel engines it is difficult to start especially in cold weather thus for improved starting, diesels engines are often equipped with glow plugs. These glow plugs have a small wire component that becomes red-hot when they are connected to an electrical source and battery heats the glow plugs which further heats the fuel as it enters the cylinders due to preheating of the fuel drops its ignition point to improve starting. The demand for glow plugs will be increasing in coming years as the demand for the Diesel engine vehicle is going to be more in near future. Glow plugs are also responsible for reducing the vibrations, noises and smoke emissions in diesel engines to ensure improved drivability in cold weather thus meeting the regional emission and other laws as well. Increasing fuel prices and rigid vehicle emission norms, is making a shift in consumer preference for diesel engine powered passenger cars resulting in increase in the demand for the Glow plug. The use of glow plug results in quick start as much as 2-3 seconds and also reduction in the approximately 40% soot emissions during the warm-up phase in the case of post-heating plugs.

This report covers the OE market of glow plug in volume which is provided in terms of thousand units; while the revenue for the market segments have been provided in terms of $million from 2014 to 2019. The market for automotive glow plug market is broadly segmented—by Vehicle Type (Passenger cars, LCVs and HCVs), by Technology Type (Metal Rod and Ceramic), by Construction Type (Coil and Pencil type), and Geography (Asia-Pacific, Europe, North America & Rest of the World).

This report classifies and defines the automobile glow plug market in terms of both volume and value. It also provides some important qualitative views about the types of Glow plug and its key components. The report also gives a wide-ranging review of the market drivers, restraints, opportunities, challenges, and key issues in the automotive glow plug market. The key players in the market for automobile glow plug have also been identified and profiled.