Industry Group - Holland Automotive

Holland Automotive is a market-oriented sector group of NEVAT with over 60 affiliated companies. The objective is the advocacy of these companies towards the Dutch and international car, bus and truck industry (OEMs). Also the large (inter) national system and module suppliers (an important customer of the Dutch Supply Industry) are explicitly included in the target group.

Holland Automotive unites Dutch suppliers of complete systems, subsystems, modules and specific products and processes, from raw materials to metal, synthetic, electro technical and electronics components.

An increasing number of car manufacturers (OEMs) collaborate. This tendency has carried on to the system suppliers (Level 1). The result is that suppliers deeper in the supply chain must, more so than ever before, consider their position in this chain and the role they can fulfil for their customers. The automotive industry puts heavy demands on their suppliers; not only in the areas of price, quality, logistics and delivery reliability, but also in various other areas, including the need for product development suppliers to have a lot going for themselves. As a result, suppliers of the automotive industry choose explicitly for this industry as customers and realise here the majority of their turnover. Currently, this percentage is approximately 78%. (Automotive focus).

The objectives of Holland Automotive are:

1. Strengthening the (inter) national competitiveness of Dutch suppliers in the automotive industry.

2. Actively providing general and specific information to the members about interesting developments and markets.

3. Active marketing execution on behalf of the affiliated companies

4. Active participation in national and international networks that are interesting for the member companies, including the Federation Holland Automotive and the Automotive Technology Centre

5. Provide collective solutions for industry specific problems including risk management and recall

6. Provide a network for suppliers

These objectives are realised by:

• Organising ‘Director meetings’ (member meetings)
• Organising collective workshops and trainings
• Visiting potential customers on behalf of member companies (individual)
• Organising trade gatherings (collective)
• Executing collective researches (including The Dutch automotive industry; an inventory of the industry)
• Participating in international tradeshows
• Exchanging points of view with the Dutch government on a regular basis
• Organising a collective benchmark project
• Actively realising Dutch contribution to international networks
• An e-mail newsletter (bi-weekly) and a member bulletin (nine times a year)

You can find a suitable Dutch supplier for the automotive industry in the database.