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43 AutoData | October 2018 opening of a factory in the United States and, later, in Europe. In Brazil, the idea is (besides increasing the income) to redu- ce the dependence of unstable regional situations. Delphi will also close this year’s finan- cial balance with a double-digit growth, although it does not mention indexes or numbers. According to Amaury Oliveira, its executive director of aftermarket for South America, “production has increa- sed and the workforce grew around 15%”. About 2019: “We have several projections on the table, depending on the political and economic scenario. But in general, we believe in a good moment along with Rota 2030. We will keep the investments and intend to boost exports even more.” NOT SO WELL, BUT GROWING Aptiv, a spin-off from Delphi, is more cautious on the perspectives. Paulo San- tos, its vice president and executive di- rector for South America, says that the expectation for this 2018 was to reach an increase of up to 12% in business, but the fi- nal index should be at the range of 9%: “We had a good first semester, but there was a decrease in volume in the second half of the year due to the stock readjustment in our clients. We adapted by increasing the By Lucia Camargo Nunes RECOVERY AND EXPECTATION Systems suppliers fear uncertainties but are optimistic about 2019 - and look forward to the approval of Rota 2030 A good number of the auto parts com- panies dedicated to the production and assembly of systems installed in Brazil can summarize their current scenario as the following: 2018was a reco- very year and 2019 is a year of expectation - and good expectation, it is important to say, with growth estimates, although relatively shy in several cases. An important complement is the anxie- ty about Rota 2030: the systems suppliers are keeping their fingers crossed for its fast approval in the Brazilian Congress, which will certainly trigger new business especially in the continuity of search for greater energy efficiency by the vehicle manufacturers. A good example comes from Aethra, which is expected to close 2018 with an increase from 20% to 30% in revenue. Ac- cording to Adelírio Souza, its industrial di- rector, “we haven’t recovered everything we have lost in the past andwe had some stumbles this year as well, but in any case it will be a considerable growth compared to 2017”. For 2019, the company intends to increase its market share with the next automakers’ launches – it supplies most part of them, except General Motors and Toyota. Another business expansion is the