Consultants deliver reports, we also deliver customers.
The best time to open a new market is while the current one still pays.
We help European automotive component makers win new customers and new markets, before the base narrows.
Practical work, from first conversation to first order.
For Tier1 and Tier2 suppliers, where one industry still carries most of the revenue.
A reframe we share with every new client.
What we are seeing in 2026
Every automotive supplier knows the RFQ process.
What most miss is the 18 months before it. That is when the OEM or Tier 1 defines the component strategy, shapes the supplier shortlist, and tests whether your technology fits.
If you are not in that conversation, you are not on the list. By the time the RFQ lands, the outcome is already shaped.
The companies that grow are not waiting for the RFQ. They run a push and pull method. They work with OEM engineering and procurement before the brief exists. They shape the shortlist instead of reacting to it.
The work that wins happens before the RFQ exists.
Christian set out the same argument in GlobalAutoIndustry.com. Listen to the interview
Where we help
When the plan stays on the shelf
Most suppliers have a strategy document. Few have a plan that sales, engineering and management follow together. We turn strategy into a shared direction with priorities, actions and KPIs.
When revenue depends on a few customers
Customer concentration is the most underpriced risk in European component manufacturing. One platform loss can remove years of revenue. We help widen the base before it narrows further.
When the doors stay closed
OEM procurement and engineering respond to relevance, not volume. We open doors through direct engineering contact and competitor intelligence.
When growth seems impossible
It is not. We find new markets and customers for the technology and products you already have. Inside and outside automotive. Internationally too, in Dutch, English, French and German.
When growth means buying or selling
Some moves are not won customer by customer. A product range gets sold to fund the next step, or a company gets bought to enter a new industry. We guide the process, bring in the specialists it needs, and stay until the integration is complete.
Trusted by
In the press
Our analysis of the European automotive supply chain, featured in the industry press.
Where the work has landed
Mercedes-Benz S-Class
A client’s European automotive sales grew 50% in 24 months.
Miele
Oven slides grew to a third of the client’s European revenue over five years.
Iveco Trucks
A client reached start of production six months after first contact.
In their words
DreCo has been with us from the very beginning. Christian’s market research laid the foundation for our sales strategy. DreCo also led our marketing and built our market presence.
Joachim Fischinger, CEO, FlexoTec GmbH
DreCo Insights helped us prepare to launch our new technology. The market research validated our commercial assumptions. The business plan and financial forecasts gave us realistic projections. The access to senior management at market leaders was very valuable. We get practical advice, not theory.
Christian Prentner, CEO, prenel GmbH
One partner, from first conversation to result
DreCo Insights is led by Christian Drenth. 27 years in European component manufacturing. Sales engineer to general manager to integration leader.
In every role, accountability covered both strategy and results. That principle shapes how DreCo Insights works today.
How a first engagement works
- NDAs sign before any data is reviewed.
- Retainer engagements run month to month. No annual lock in.
- The first conversation is free, with no pitch.
A first conversation, no obligation
We believe business is all about people.
So a first conversation is just that. A conversation. We look at where the business stands today, the immediate risks, and one or two moves worth testing.
No presentation. No sales talk. No follow up unless you ask for it.
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