Major Tier 1 suppliers are selling businesses, spinning off divisions, and rewriting their portfolios at speed.
Your approved supplier status was granted by one organisation. That organisation may not exist in the same form next year.
Continental is separating ContiTech after spinning off Aumovio in autumn 2025. JTEKT is transferring seven European subsidiaries to a German investment group. Forvia is narrowing its focus to electronics and seating post-2028. Suppliers in NRW report acute liquidity pressure as transformation costs mount.
This is not portfolio tidying. It is a structural reset of who owns what at Tier 1.
Your current contacts may move to a different entity. Purchasing authority is shifting as divisions separate. Approved supplier lists do not transfer automatically in a divestment.
The suppliers who stay visible through this period do this:
Identify which division of each Tier 1 customer holds your contracts today, and track whether that division is being retained or sold.
Request a meeting with purchasing before any announced separation closes, not after.
Map your revenue by legal entity, not by brand name. The buyer may not be the same company.
Are your key contacts staying with the division that holds your contract?
Facing a portfolio or customer concentration decision this year? This is exactly the kind of structural change we help Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers navigate before the buying organisation changes.