The move is part of a consolidation trend in auto parts.

The company has shunned the consolidation trend in the industry, he said, and has not made any recent major acquisitions.

And experts predict that the consolidation trend will continue.

By the end of the 1990s, the top five grocery chains controlled 40% of all sales, and the consolidation trend continued.

The proposed deal continues the consolidation trend that has swept the pharmaceutical industry in recent years.

The consolidation trend could well have a ways to run.

Q. Is the consolidation trend over for now?

The consolidation trend accelerated through the 1980s and into the 1990s.

But experts have recently become skeptical of how far the consolidation trend will go.

The deal would continue a longstanding consolidation trend in banking.