This article shows the recent development of new and advanced materials and its impatcs on the industrial organization, asking for flexiblility from the R&D through the design fase until the production level. These changes are enabling new and better products and also meeting environmental requirements. The concept of advanced material is discussed and the recent progresses on materials field are presented.. The development of special materials and its new applications in the automotive industry is also stressed as a significant exemple of the materials revolution and its innovative impacts on the industrial structure of this core sector.