LONDON, 1 Oct. 2012. Demand for fuel-efficient aircraft and more refined composite materials manufacturing are driving positive and continuous growth in the aerospace composites market, which Visiongain analysts predict will reach $10.3 billion in value by year’s end.
Aerospace composites will continue to achieve growth over the next decade, in large part due to a better understanding of the physical attributes of composite materials which can be integrated into the design and development process, as well as increasing demand for lighter and more fuel-efficient aircraft, according to Visiongain’s “The Aerospace Composites Market 2012-2022” report.
“Composite usage in aerospace is a growth market given the potential opportunities arising from the expansion of air travel, the importance attached to maintaining airline safety and the need by airlines to reduce operational costs,” reveals the report.
Visiongain’s report includes a forecast for the global aerospace composites market, three material-type submarkets (glass fiber, carbon fibers, aramid fibers), and four aircraft-type submarkets (commercial, business jets, military, and commercial helicopters).
Ten national aerospace composites markets are forecast and analyzed by Visiongain over the period 2012-2022. The report provides profiles of 20 leading companies operating within the market, and includes two interviews providing expert insight.
Companies listed include:
3M
Aberforth
Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies (ADAT)
Adam Aircraft
Advanced Military Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Centre (AMMROC)
AgustaWestland
AGY
AGY Asia
AGY US
Airbus
Aircelle
AIROD
Alcoa
Alenia
Alitalia
All Nippon Airways (ANA)
AMT Composites
ASL Aircraft Services GmbH
Aviation Partners Boeing
Avio
BAE Systems
Barclays Bank
BASF
Bell Helicopter
Beluga Tanks
BlackRock
Boeing Group
Boeing Rotorcraft Systems
Bombardier Aerospace
Bombardier Transportation
British Airways
Brookhouse
CAE
Canadian Composites Manufacturing Research and Development consortium (CCMRD)
Cessna
CFM International
Chengdu Aircraft Group
CHTC KAMA
Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC)
Composites World
Coriolis Composites
Cytec Industries Incorporated
Dassault Group
DSM
DuPont
EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company)
EasyJet
Eclipse Aviation (now Eclipse Aerospace)
Embraer
Enercon
Epic Aircraft
Eurocopter
Fibergrate
Fincantieri
Finmeccanica
Fuji
Gardner Publications
GE Aviation
GE Canada
GE Engine Service
General Dynamics
Georgia Pacific
GKN Aerospace
GKN Driveline
GKN Land Systems
GKN Powder Metallurgy
Global Aerosystems LLC
Goodrich
Gulfstream Aeronautics
Gurit Holding AG
Hafei Aviation Industry
Harbin Aircraft Industry Group
Hawker Beechcraft Corporation
HEATCON Composites Systems
Henkel
Hepworth
Hermes
Heroux Devtek
Hexcel Corporation
Honda Aircraft Company
Honeywell
Horizon International Flight Academy
Huntsman Advanced Materials
Icon Polymer Ltd
IXBlue
Kaman Aerospace Corporation
Kawasaki
Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI)
Labinal
Lockheed Martin
Lola Cars
Lola Composites
Lola Group
Macdonald Dettwiler
Magellan
Main Union Industrial Ltd.
Malaysia Aeronautic Engineering (MAE)
Messier-Bugatti-Dowty
MicroBiopharm Japan
Middle River Aircraft Systems
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Mitsubishi Rayon Co. Ltd.
Mitsui & Co. Ltd.
Morgan Crucible plc
MTI PolyFab Inc.
Mubadala Aerospace
Nexcelle
Northrop Grumman
NP Aerospace (NPA)
Osèo
Park Electrochemical Corp.
Piaggio Aero
PowerBlades GmbH
PPG Industries
Pratt & Whitney
Quickstep Technologies
Recycled Carbon Fibre Ltd
Reinhold
Rolls Royce
Roschiwal + Partner GmbH
Sabic
Saertex
Safran Engineering Services
Safran Group
Sanad Aero Solutions
Scott Bader
SGL Group
Sigmatex
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
SOFICAR
SR Technics
Strata
Strata Manufacturing
Technocampus EMC2
Technofan
Teijin Group
TenCate
Toho Tenax Co. Ltd
Toray Carbon Fibres Europe S.A.
Toray Industries Incorporated
Triumph Group
Umeco Plc
Vermont Composites Inc.
