Aircraft Blind Fasteners Market

This strategic assessment report, from Stratview Research, provides a comprehensive analysis that reflects today’s aircraft blind fasteners market realities and future possibilities for the forecast period 2019 to 2024. The report segments and analyzes the market in the most detailed and comprehensive manner to provide panoramic view of the market. The vital data/information provided in the report can play a crucial role for market participants as well as investors in the identification of low-hanging fruits available as well as formulate growth strategies.

Aircraft Blind Fasteners Market: Highlights

Blind fasteners are the most talked subjects among the family of fasteners deployed in aircraft manufacturing/assembly. These fasteners have been gaining a fair share in the overall aircraft fasteners market, owing to changing preferences of OEMs’ from permanent fasteners to blind fasteners. Blind fasteners are gradually replacing traditional fasteners on account of rapid automation, which is of paramount importance as it reduces the lead time of the aircraft assembly.

Blind fasteners currently represent less than 12% of the total aircraft fasteners market and projected to grow at an impressive rate over the next five years to reach US$ 698.8 million in 2024. Increasing production rates of the next-generation composite-rich aircraft A350XWB, B787, and F-35; introduction of fuel-efficient variants of the best-selling aircraft with a greater composites content: A320neo and B737 max; upcoming aircraft programs, such as C919 and MC21; increasing preference of blind fasteners for assembling critical aerospace parts; and superior benefits of blind fasteners including ease of installation over the permanent fasteners are giving an impetus to the growth of blind fasteners in the aerospace industry.

Blind fasteners play a vital role in an aircraft assembly and are essential hardware components. They are used to affix and hold various parts and components of the aircraft together in applications, such as airframe, flight control surfaces, engine and interiors, to the aircraft structures. Blind fasteners are preferably used where the design of the structure or assembly sequence does not grant access from both sides. Blind fasteners can be broadly classified into blind bolts, blind rivets, blind nuts, and one-sided temporary fasteners.

The global aircraft blind fasteners market is segmented based on the aircraft type as commercial aircraft, regional aircraft, helicopter, military aircraft, and general Aviation. Commercial aircraft is likely to remain the growth engine of the market during the forecast period. Increasing production rates of the key programs, such as B737, B787, A350XWB, and A320 family; market entry of new players, such as COMAC and Irkut; and introduction of variants of existing and upcoming aircraft programs, such as B737 max, A320neo and B777x, are likely to create a strong demand for blind fasteners in the commercial aircraft segment. Further, Boeing in its commercial market outlook anticipated that there would be total deliveries of 42,730 commercial and regional aircraft worth US$ 6.3 trillion in the global marketplace during 2018-2037. All these factors are likely to provide sustainable demand for blind fasteners in the commercial aircraft segment in the foreseeable future.

Based on the application type, the aircraft blind fasteners market is segmented as airframe, engine, flight control surfaces, interiors, and others. Airframe is likely to remain the most dominant segment during the forecast period, whereas flight control surfaces are likely to remain the fastest-growing segment during the same period. Airframe is the largest structure in the aircraft, where blind fasteners are used in a wide array of applications including wings and fuselage, leading to their dominance in the market.

Based on the material type, the aircraft blind fasteners market is segmented as titanium fasteners, steel fasteners, aluminum fasteners, and other fasteners. Titanium is projected to remain the most dominant as well as fastest-growing material type in the global aircraft blind fasteners market over the next five years. Titanium blind fasteners offers a host of advantages over competing fasteners including good compatibility with composite parts, good corrosion resistance, excellent mechanical properties, heat resistance and high strength-to-weight ratio; leading to its widespread usage in the aircraft.

In terms of region, Europe is projected to remain the largest market for aircraft blind fasteners during the forecast period, driven by the world’s leading aircraft OEM, Airbus. The company has constantly been raising the production rates of key aircraft programs, such as A320 and A350XWB, to meet huge order backlog which stands at 7,287 jets on 30th April 2019. Airbus has a massive plan for its newly launched A350XWB program. The company is likely to raise the production rate from 6 aircraft per month in 2017 to 13 aircraft by 2019. Similarly, the company is also likely to raise the production rate of its best-selling program (A320 family including neo) from 46 aircraft per month in 2017 to 63 aircraft by 2019. The company is in process of contemplation to further raise the production rate to 70 aircraft per month in future.

Asia-Pacific is expected to witness the highest growth during the forecast period driven by opening of assembly plant of Boeing and Airbus in China for B737, A330, and A320; upcoming indigenous aircraft program i.e. COMAC C919 and Mitsubishi MRJ; and offset policies in military aircraft programs in countries such as India and South Korea. Further, key economies in the region are incessantly increasing their defense budget with the purpose to acquire the latest military aircraft to solidify their defense capabilities. All these factors are like to contribute significantly towards the growth of blind fasteners market in the region

The supply chain of this market comprises raw material suppliers, blind fastener manufacturers, distributors, tier player, aircraft OEMs, and MRO companies. Some of the key players in the aircraft blind fasteners market are TriMas Corporation; Arconic Fastening Systems; PCC Fasteners; Lisi Aerospace; Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.; and Kwikbolt Limited. The key aircraft OEMs include Boeing, Airbus, Bombardier, Embraer, COMAC, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Dassault Aviation, and Gulfstream Aerospace. 

Research Methodology

This report offers high-quality insights and is the outcome of detailed research methodology comprising extensive secondary research, rigorous primary interviews with industry stakeholders and validation and triangulation with Stratview Research’s internal database and statistical tools. More than 1000 authenticated secondary sources, such as company annual reports, fact book, press release, journals, investor presentation, white papers, patents, and articles, have been leveraged to gather the data. We conducted more than 10 detailed primary interviews with the market players across the value chain in all four regions and industry experts to obtain both qualitative and quantitative insights.

Report Features

This report provides market intelligence in the most comprehensive way. The report structure has been kept such that it offers maximum business value. It provides critical insights into the market dynamics and will enable strategic decision making for the existing market players as well as those willing to enter the market. The following are the key features of the report:

• Market structure: Overview, industry life cycle analysis, supply chain analysis
• Market environment analysis: Growth drivers and constraints, Porter’s five forces analysis, SWOT analysis
• Market trend and forecast analysis
• Market segment trend and forecast
• Competitive landscape and dynamics: Market share, Product portfolio, New product launches, etc.
• Attractive market segments and associated growth opportunities
• Emerging trends
• Strategic growth opportunities for the existing and new players
• Key success factors

The global aircraft blind fasteners market is segmented into the following categories. 

Aircraft Blind Fasteners Market, by Aircraft Type

• Commercial Aircraft (Regional Analysis: North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and RoW)
• Regional Aircraft (Regional Analysis: North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and RoW)
• Helicopter (Regional Analysis: North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and RoW)
• Military Aircraft (Regional Analysis: North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and RoW)
• General Aviation (Regional Analysis: North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and RoW)

Aircraft Blind Fasteners Market, by Application Type

• Airframe (Regional Analysis: North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and RoW)
• Engine (Regional Analysis: North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and RoW)
• Flight Control Surfaces (Regional Analysis: North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and RoW)
• Interiors (Regional Analysis: North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and RoW)
• Others (Regional Analysis: North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and RoW)

Aircraft Blind Fasteners Market, by Fastener Type

• Blind Bolts (Regional Analysis: North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and RoW)
• Blind Rivets (Regional Analysis: North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and RoW)
• Others (Regional Analysis: North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and RoW)

Aircraft Blind Fasteners Market, by Material Type

• Titanium Blind Fasteners (Regional Analysis: North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and RoW)
• Aluminum Blind Fasteners (Regional Analysis: North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and RoW)
• Steel Blind Fasteners (Regional Analysis: North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and RoW)
• Other Blind Fasteners (Regional Analysis: North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and RoW)

Aircraft Blind Fasteners Market, by End-User Type

• OE (Regional Analysis: North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and RoW)
• Aftermarket (Regional Analysis: North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and RoW)

Aircraft Blind Fasteners Market, By Region

• North America (Country Analysis: The USA, Canada, and Mexico)
• Europe (Country Analysis: France, Germany, the UK, Spain, Russia, and Rest of Europe)
• Asia-Pacific (Country Analysis: China, Japan, India, and Rest of Asia-Pacific)
• Rest of the World (Sub-Region Analysis: Latin America, the Middle East, and Others)

Report Customization Options

With this detailed report, Stratview Research offers one of the following free customization options to our respectable clients:

Company Profiling

• Detailed profiling of additional market players (up to 3 players)
• SWOT analysis of key players (up to 3 players)

Market Segmentation

• Current market segmentation of any one of the applications by fastener type

Competitive Benchmarking

• Benchmarking of key players on the following parameters: Product portfolio, geographical reach, regional presence, and strategic alliances

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