Tooling & automated assembly for aerostructures 2021

Why buy this 145-page report?

Counterpoint has released its seventh report on the aerostructures tooling market, including a major update of our tooling market model. This is still a challenging market, but we see relative growth in automation and composite tooling. Our report includes:

We analyse key characteristics and trends including:

• Tooling materials and technologies (e.g., hybrids, composites)
• Procurement issues: the location of the supply chain; the importance of local suppliers; globalisation of tooling procurement; the trend towards larger contract responsibilities; ways in which the aircraft OEMs influence their suppliers’ approach to tooling
• The impact of additive manufacturing
• Profitability; analysis of reported results and our views on margins suppliers
• Tooling supplier strategies
• M&A and consolidation

The report provides profiles of 48 companies. Our profiles cover:

• Origins and ownership
• Our estimate of sales
• Financials if obtainable
• Operations and technologies
• Customers and contracts
• Strategy and recent developments
• Our comments on the company’s overall market position