SmarTech’s new report on Additive Manufacturing for Civil Aviation is out now

The opportunities in additive manufacturing for civil aviation parts production are beyond question. The number of application cases leveraging AM’s value proposition continues to expand, increasingly driven by some of the largest aviation part suppliers, including GE Aviation, MTU, Rolls Royce, Safran, Honeywell, and others. SmarTech Analysis‘ 2019 Report on Additive Manufacturing for Civil Aviation Part Production is forecasting this to translate into a $7 billion overall yearly business opportunity within the next ten years, including hardware, materials and parts/services revenues. This realistic forecast, compared to other analysis published recently, is based on the combination of in-depth bottom-up analysis and top-down analysis (shown in the chart below). The bottom-up study leverages SmarTech’s own extensive database of hardware and material sales as well as 3dpbm’s continuing and ongoing market tracking, through the company’s market tracking tools (including the website you are reading this on now and, 3D Printing Business Directory, the largest and most complete global Index of AM companies). The top-down research includes an analysis of the aviation segment overall through several interviews conducted with key aviation market stakeholders with respect to AM adoption.