Emerging Carbon Fiber Applications 2011-2016: Trends, Economic Feasibility and Profit Opportunity Analysis, October 2011
According to Lucintel’s research indicates that, applications for carbon fiber are increasing day by day. Until 2000, aerospace, industrial and sporting goods applications drove the increased usage of carbon fiber. Great demand for carbon fiber driven by new commercial aircraft such as the Boeing 787, Airbus A380, and A350 XWB; weight reductions in automobiles for greater performance and fuel efficiency; growing use of carbon fiber in the wind energy, offshore oil and gas development and several emerging carbon fiber applications are likely to drive growth during the next five years and beyond.
The carbon fiber industry has proved itself on the basis of high performance, light weight and excellent strength characteristics. The demand for carbon fiber has been growing steadily since its launch approximately 40 years ago. Although there are many facets of the composites marketplace, applications using carbon fiber continue to accelerate as industries – from aerospace to renewable energy – adopt this remarkable and versatile material.
Lucintel’s research indicates that, applications for carbon fiber are increasing day by day. Until 2000, aerospace, industrial and sporting goods applications drove the increased usage of carbon fiber. Great demand for carbon fiber driven by new commercial aircraft such as the Boeing 787, Airbus A380, and A350 XWB; weight reductions in automobiles for greater performance and fuel efficiency; growing use of carbon fiber in the wind energy, offshore oil and gas development and several emerging carbon fiber applications are expected to drive growth during the next five years and beyond.
To understand the critical factors driving the demand for carbon fiber in each of the emerging applications, this study has undertaken elaborate market research and analysis to indentify and forecast the top emerging applications. According to Lucintel research, some of the emerging applications which have significant growth potential in next five years and beyond are: Automotive market, Wind energy, Commercial Aerospace, Military and defense, Oil and gas Compounding
According to Lucintel, carbon fiber cost and availability are the two greatest challenges in the industry. Lucintel’s research report provides carbon fiber snapshot, trend scenarios and forecast statistics for 2011–2016; details the industry’s drivers and challenges; emerging carbon fiber applications; nuclear centrifuge rotor tubes, consumer electronics, offshore oil and gas applications, wind energy, automotive applications, high pressure tanks, fuel cell, medical and biomedical applications, commercial aerospace, and more. The report also details recent & future applications.
This unique report from Lucintel is expected to provide you valuable information, insights and tools needed to identify new growth opportunities and operate your business successfully in this market. This report is estimated to save hundreds of hours of your own personal research time and is likely to significantly benefit you in expanding your business in this market. In today’s stringent economy, you need every advantage that you can find to keep ahead in your business.
To make informed business, investment, or strategic decisions, professionals need timely and accurate information. Lucintel believes "Emerging Carbon Fiber Applications 2011–2016: Trends, Economic Feasibility and Profit Opportunity Analysis" fulfill this core requirement. This is a vital reference guide for the carbon fiber producers, CFRP component manufacturers also the companies which are using alloys or metals but wants to switch for CFRP.
Some of the features of the report "Emerging Carbon Fiber Applications 2011–2016: Trends, Economic Feasibility and Profit Opportunity Analysis" are:
The carbon fiber industry has proved itself on the basis of high performance, light weight and excellent strength characteristics. The demand for carbon fiber has been growing steadily since its launch approximately 40 years ago. Although there are many facets of the composites marketplace, applications using carbon fiber continue to accelerate as industries – from aerospace to renewable energy – adopt this remarkable and versatile material.
Lucintel’s research indicates that, applications for carbon fiber are increasing day by day. Until 2000, aerospace, industrial and sporting goods applications drove the increased usage of carbon fiber. Great demand for carbon fiber driven by new commercial aircraft such as the Boeing 787, Airbus A380, and A350 XWB; weight reductions in automobiles for greater performance and fuel efficiency; growing use of carbon fiber in the wind energy, offshore oil and gas development and several emerging carbon fiber applications are expected to drive growth during the next five years and beyond.
To understand the critical factors driving the demand for carbon fiber in each of the emerging applications, this study has undertaken elaborate market research and analysis to indentify and forecast the top emerging applications. According to Lucintel research, some of the emerging applications which have significant growth potential in next five years and beyond are: Automotive market, Wind energy, Commercial Aerospace, Military and defense, Oil and gas Compounding
According to Lucintel, carbon fiber cost and availability are the two greatest challenges in the industry. Lucintel’s research report provides carbon fiber snapshot, trend scenarios and forecast statistics for 2011–2016; details the industry’s drivers and challenges; emerging carbon fiber applications; nuclear centrifuge rotor tubes, consumer electronics, offshore oil and gas applications, wind energy, automotive applications, high pressure tanks, fuel cell, medical and biomedical applications, commercial aerospace, and more. The report also details recent & future applications.
This unique report from Lucintel is expected to provide you valuable information, insights and tools needed to identify new growth opportunities and operate your business successfully in this market. This report is estimated to save hundreds of hours of your own personal research time and is likely to significantly benefit you in expanding your business in this market. In today’s stringent economy, you need every advantage that you can find to keep ahead in your business.
To make informed business, investment, or strategic decisions, professionals need timely and accurate information. Lucintel believes "Emerging Carbon Fiber Applications 2011–2016: Trends, Economic Feasibility and Profit Opportunity Analysis" fulfill this core requirement. This is a vital reference guide for the carbon fiber producers, CFRP component manufacturers also the companies which are using alloys or metals but wants to switch for CFRP.
Some of the features of the report "Emerging Carbon Fiber Applications 2011–2016: Trends, Economic Feasibility and Profit Opportunity Analysis" are:
- Carbon fiber market size in terms of value shipment and volume shipment
- Evolution of carbon fiber applications
- Emerging carbon fiber key applications details with fully illustrated diagrams and pictures.
- Technology roadmap for each application.
- Major Growth drivers and challenges and their impact for emerging carbon fiber
- Market opportunities for various applications such as civil construction, automotive, consumer goods, Wind energy, nuclear centrifuges and others.
- Size of the opportunity in a particular application.
- Trend(2005-2010) and forecast (2011-2016) application of emerging carbon fiber application
- Growth opportunities in emerging applications of carbon fiber
- Key success factors for carbon fiber across each application
- About 222 figures/charts and five tables in this roughly 227-page market report to help you make confident business decisions.
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
2. CARBON FIBER SNAPSHOT
2.1: Overview
2.2: Carbon fiber value chain
2.3: Carbon fiber market characteristics
2.4: Carbon fiber types
2.4.1: Continuous fiber
2.4.2: Chopped fiber
2.4.3: Milled fiber
2.4.4: Metal coated fiber
2.5: Evolution of carbon fiber applications
2.6: Key success factors for rapid carbon fiber adoption
2.7: Carbon fiber recycling
2.7.1: Recycled carbon fiber from manufacturing and cured component
2.7.2: Recycled carbon fiber from end of life structures
2.7.3: Associations related to recycled carbon fiber from end of life structures
2.7.4: Recycled carbon fiber markets
3. EMERGING CARBON FIBER APPLICATIONS
3.1: Overview
3.2: Methodology
3.3: Nuclear centrifuge rotor tubes
3.3.1: Overview
3.3.2: Working of nuclear centrifuge rotors
3.3.3: Evolution of carbon fiber applications in nuclear centrifuges
3.3.4: Problems with managing steel/alloy rotors
3.3.5: CFRP centrifuge rotor
3.3.6: Technology roadmap
3.3.7: Growth drivers for the use of CFRP in nuclear centrifuge rotors
3.3.8: Challenges: carbon fiber in nuclear centrifuge market
3.3.9: Opportunity analysis in nuclear centrifuge rotor tubes
3.3.10: Hexcel, ATK and USEC tripartite supply agreement
3.3.11: Key success factors
3.4: Consumer electronics
3.4.1: Overview
3.4.2: Laptops
3.4.3: Apple Inc’s plan to use carbon fiber in laptops
3.4.4: Growth divers in laptop industry
3.4.5: Challenges in laptop industry
3.4.6: Market potential analysis in laptop
3.4.7: Mobile phones
3.4.8: Carbon fiber mobile phone case
3.4.9: Growth drivers in mobile phone industry
3.4.10: Challenges in mobile phone industry
3.4.11: Potential analysis in mobile phone industry
3.5: Offshore oil & gas applications
3.5.1: Industry overview & characteristics
3.5.2: Oil drilling technologies
3.5.3: Desired material properties for offshore oil and gas applications
3.5.4: CFRP application details
3.5.5: Drilling riser with CFRP choke and kill lines benefits
3.5.6: TLP Tethers
3.5.7: Subsea Umbilicals
3.5.8: Major contracts for carbon fiber Umbilicals
3.5.9: CFRP advantages in offshore oil industry
3.5.10: Technology roadmap
3.5.11: Growth drivers in oil & gas industry
3.5.12: Challenges in oil & gas industry
3.5.13: Opportunities in oil & gas industry
3.5.14: Key success factors
3.6: Wind energy
3.6.1: Overview
3.6.2: CFRP application details
3.6.3: Technology roadmap
3.6.4: Growth drivers in wind energy markets
3.6.5: Challenges in wind energy markets
3.6.6: Opportunity analysis in wind energy markets
3.6.7: Carbon fiber benefits in wind turbine industry
3.6.8: Wind turbine blade manufacturing processes comparison
3.6.9: Key success factors
3.7: High pressure tanks
3.7.1: Overview
3.7.2: Classification of gas storage tanks
3.7.3: Characteristics of CFRP Gas storage tanks market
3.7.4: Key material requirements
3.7.5: Technology roadmap
3.7.6: Growth drivers in gas storage tanks
3.7.7; Challenges in gas storage tanks
3.7.8: CFRP overwrap in Type III CNG cylinders
3.7.9: Opportunity analysis in gas storage tanks
3.7.10: Hydrogen gas storage
3.7.11: Key success factors
3.8: Automotive & Transportation
3.8.1: Overview
3.8.2: CFRP application details
3.8.3: Technology roadmap
3.8.4: Growth drivers in automobile industry
3.8.5: Challenges in automobile industry
3.8.6: Carbon fiber potential and opportunity analysis in automobile industry
3.8.7: Emerging applications in automobile industry
3.8.8: CFRP advantages in automotive industry
3.8.9: CFRP recycling
3.8.10: Key success factors
3.9: Bridge rehabilitation & construction
3.9.1: Overview
3.9.2: Carbon fiber product types used in construction industry
3.9.3: Technology roadmap
3.9.4: Growth drivers in bridge rehabilitation
3.9.5; Challenges in construction industry
3.9.6: Opportunity analysis in construction industry
3.9.7: Bridges
3.9.8: CFRP Bridge advantages
3.9.9: Carbon fiber reinforced concrete (CFRC)
3.9.10: Key success factors
3.10: Fuel cell applications
3.10.1: Overview
3.10.2: Fuel cell operation
4. MEDICAL AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS
4.1: Overview
4.1.1: Tabletops
4.1.2: Oncology therapy
4.2: Surgical tables
4.3: Human organ transportation devices
4.4: Cranioplasty
4.5: Socket for an artificial limb
4.5.1: Overview
4.5.2: Socket manufacturing process
4.5.3: Advantages & Disadvantages
4.6: Endolign
5. EMERGING APPLICATIONS IN COMMERCIAL AEROSPACE
5.1: Overview & Characteristics
5.1.1: Cyclical in nature
5.1.2: Backlog driven market
5.1.3: Secular trend towards composites
5.2: CFRP Application details
5.3: Technology roadmap in commercial aerospace industry
5.4: Carbon fiber supply chain for commercial aerospace
5.5: CFRP Advantages
5.5.1: Aircraft cost of ownership
5.5.2: Fuel savings
5.5.3: Aircraft maintenance reduction
5.5.4: Impact of corrosion in aircraft
5.6: Growth drivers in commercial aerospace industry
5.7: Challenges in commercial aerospace industry
5.8: Opportunities in commercial aerospace industry
5.8.1: Existing aircraft
2. CARBON FIBER SNAPSHOT
2.1: Overview
2.2: Carbon fiber value chain
2.3: Carbon fiber market characteristics
2.4: Carbon fiber types
2.4.1: Continuous fiber
2.4.2: Chopped fiber
2.4.3: Milled fiber
2.4.4: Metal coated fiber
2.5: Evolution of carbon fiber applications
2.6: Key success factors for rapid carbon fiber adoption
2.7: Carbon fiber recycling
2.7.1: Recycled carbon fiber from manufacturing and cured component
2.7.2: Recycled carbon fiber from end of life structures
2.7.3: Associations related to recycled carbon fiber from end of life structures
2.7.4: Recycled carbon fiber markets
3. EMERGING CARBON FIBER APPLICATIONS
3.1: Overview
3.2: Methodology
3.3: Nuclear centrifuge rotor tubes
3.3.1: Overview
3.3.2: Working of nuclear centrifuge rotors
3.3.3: Evolution of carbon fiber applications in nuclear centrifuges
3.3.4: Problems with managing steel/alloy rotors
3.3.5: CFRP centrifuge rotor
3.3.6: Technology roadmap
3.3.7: Growth drivers for the use of CFRP in nuclear centrifuge rotors
3.3.8: Challenges: carbon fiber in nuclear centrifuge market
3.3.9: Opportunity analysis in nuclear centrifuge rotor tubes
3.3.10: Hexcel, ATK and USEC tripartite supply agreement
3.3.11: Key success factors
3.4: Consumer electronics
3.4.1: Overview
3.4.2: Laptops
3.4.3: Apple Inc’s plan to use carbon fiber in laptops
3.4.4: Growth divers in laptop industry
3.4.5: Challenges in laptop industry
3.4.6: Market potential analysis in laptop
3.4.7: Mobile phones
3.4.8: Carbon fiber mobile phone case
3.4.9: Growth drivers in mobile phone industry
3.4.10: Challenges in mobile phone industry
3.4.11: Potential analysis in mobile phone industry
3.5: Offshore oil & gas applications
3.5.1: Industry overview & characteristics
3.5.2: Oil drilling technologies
3.5.3: Desired material properties for offshore oil and gas applications
3.5.4: CFRP application details
3.5.5: Drilling riser with CFRP choke and kill lines benefits
3.5.6: TLP Tethers
3.5.7: Subsea Umbilicals
3.5.8: Major contracts for carbon fiber Umbilicals
3.5.9: CFRP advantages in offshore oil industry
3.5.10: Technology roadmap
3.5.11: Growth drivers in oil & gas industry
3.5.12: Challenges in oil & gas industry
3.5.13: Opportunities in oil & gas industry
3.5.14: Key success factors
3.6: Wind energy
3.6.1: Overview
3.6.2: CFRP application details
3.6.3: Technology roadmap
3.6.4: Growth drivers in wind energy markets
3.6.5: Challenges in wind energy markets
3.6.6: Opportunity analysis in wind energy markets
3.6.7: Carbon fiber benefits in wind turbine industry
3.6.8: Wind turbine blade manufacturing processes comparison
3.6.9: Key success factors
3.7: High pressure tanks
3.7.1: Overview
3.7.2: Classification of gas storage tanks
3.7.3: Characteristics of CFRP Gas storage tanks market
3.7.4: Key material requirements
3.7.5: Technology roadmap
3.7.6: Growth drivers in gas storage tanks
3.7.7; Challenges in gas storage tanks
3.7.8: CFRP overwrap in Type III CNG cylinders
3.7.9: Opportunity analysis in gas storage tanks
3.7.10: Hydrogen gas storage
3.7.11: Key success factors
3.8: Automotive & Transportation
3.8.1: Overview
3.8.2: CFRP application details
3.8.3: Technology roadmap
3.8.4: Growth drivers in automobile industry
3.8.5: Challenges in automobile industry
3.8.6: Carbon fiber potential and opportunity analysis in automobile industry
3.8.7: Emerging applications in automobile industry
3.8.8: CFRP advantages in automotive industry
3.8.9: CFRP recycling
3.8.10: Key success factors
3.9: Bridge rehabilitation & construction
3.9.1: Overview
3.9.2: Carbon fiber product types used in construction industry
3.9.3: Technology roadmap
3.9.4: Growth drivers in bridge rehabilitation
3.9.5; Challenges in construction industry
3.9.6: Opportunity analysis in construction industry
3.9.7: Bridges
3.9.8: CFRP Bridge advantages
3.9.9: Carbon fiber reinforced concrete (CFRC)
3.9.10: Key success factors
3.10: Fuel cell applications
3.10.1: Overview
3.10.2: Fuel cell operation
4. MEDICAL AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS
4.1: Overview
4.1.1: Tabletops
4.1.2: Oncology therapy
4.2: Surgical tables
4.3: Human organ transportation devices
4.4: Cranioplasty
4.5: Socket for an artificial limb
4.5.1: Overview
4.5.2: Socket manufacturing process
4.5.3: Advantages & Disadvantages
4.6: Endolign
5. EMERGING APPLICATIONS IN COMMERCIAL AEROSPACE
5.1: Overview & Characteristics
5.1.1: Cyclical in nature
5.1.2: Backlog driven market
5.1.3: Secular trend towards composites
5.2: CFRP Application details
5.3: Technology roadmap in commercial aerospace industry
5.4: Carbon fiber supply chain for commercial aerospace
5.5: CFRP Advantages
5.5.1: Aircraft cost of ownership
5.5.2: Fuel savings
5.5.3: Aircraft maintenance reduction
5.5.4: Impact of corrosion in aircraft
5.6: Growth drivers in commercial aerospace industry
5.7: Challenges in commercial aerospace industry
5.8: Opportunities in commercial aerospace industry
5.8.1: Existing aircraft
