Global Consumables (Vacuum Infusion) Market Research Report 2023-Competitive Analysis, Status and Outlook by Type, Downstream Industry, and Geography, Forecast to 2029

Global Consumables (Vacuum Infusion) Market Research Report 2023-Competitive Analysis, Status and Outlook by Type, Downstream Industry, and Geography, Forecast to 2029

The vacuum infusion process is a technique that uses vacuum pressure to drive resin into a laminate.
Consumables (Vacuum Infusion) mainly refers to all kinds of auxiliary materials needed in vacuum infusion process. Include sticky consumables (vacuum infusion), resin feeding lines, peel ply, breathers and bleeders, release film and so on.

Market Overview:

The latest research study on the global Consumables (Vacuum Infusion) market finds that the global Consumables (Vacuum Infusion) market reached a value of USD 667.33 million in 2022. It’s expected that the market will achieve USD 1140.93 million by 2028, exhibiting a CAGR of 9.35% during the forecast period.

Price fluctuation of raw materials

With the impact of COVID-19 epidemic on various industries and the strict blockade and restriction measures of governments all over the world, the Consumables (Vacuum Infusion) market has also been impacted to some extent. Due to the continuous blockade, the production and operation of factories in most countries are restricted, affecting all participants in the global value chain, including the raw material suppliers of Consumables (Vacuum Infusion). Due to the interruption of supply chain, many manufacturers importing nylon, polyethylene, polyester and other materials are increasing the cost of raw materials. Affected by market supply and demand and capital market, the market price of raw materials fluctuated greatly in the past two years, and the cost of raw materials accounted for the vast majority of the production cost of Consumables (Vacuum Infusion). The fluctuation of raw material prices will directly affect the profits of enterprises.

Online sales channel development

With the rapid development of the Internet era, the sales forms are constantly innovating, and the online marketing of Consumables (Vacuum Infusion) shows great advantages in the fierce market competition. Compared with traditional marketing channels, the advantages of online sales are improved in sales cost, channel management cost, information flow and capital flow. With the continuous progress of information technology, online sales are developing at a faster speed, and the competition between online sales channels and traditional sales channels will also highlight its advantages. The emerging online sales channel not only simplifies the composition of various channels in traditional marketing, but also integrates sales, pre-sales and after-sales service, commodity and customer information inquiry, which has great advantages. The further development of online sales of Consumables (Vacuum Infusion) will further promote the sales volume of the whole market.

Macroeconomic fluctuation risk

Market boom directly affects product demand. Sino-US trade friction, increasing uncertainty of global economic development and strengthening trade protectionism pose new challenges to the international division of labor and resource allocation pattern of the existing Consumables (Vacuum Infusion) industrial chain.

In addition, because there are many large multinational enterprises in the Consumables (Vacuum Infusion) industry, the export of products is affected by the change of international exchange rate. If the local currency appreciates, it will directly lead to a decline in the price competitiveness of the company's export products, which is not conducive to expanding foreign markets, and will directly increase the exchange losses of the company, thus affecting the company's performance.

Region Overview:

In 2022, the share of the Consumables (Vacuum Infusion) market in North America stood at 40.37%.

Company Overview:

Airtech Advanced Materials Group is one of the major players operating in the Consumables (Vacuum Infusion) market, holding a share of 34.26% in 2022.

Airtech Advanced Materials Group

Airtech Advanced Materials Group, the largest manufacturer of vacuum bagging and composite tooling materials for prepreg/autoclave, resin infusion, and wet lay-up processes up to 799°F (426°C). Airtech Advanced Materials Group product line consists of: vacuum bagging films, release films, pressure sensitive tapes, release liquids, peel plies, breathers & bleeders, sealant tapes, vacuum bag connectors & hoses, rubber, pressure pads, cutting tools, vacuum leak detectors, shrink tape, PTFE coated fiberglass, tooling prepregs and resins, and carbon and glass reinforcements. Business focus areas include aerospace, wind energy, marine, automotive, printed circuit board, solar energy and general FRP composites. Airtech Advanced Materials Group have six locations strategically placed worldwide: Huntington Beach, California, USA; Chino, California, USA; Springfield, Tennessee, USA; Differdange, Luxembourg; Chadderton, England; and Tianjin, China.

Solvay S.A. (Umeco)

Solvay SA is a Belgium-based international chemical and advanced materials company. Through its subsidiaries, it operates four segments: Advanced Materials, Advanced Formulations, Performance Chemicals and Corporate & Business Services. Advanced Materials offers high-performance materials for multiple applications primarily in the automotive, aerospace, electronics, and health markets providing sustainable mobility solutions, reducing weight and improving CO2 and energy efficiency. Advanced Formulations serves primarily the consumer goods, agro and food, and energy markets offering customized specialty formulations that impact surface chemistry and alter liquid behavior while minimizing the environmental impact. Performance Chemicals specializes in chemical intermediates serving mainly the consumer goods and food markets. Corporate & Business Services includes corporate and other business services, such as the research and innovation center, and energy services.

Segmentation Overview:

As for product types, the Vacuum Bagging Film segment held the largest market share in 2022.

Sticky Consumables (Vacuum Infusion)

Sticky Consumables mainly includes adhesive tape and adhesive.

Resin Feeding Lines

Resin Infusion Lines refers to the flat resin for the vacuum infusion processes.

Peel Ply

This is generally another necessity for removing your part from the bagging system once it has cured. Peel ply is usually selected based the surface finish you want to leave on your part. The materials used by Peel Ply are usually nylon and polyester.

Breathers and Bleeders

As a breather, it allows vacuum pressure to be applied evenly across the surface of the laminate. As a bleeder, it absorbs excess resin. It's available in various weights.

Release Film

Release film is used to make it easier to pull bagging materials from set-up once the process is complete. It also helps to remove or maintain resin for the part during the lay-up process.
Vacuum Bagging Film
Vacuum bag film is a wide multilayer extruded film providing multiple layers of safety. These layers reduce the concerns for pinholes, weak spots, brittleness and inconsistency in films.

Application Overview:

The market's largest segment by application is the segment Wind Energy, with a market share of 32.37% in 2022.

Aerospace and Defense

The low weight and high strength of composites make them optimal for aerospace and aviation technology. Composites are commonly used in structural components of aircraft, as well as in the mechanical components. Many aerospace industries are beginning to use the vacuum infusion process for their composites.

Wind Energy

The main manufacturing process for rotor blades at the moment is vacuum infusion. In vacuum infusion high fiber volumes are combined with low void contents, resulting in high quality composite products that can withstand the dynamic wind loads occurring during the operation of a wind turbine.

But there are also other parts of the wind turbine that are usually made with composite materials-the spinners and the nacelles. These parts have less demanding mechanical properties but are nevertheless products that need a certain quality level to last their intended life span.

Transportation

The vacuum infusion process is becoming more widespread within the composites industry. It is already commonly used in transportation. Examples of items made with this process are hulls to sailing yachts and containers for the transportation industry. Some land transportation equipment also adopts vacuum infiltration process.

Key Companies in the global Consumables (Vacuum Infusion) market covered in Chapter 3:

Diatex S.A.
Airtech Advanced Materials Group
K.R. Composites
Vactech Composites
Hengyida
Kejian Polymer Materials
Solvay S.A. (Umeco)
Precision Fabrics
Low and Bonar
YOUWEI NEW MATERIALS

In Chapter 4 and Chapter 14.2, on the basis of types, the Consumables (Vacuum Infusion) market from 2018 to 2029 is primarily split into:

Sticky Consumables (Vacuum Infusion)
Resin Feeding Lines
Peel Ply
Breathers and Bleeders
Release Film
Vacuum Bagging Film

In Chapter 5 and Chapter 14.3, on the basis of Downstream Industry, the Consumables (Vacuum Infusion) market from 2018 to 2029 covers:

Aerospace and Defense
Wind Energy
Transportation
Others

Geographically, the detailed analysis of consumption, revenue, market share and growth rate, historic and forecast (2018-2029) of the following regions are covered in Chapter 8 to Chapter 14:

North America (United States, Canada)
Europe (Germany, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, Netherlands, Turkey, Switzerland, Sweden)
Asia Pacific (China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia)
Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, Argentina)
Middle East & Africa (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, South Africa)