Global Unidirectional Tapes (UD Tapes) Equipment Market Research Report 2023-Competitive Analysis, Status and Outlook by Type, Downstream Industry, and Geography, Forecast to 2029

Global Unidirectional Tapes (UD Tapes) Equipment Market Research Report 2023-Competitive Analysis, Status and Outlook by Type, Downstream Industry, and Geography, Forecast to 2029

Unidirectional tapes (UD tapes) equipment refers to the equipment used to produce unidirectional tapes, usually large production lines, with different widths.

Market Overview:

The latest research study on the global Unidirectional Tapes (UD Tapes) Equipment market finds that the global Unidirectional Tapes (UD Tapes) Equipment market reached a value of USD 146.72 million in 2022. It’s expected that the market will achieve USD 617.37 million by 2028, exhibiting a CAGR of 27.06% during the forecast period.

Opportunities and Drivers

The automotive and aerospace UD tapes manufacturing industries are the two most important downstream industries in the unidirectional tape industry. So the development of the UD tapes equipment industry is based on the expansion of the UD tapes industry. According to the data in our database, the global unidirectional tape (UD Tapes) market size is estimated at 191.4 million U.S. dollars until 2020. And we predict that by 2027, the size of the market will reach 436.9 million US dollars, with a compound annual growth rate of 12.5% from 2020 to 2027. Therefore, it is not difficult to find that the entire unidirectional tapes industry is developing at an extremely fast rate on a global scale. On the basis of the rapid development of the downstream product market, the equipment market at the upstream production end will inevitably develop accordingly.

UD tape is easy to thermoform and can also be manufactured into complex shapes as required. In the automotive industry, using UD tape as a window regulator to enhance automation will help meet the cycle and production needs of the automotive industry. At the same time, UD tapes has developed a window frame manufacturing process using fire-resistant polyamide UD tape for the aviation industry. . At the same time, UD tapes are used to manufacture and reinforce parts in cars and airplanes. This solution will make parts lighter and more environmentally friendly. Exhaust emissions are one of the main culprits of greenhouse gas sources, and they also increase the cost of the environment and manufacturers. However, the use of new materials such as UD tape can make vehicles and aircraft lighter, thereby reducing carbon emissions, in line with the low-carbon initiative advocated by the world.

Challenges

The only function of the Unidirectional Tapes (UD Tapes) Equipment product is to produce UD tapes. But the production process is really expansive. And the high cost of UD tapes has posed as a hurdle to its expansion into structural applications of various industries. The real potential of UD tapes has not yet been realized owing to the R&D costs, high manufacturing costs, and increased cycle times. Many new applications of UD tapes have been discovered, but due to high-cost constraints, commercialization in these applications is yet to begin. The high R&D, manufacturing, and processing costs are a major challenge for the key players to manufacture cost-effective products in the market.

Region Overview:

Asia Pacific had the highest growth rate of all regions.

Company Overview:

The top three companies are Karl Mayer, Lindauer DORNIER GmbH, and Breyer Composites with the revenue market share of 36.93%, 16.68% and 12.88% in 2019.

KARL MAYER is an innovative market leader as well as driving force in the textile machinery building. The manufacturer offers perfect solutions for the fields of warp knitting and flat knitting, technical textiles, warp preparation for weaving and digitalisation.

Lindauer DORNIER GmbH has rapier weaving machines, which are used all over the world to manufacture high-quality carbon and glass fiber fabrics. They are also a highly reputed provider of foil stretching equipment and have extensive expertise in plastics technology.

Segmentation Overview:

Among different product types, 500-800mm segment is anticipated to contribute the largest market share in 2027.

Application Overview:

By application, the Aerospace UD Tapes Manufacturing segment occupied the biggest share from 2017 to 2022.

Key Companies in the global Unidirectional Tapes (UD Tapes) Equipment market covered in Chapter 3:

GMP Machine Shanghai Co.,Ltd
EELCEE
Breyer Composites
Van Wees
Karl Mayer
Lindauer DORNIER GmbH

In Chapter 4 and Chapter 14.2, on the basis of types, the Unidirectional Tapes (UD Tapes) Equipment market from 2018 to 2029 is primarily split into:

Below 500mm
500-800mm
Above 800mm

In Chapter 5 and Chapter 14.3, on the basis of Downstream Industry, the Unidirectional Tapes (UD Tapes) Equipment market from 2018 to 2029 covers:

Automotive UD Tapes Manufacturing
Aerospace UD Tapes Manufacturing
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)