The global aerospace adhesives market size reached USD 721.0 Million in 2024. Looking forward, the market is expected to reach USD 1,073.0 Million by 2033, exhibiting a growth rate (CAGR) of 4.29% during 2025-2033. The increasing demand for lightweight structures, ongoing technological advancements, development of high-performance adhesives, and the escalating demand for commercial aircraft, are primarily driving the market growth.
Aerospace adhesives are used for structural sealant purposes in the interior, exterior, engine compartment, and other components of aircraft, such as transducer seals, fuel assemblies, electronic assemblies, metal and fiber composites, antennas, optical fibers, and sensors. These adhesives provide high bond strength, resistance to cyclic fatigue, excellent peel strength, superior durability and toughness, exceptional compressive strength, and high glass transition temperatures. They also improve the distribution of stresses over bonded joints, protect against corrosion, enhance aerodynamics, deliver smooth contours, save time, lower weight, and decrease costs. Presently, the most common substrates for aerospace adhesive bonding are wood, aluminum, titanium, stainless steel, and composite materials, such as bonded sandwich structures, fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) laminates, and fiber metal laminates (FML).
Aerospace Adhesives Market Trends:
The increasing air passenger traffic worldwide, along with the rising focus on improving the performance of aircraft structures to ensure safe and reliable air travel, represents one of the key factors bolstering the market growth. Apart from this, increasing government spending on the modernization of military aircraft is driving the need for customized aerospace adhesives with exceptional characteristics. Besides this, aerospace adhesives are widely preferred over mechanical fasteners like bolts or screws to maintain structural integrity and weight factors and achieve certain aesthetic design or functional benefits. Moreover, manufacturers are offering innovative grades of aerospace adhesives that exhibit impact and micro-crack resistance, withstand numerous chemicals, and help sustain performance in extreme operating environments. These adhesives also have outstanding resistance to aviation gasoline, jet fuel, and petroleum products and offer excellent flexibility and strength to advanced composites and coatings. Such innovations are anticipated to provide a positive thrust to the market.
Key Market Segmentation:
IMARC Group provides an analysis of the key trends in each segment of the global aerospace adhesives market report, along with forecasts at the global, regional and country levels from 2025-2033. Our report has categorized the market based on resin type, technology, function type and end use.
Breakup by Resin Type:
- Epoxy
- Polyurethane
- Silicone
- Others
- Waterborne
- Solvent-Borne
- Reactive
- Structural
- Non-Structural
- Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)
- Maintenance Repair and Operations (MRO)
- North America
- United States
- Canada
- Asia-Pacific
- China
- Japan
- India
- South Korea
- Australia
- Indonesia
- Others
- Europe
- Germany
- France
- United Kingdom
- Italy
- Spain
- Russia
- Others
- Latin America
- Brazil
- Mexico
- Others
- Middle East and Africa
The competitive landscape of the industry has also been examined along with the profiles of the key players being 3M Company, Adhetec, Arkema S.A., H.B. Fuller Company, Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Hexcel Corporation, Huntsman Corporation, Hybond Technology Group Limited, Hylomar Ltd., Illinois Tool Works Inc, L&L Products, Permabond LLC and PPG Industries Inc.
Key Questions Answered in This Report
1.How big is the aerospace adhesives market?
2.What is the future outlook of aerospace adhesives market?
3.What are the key factors driving the aerospace adhesives market?
4.Which region accounts for the largest aerospace adhesives market share?
5.Which are the leading companies in the global aerospace adhesives market?
- 1 Preface
- 2 Scope and Methodology
- 2.1 Objectives of the Study
- 2.2 Stakeholders
- 2.3 Data Sources
- 2.3.1 Primary Sources
- 2.3.2 Secondary Sources
- 2.4 Market Estimation
- 2.4.1 Bottom-Up Approach
- 2.4.2 Top-Down Approach
- 2.5 Forecasting Methodology
- 3 Executive Summary
- 4 Introduction
- 4.1 Overview
- 4.2 Key Industry Trends
- 5 Global Aerospace Adhesives Market
- 5.1 Market Overview
- 5.2 Market Performance
- 5.3 Impact of COVID-19
- 5.4 Market Forecast
- 6 Market Breakup by Resin Type
- 6.1 Epoxy
- 6.1.1 Market Trends
- 6.1.2 Market Forecast
- 6.2 Polyurethane
- 6.2.1 Market Trends
- 6.2.2 Market Forecast
- 6.3 Silicone
- 6.3.1 Market Trends
- 6.3.2 Market Forecast
- 6.4 Others
- 6.4.1 Market Trends
- 6.4.2 Market Forecast
- 7 Market Breakup by Technology
- 7.1 Waterborne
- 7.1.1 Market Trends
- 7.1.2 Market Forecast
- 7.2 Solvent-Borne
- 7.2.1 Market Trends
- 7.2.2 Market Forecast
- 7.3 Reactive
- 7.3.1 Market Trends
- 7.3.2 Market Forecast
- 8 Market Breakup by Function Type
- 8.1 Structural
- 8.1.1 Market Trends
- 8.1.2 Market Forecast
- 8.2 Non-Structural
- 8.2.1 Market Trends
- 8.2.2 Market Forecast
- 9 Market Breakup by End Use
- 9.1 Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)
- 9.1.1 Market Trends
- 9.1.2 Market Forecast
- 9.2 Maintenance Repair and Operations (MRO)
- 9.2.1 Market Trends
- 9.2.2 Market Forecast
- 10 Market Breakup by Region
- 10.1 North America
- 10.1.1 United States
- 10.1.1.1 Market Trends
- 10.1.1.2 Market Forecast
- 10.1.2 Canada
- 10.1.2.1 Market Trends
- 10.1.2.2 Market Forecast
- 10.2 Asia-Pacific
- 10.2.1 China
- 10.2.1.1 Market Trends
- 10.2.1.2 Market Forecast
- 10.2.2 Japan
- 10.2.2.1 Market Trends
- 10.2.2.2 Market Forecast
- 10.2.3 India
- 10.2.3.1 Market Trends
- 10.2.3.2 Market Forecast
- 10.2.4 South Korea
- 10.2.4.1 Market Trends
- 10.2.4.2 Market Forecast
- 10.2.5 Australia
- 10.2.5.1 Market Trends
- 10.2.5.2 Market Forecast
- 10.2.6 Indonesia
- 10.2.6.1 Market Trends
- 10.2.6.2 Market Forecast
- 10.2.7 Others
- 10.2.7.1 Market Trends
- 10.2.7.2 Market Forecast
- 10.3 Europe
- 10.3.1 Germany
- 10.3.1.1 Market Trends
- 10.3.1.2 Market Forecast
- 10.3.2 France
- 10.3.2.1 Market Trends
- 10.3.2.2 Market Forecast
- 10.3.3 United Kingdom
- 10.3.3.1 Market Trends
- 10.3.3.2 Market Forecast
- 10.3.4 Italy
- 10.3.4.1 Market Trends
- 10.3.4.2 Market Forecast
- 10.3.5 Spain
- 10.3.5.1 Market Trends
- 10.3.5.2 Market Forecast
- 10.3.6 Russia
- 10.3.6.1 Market Trends
- 10.3.6.2 Market Forecast
- 10.3.7 Others
- 10.3.7.1 Market Trends
- 10.3.7.2 Market Forecast
- 10.4 Latin America
- 10.4.1 Brazil
- 10.4.1.1 Market Trends
- 10.4.1.2 Market Forecast
- 10.4.2 Mexico
- 10.4.2.1 Market Trends
- 10.4.2.2 Market Forecast
- 10.4.3 Others
- 10.4.3.1 Market Trends
- 10.4.3.2 Market Forecast
- 10.5 Middle East and Africa
- 10.5.1 Market Trends
- 10.5.2 Market Breakup by Country
- 10.5.3 Market Forecast
- 11 SWOT Analysis
- 11.1 Overview
- 11.2 Strengths
- 11.3 Weaknesses
- 11.4 Opportunities
- 11.5 Threats
- 12 Value Chain Analysis
- 13 Porters Five Forces Analysis
- 13.1 Overview
- 13.2 Bargaining Power of Buyers
- 13.3 Bargaining Power of Suppliers
- 13.4 Degree of Competition
- 13.5 Threat of New Entrants
- 13.6 Threat of Substitutes
- 14 Price Analysis
- 15 Competitive Landscape
- 15.1 Market Structure
- 15.2 Key Players
- 15.3 Profiles of Key Players
- 15.3.1 3M Company
- 15.3.1.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.1.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.1.3 Financials
- 15.3.2 Adhetec
- 15.3.2.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.2.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.3 Arkema S.A.
- 15.3.3.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.3.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.3.3 Financials
- 15.3.3.4 SWOT Analysis
- 15.3.4 H.B. Fuller Company
- 15.3.4.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.4.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.4.3 Financials
- 15.3.4.4 SWOT Analysis
- 15.3.5 Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
- 15.3.5.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.5.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.5.3 Financials
- 15.3.5.4 SWOT Analysis
- 15.3.6 Hexcel Corporation
- 15.3.6.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.6.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.6.3 Financials
- 15.3.6.4 SWOT Analysis
- 15.3.7 Huntsman Corporation
- 15.3.7.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.7.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.7.3 Financials
- 15.3.7.4 SWOT Analysis
- 15.3.8 Hybond Technology Group Limited
- 15.3.8.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.8.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.9 Hylomar Ltd.
- 15.3.9.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.9.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.10 Illinois Tool Works Inc
- 15.3.10.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.10.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.10.3 Financials
- 15.3.10.4 SWOT Analysis
- 15.3.11 L&L Products
- 15.3.11.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.11.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.12 Permabond LLC
- 15.3.12.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.12.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.13 PPG Industries Inc.
- 15.3.13.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.13.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.13.3 Financials
- 15.3.13.4 SWOT Analysis
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