Global Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder Market Growth 2026-2032
Description
The global Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder market size is predicted to grow from US$ 144 million in 2025 to US$ 196 million in 2032; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.7% from 2026 to 2032.
Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder means stainless steel powder made from alloys with no intentional nickel (Ni) alloying addition (trace Ni can still appear due to scrap/processing). “Stainless” is fundamentally defined by chromium: European-style definitions describe stainless steels as iron-based alloys with ≥10.5% Cr (and typically ≤1.2% C), where corrosion resistance comes from the chromium-oxide passive film rather than nickel.
In practice, non-nickel stainless powders most commonly fall into ferritic stainless steels and many martensitic chromium steels; for additive manufacturing and PM feedstocks, producers explicitly market Ni-free grades. A second pathway is Ni-free austenitic stainless powder stabilized by nitrogen (N) rather than nickel.
Upstream inputs include iron units (scrap/virgin), ferrochromium (Cr source) and grade-dependent additions (Mo, Ti/Nb, Mn, N control for high-N systems). Powders are produced mainly by atomization routes: gas-atomized powders are typically more spherical, while water-atomized powders are typically irregular—a difference that directly impacts flowability, packing, and processability for MIM and powder-bed AM.
Downstream, these powders feed press-and-sinter powder metallurgy, metal injection molding (MIM), additive manufacturing (e.g., L-PBF/SLM), and surface engineering (thermal spray/cladding), enabling corrosion-resistant parts with minimized nickel exposure.
In 2025, global sales of Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder reached approximately 37 K tons, with an average global market price of around US$ 3,975/ton. Production capacity varies significantly among manufacturers, with gross profit margins ranging from approximately 20% to 35%.
The non-nickel stainless steel powder market is being shaped by the industry’s push for a more controllable cost-to-performance balance and reduced exposure to nickel-related volatility. On the demand side, ferritic and martensitic stainless powders are increasingly positioned as “containing no nickel” or “free of nickel and cobalt,” and are tied to application sets where corrosion resistance must coexist with strength, wear resistance, and manufacturability—such as exhaust components, household goods, tooling, and cutting/medical instruments. This positioning makes nickel-free powder a practical substitution option when “enough performance with steadier input risk” is the decision driver.
In healthcare and skin-contact consumer goods, the pull is even more explicit: suppliers are marketing nickel-free stainless powders for medical devices and wearable/consumer products to address nickel-exposure concerns and compliance expectations around nickel release. As regulatory and customer specifications tighten, qualification work (materials data, biocompatibility considerations where relevant, and end-product validation) increasingly determines the pace of adoption and the stickiness of supplier relationships.
On the supply and processing side, the competitive moat is moving toward powder quality and reproducibility. Additive manufacturing and precision forming routes are highly sensitive to particle morphology, flowability, and powder-bed behavior—attributes strongly influenced by atomization route and particle size distribution. Peer-reviewed studies consistently link higher sphericity and controlled fines to improved flow/spreadability and more reliable part density and geometrical/mechanical consistency, which raises the bar for process control, QA, and application-level support. As a result, the market is likely to keep segmenting between cost-driven powders and tightly specified, qualification-ready powders for demanding end uses.
LP Information, Inc. (LPI) ' newest research report, the “Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder Industry Forecast” looks at past sales and reviews total world Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder sales in 2025, providing a comprehensive analysis by region and market sector of projected Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder sales for 2026 through 2032. With Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder sales broken down by region, market sector and sub-sector, this report provides a detailed analysis in US$ millions of the world Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder industry.
This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder landscape and highlights key trends related to product segmentation, company formation, revenue, and market share, latest development, and M&A activity. This report also analyzes the strategies of leading global companies with a focus on Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints, to better understand these firms’ unique position in an accelerating global Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder market.
This Insight Report evaluates the key market trends, drivers, and affecting factors shaping the global outlook for Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder and breaks down the forecast by Type, by Application, geography, and market size to highlight emerging pockets of opportunity. With a transparent methodology based on hundreds of bottom-up qualitative and quantitative market inputs, this study forecast offers a highly nuanced view of the current state and future trajectory in the global Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder.
This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder market by product type, application, key manufacturers and key regions and countries.
Segmentation by Type:
Ferritic Stainless Steel Powder
Martensitic Stainless Steel Powder
Nickel-Free Austenitic (High-Nitrogen) Stainless Steel Powder
Segmentation by Powder Production Method:
Water Atomization
Gas Atomization
Plasma Atomization
Segmentation by Size Class:
Fine Powder
Medium Powder
Coarse Powder
Segmentation by Application:
Automotive
Medical Devices
Consumer Goods
Other
This report also splits the market by region:
Americas
United States
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
APAC
China
Japan
Korea
Southeast Asia
India
Australia
Europe
Germany
France
UK
Italy
Russia
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Turkey
GCC Countries
The below companies that are profiled have been selected based on inputs gathered from primary experts and analysing the company's coverage, product portfolio, its market penetration.
GKN Powder Metallurgy
Outokumpu
Höganäs
Sandvik
JFE Steel Corporation
Pometon
HLPOWDER
Key Questions Addressed in this Report
What is the 10-year outlook for the global Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder market?
What factors are driving Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder market growth, globally and by region?
Which technologies are poised for the fastest growth by market and region?
How do Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder market opportunities vary by end market size?
How does Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder break out by Type, by Application?
Please note: The report will take approximately 2 business days to prepare and deliver.
Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder means stainless steel powder made from alloys with no intentional nickel (Ni) alloying addition (trace Ni can still appear due to scrap/processing). “Stainless” is fundamentally defined by chromium: European-style definitions describe stainless steels as iron-based alloys with ≥10.5% Cr (and typically ≤1.2% C), where corrosion resistance comes from the chromium-oxide passive film rather than nickel.
In practice, non-nickel stainless powders most commonly fall into ferritic stainless steels and many martensitic chromium steels; for additive manufacturing and PM feedstocks, producers explicitly market Ni-free grades. A second pathway is Ni-free austenitic stainless powder stabilized by nitrogen (N) rather than nickel.
Upstream inputs include iron units (scrap/virgin), ferrochromium (Cr source) and grade-dependent additions (Mo, Ti/Nb, Mn, N control for high-N systems). Powders are produced mainly by atomization routes: gas-atomized powders are typically more spherical, while water-atomized powders are typically irregular—a difference that directly impacts flowability, packing, and processability for MIM and powder-bed AM.
Downstream, these powders feed press-and-sinter powder metallurgy, metal injection molding (MIM), additive manufacturing (e.g., L-PBF/SLM), and surface engineering (thermal spray/cladding), enabling corrosion-resistant parts with minimized nickel exposure.
In 2025, global sales of Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder reached approximately 37 K tons, with an average global market price of around US$ 3,975/ton. Production capacity varies significantly among manufacturers, with gross profit margins ranging from approximately 20% to 35%.
The non-nickel stainless steel powder market is being shaped by the industry’s push for a more controllable cost-to-performance balance and reduced exposure to nickel-related volatility. On the demand side, ferritic and martensitic stainless powders are increasingly positioned as “containing no nickel” or “free of nickel and cobalt,” and are tied to application sets where corrosion resistance must coexist with strength, wear resistance, and manufacturability—such as exhaust components, household goods, tooling, and cutting/medical instruments. This positioning makes nickel-free powder a practical substitution option when “enough performance with steadier input risk” is the decision driver.
In healthcare and skin-contact consumer goods, the pull is even more explicit: suppliers are marketing nickel-free stainless powders for medical devices and wearable/consumer products to address nickel-exposure concerns and compliance expectations around nickel release. As regulatory and customer specifications tighten, qualification work (materials data, biocompatibility considerations where relevant, and end-product validation) increasingly determines the pace of adoption and the stickiness of supplier relationships.
On the supply and processing side, the competitive moat is moving toward powder quality and reproducibility. Additive manufacturing and precision forming routes are highly sensitive to particle morphology, flowability, and powder-bed behavior—attributes strongly influenced by atomization route and particle size distribution. Peer-reviewed studies consistently link higher sphericity and controlled fines to improved flow/spreadability and more reliable part density and geometrical/mechanical consistency, which raises the bar for process control, QA, and application-level support. As a result, the market is likely to keep segmenting between cost-driven powders and tightly specified, qualification-ready powders for demanding end uses.
LP Information, Inc. (LPI) ' newest research report, the “Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder Industry Forecast” looks at past sales and reviews total world Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder sales in 2025, providing a comprehensive analysis by region and market sector of projected Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder sales for 2026 through 2032. With Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder sales broken down by region, market sector and sub-sector, this report provides a detailed analysis in US$ millions of the world Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder industry.
This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder landscape and highlights key trends related to product segmentation, company formation, revenue, and market share, latest development, and M&A activity. This report also analyzes the strategies of leading global companies with a focus on Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints, to better understand these firms’ unique position in an accelerating global Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder market.
This Insight Report evaluates the key market trends, drivers, and affecting factors shaping the global outlook for Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder and breaks down the forecast by Type, by Application, geography, and market size to highlight emerging pockets of opportunity. With a transparent methodology based on hundreds of bottom-up qualitative and quantitative market inputs, this study forecast offers a highly nuanced view of the current state and future trajectory in the global Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder.
This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder market by product type, application, key manufacturers and key regions and countries.
Segmentation by Type:
Ferritic Stainless Steel Powder
Martensitic Stainless Steel Powder
Nickel-Free Austenitic (High-Nitrogen) Stainless Steel Powder
Segmentation by Powder Production Method:
Water Atomization
Gas Atomization
Plasma Atomization
Segmentation by Size Class:
Fine Powder
Medium Powder
Coarse Powder
Segmentation by Application:
Automotive
Medical Devices
Consumer Goods
Other
This report also splits the market by region:
Americas
United States
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
APAC
China
Japan
Korea
Southeast Asia
India
Australia
Europe
Germany
France
UK
Italy
Russia
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Turkey
GCC Countries
The below companies that are profiled have been selected based on inputs gathered from primary experts and analysing the company's coverage, product portfolio, its market penetration.
GKN Powder Metallurgy
Outokumpu
Höganäs
Sandvik
JFE Steel Corporation
Pometon
HLPOWDER
Key Questions Addressed in this Report
What is the 10-year outlook for the global Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder market?
What factors are driving Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder market growth, globally and by region?
Which technologies are poised for the fastest growth by market and region?
How do Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder market opportunities vary by end market size?
How does Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder break out by Type, by Application?
Please note: The report will take approximately 2 business days to prepare and deliver.
Table of Contents
87 Pages
- *This is a tentative TOC and the final deliverable is subject to change.*
- 1 Scope of the Report
- 2 Executive Summary
- 3 Global by Company
- 4 World Historic Review for Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder by Geographic Region
- 5 Americas
- 6 APAC
- 7 Europe
- 8 Middle East & Africa
- 9 Market Drivers, Challenges and Trends
- 10 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis
- 11 Marketing, Distributors and Customer
- 12 World Forecast Review for Non-Nickel Stainless Steel Powder by Geographic Region
- 13 Key Players Analysis
- 14 Research Findings and Conclusion
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