Lightweight Materials in Transportation

Report Code: AVM056D

Publish Date: Sep 2015

Publisher: BCC Publishing

Category: Advanced Materials

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Report Highlights

The global market for lightweight materials used in transportation reached $115.4 billion in 2014. This market is expected to reach about $109 billion by 2015 and $188.7 billion by 2020, registering a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.6% from 2015 to 2020.

Report Includes

  • An overview of the global market for lightweight materials in transportation equipment, including motor vehicles, aircraft, trains, and ships.
  • Analyses of global market trends, with data from 2014, estimates for 2015, and projections of compound annual growth rates (CAGRs) through 2020.
  • Identification of lightweight materials that are in commercial use or under development for transportation applications.
  • Discussion of trends by type of material and application.
  • Analysis of the market's dynamics, specifically growth drivers, inhibitors, and opportunities.
  • Factors that will influence the long-term development of the market.
  • Profiles of major players in the industry.

Report Scope

The report is global in scope, focusing on the worldwide market for lightweight materials in transportation equipment, including motor vehicles, aircraft, trains and ships. Lightweight materials are defined broadly as materials that are used in the fabrication of equipment primarily in order to minimize weight.

As the term is used in this report, transportation equipment includes all motorized vehicles or craft used to convey people, animals or cargo between two points, except for vehicles/craft used exclusively for sports or recreation applications (e.g., glider aircraft and sailboats). Sports and recreation vehicles and craft are excluded in part because they are the subjects of another BCC Research report, AVM053A – Materials and Devices for High-Performance Sports Products. In this report, dual-purpose transportation equipment, such as small airplanes, is analyzed along with vehicles and craft whose purpose is primarily commercial.

The report also does not cover motor vehicles, ships and aircraft built for and used by the armed forces of the United States and other nations.

The report includes the following major elements:

  • Executive summary.
  • Definitions.
  • A listing of lightweight materials that are in commercial use or under development for transportation applications.
  • A listing of lightweight materials and applications with the greatest commercial potential through 2020.
  • Global market trends by type of material and application, 2014 to 2020.
  • Factors that will influence the long-term development of the market.
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Analyst Credentials

Andrew McWilliams spent more than 25 years as a consultant with Ernst & Young, McKinsey & Company and A.T. Kearny focused on manufacturing before segueing into research analysis. He has been covering myriad technology categories for BCC Research for more than 15 years. McWilliams has a BA from Princeton University and an MA from Harvard University. He has worked in more than 40 countries and he resides in the greater Boston area.

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Table of Contents

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Title/Chapter NamePagesMember Price
Full Report: Lightweight Materials in Transportation163Free
Chapter- 1: Introduction4Free
Chapter- 2: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY2Free
Chapter- 3: OVERVIEW24Free
Chapter- 4: LIGHTWEIGHT MATERIALS FOR TRANSPORTATION APPLICATIONS54Free
Chapter- 5: PATENT ANALYSIS3Free
Chapter- 6: PUBLIC POLICY DIMENSIONS OF LIGHTWEIGHT MATERIALS7Free
Chapter- 7: GLOBAL MARKET FOR LIGHTWEIGHT MATERIALS USED IN TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT56Free
Chapter- 8: C. CRAMER & CO. GMBH13Free

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Report Includes

    Total Number of Tables in this Report: 59

  • Summary Table: GLOBAL MARKET FOR LIGHTWEIGHT MATERIALS IN TRANSPORTATION, THROUGH 2020
  • Table 1: GLOBAL CONSUMPTION FOR TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT MATERIALS BY SEGMENT, THROUGH 2020
  • Table 2: PROJECTED MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION BY TYPE, THROUGH 2020
  • Table 3: GLOBAL SHIPMENTS OF RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES AND ROLLING STOCK, 2014
  • Table 4: PROJECTED SHIPMENTS OF RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES AND ROLLING STOCK, THROUGH 2020
  • Table 5: AVERAGE WEIGHT OF RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES AND ROLLING STOCK, 2011
  • Table 6: PROJECTED SHIP DELIVERIES, THROUGH 2020
  • Table 7: PROJECTED GLOBAL DELIVERIES OF CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT, THROUGH 2020
  • Table 8: CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT AVERAGE UNLOADED WEIGHT BY TYPE OF AIRCRAFT, 2014
  • Table 9: MAJOR END USES AND APPLICATIONS OF HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL
  • Table 10: MAJOR MANUFACTURERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT STEEL FOR TRANSPORTATION APPLICATIONS
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Published - Jan-2013| Analyst - Andrew McWilliams| Code - AVM056C

Report Highlights

The market for lightweight materials in transportation was valued at $106 billion in 2011 and nearly $106.2 billion in 2012. Total market value is expected to reach nearly $153 billion in 2017 after increasing at a five-year compound annual growth rate of 7.5%.

Report Includes

  • An overview of the global market for lightweight materials in transportation equipment, including motor vehicles, aircraft, trains, and ships
  • Analyses of global market trends, with data from 2011, estimates for 2012, and projections of compound annual growth rates (CAGRs) through 2017
  • Identification of lightweight materials that are in commercial use or under development for transportation applications
  • Discussion of trends by type of material and application
  • Factors that will influence the long-term development of the market
  • Comprehensive company profiles of major players in the industry.
Published - Feb-2011| Analyst - Andrew McWilliams| Code - AVM056B

Report Highlights

The total global consumption of lightweight materials used in transportation equipment was 46.7 million tons/$95.5 billion in 2010. This market is expected to reach 67.7 million tons/$125.3 billion by 2015, increasing at a compound annual growth rates (CAGRs) of 7.7% in tonnage terms and 5.6% in value terms between 2010 and 2015.

Published - May-2007| Analyst - Andrew McWilliams| Code - AVM056A

Report Highlights

  • The total global consumption of lightweight materials used in transportation equipment was 42.8 million tons/$80.5 billion in 2006 and will increase to 68.5 million tons/$106.4 billion by 2011, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.9% in tonnage terms and 5.7% in value terms between 2006 and 2011.
  • High strength steel accounts for the largest percentage of total tons of lightweight materials consumed, followed by aluminum and plastics. In value terms, plastics with their relatively high unit prices are the largest market segment. Aluminum and high strength steel are the second and third largest product segments.
  • Motor vehicles, particularly passenger cars and light trucks, are by far the largest end-user segment. Shipbuilding was the second largest consumer of lightweight materials, while the aircraft industry ranks second in the value of the lightweight materials consumed.

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