The Aerospace Bearings Market is segmented by Bearing Type (Ball Bearing [Angular Contact Ball Bearing and Deep Groove Ball Bearing], Roller Bearing [Tapered Roller Bearing, Spherical Roller Bearing, Cylindrical Roller Bearing, and Others], and Plain Bearing), Material Type (Metallic Bearings, Non-Metallic Bearings, and Hybrid Bearings), Platform Type (Commercial Aircraft, Regional Aircraft, General Aviation, Military Aircraft, Helicopter, and UAV), Application Type (Engine Transmission, Flight Control System, Landing Gear, Airframe, Auxiliary System, EOTS, and Others), End-User Type (OE and Aftermarket), and Region (North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Rest of the World).
COVID-19 Impact
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the global aerospace industry was under stress, owing to the B737Max grounding in 2019. The sudden outburst of COVID-19 further deepened the market challenges, causing unimaginable disruption and losses for the stakeholders. The aerospace bearings market typically relies on the organic growth of the aerospace industry and follows the trajectory as the latter. Key challenges that arose in front of the industry stakeholders on account of the pandemic were reduced demand, supply chain disruptions, financial pressure, and workforce impairment.
However, the long-term outlook still seems fruitful, well backed by the industry’s buoyant nature and strong fundamentals. The lift of Boeing’s B737Max in October 2020, gradual opening up of travel restrictions, rebounding aircraft deliveries, and Airbus’ significantly healed revenue (reaping profit in Q1 2020 as opposed to grave loss in Q1 2020) are among the few key factors signaling towards healthy and quick recuperation.
Key Players
The supply chain of this market comprises several nodes including raw material suppliers, bearing manufacturers, OEMs, and MRO companies. The following are the key players in the aerospace bearings market (alphabetically arranged).
- AB SKF
- JTEKT Corporation
- MinebeaMitsumi Group
- NSK Ltd.
- NTN Corporation
- RBC Bearings Incorporated
- Schaeffler Technologies AG Co. KG
- The Timken Company
- LYC Bearing Corporation
- Harbin Bearing Manufacturing Co.
Regional Analysis
North America is expected to remain the largest market over the next five years. The USA is the growth engine of the region’s market with the presence of major aircraft OEMs, tier players, and raw material suppliers. Most of the bearing suppliers have their presence in the region to address the demand from OEMs tirelessly. Asia-Pacific is likely to mark the fastest recovery during the study period, owing to the growing volume of aircraft fleet to support rising passenger traffic; the opening of assembly plants of Boeing and Airbus for multiple aircraft programs in China; global migration of MRO markets from west to east due to lower cost; and upcoming aircraft programs such C919.
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