Titanium Opportunities in Additive Manufacturing - 2017: An Opportunity Analysis and Ten-Year Forecast”

Titanium Opportunities in Additive Manufacturing 2017: An Opportunity Analysis and Ten-Year Forecast - Research and Markets

The belief that titanium printing is becoming the largest opportunity for metal additive manufacturing materials, with revenues exceeding all other alloy groups used in metal AM over the next ten-year period. Sought after primarily for its high strength to weight ratio, biological inertness, and other desirable properties when combined with additive layer manufacturing, titanium alloys are burgeoning in the medical, aerospace, automotive, dental, and consumer products industries.

With GE purchasing a controlling share in one of the largest titanium additive manufacturing companies in the world, and thus gaining a significant stake in the supply chain for titanium powders used in additive manufacturing systems, the titanium supply chain has been thrust into short term uncertainty. The market is responding to significantly increased demand for high quality, traceable, and exceptionally pure titanium materials for additive manufacturing, with a number of new market entrants having taken place in 2016 and more planned for 2017. Capacity expansions at existing leaders in the titanium powder supply chain are underway, thus creating a chaotic future scenario with potentially over a billion dollars on the line in the future.

As a specialty study in a specific material, this report presents our latest -- and highly granular -- market forecast data as well as critical market analysis for use of titanium in key industries adopting AM, as well as considerations for the future adoption and use in other applications. The primary opportunity factors related to the broader supply chain, primary providers of AM titanium powder and other forms, and analysis of the print technologies and powder production processes all combine to help business development and strategy professionals determine how to focus their efforts in titanium powder, parts, and print technologies.

Key Topics Covered:

Chapter One: State of Metal and Titanium Additive Manufacturing MarketTrailing Twelve-Month Review

1.1 Key Trends in Metal Additive Manufacturing Influencing Demand for Titanium

1.2 Market and Application Tracking - Additively Manufactured Titanium Components and Their Value in Key Markets

1.3 Titanium Powder for Additive Manufacturing Supply Chain in Transition Phase

1.4 Key Points from this Chapter

Chapter Two: Additive Manufacturing Technologies and Utilization of Titanium Metal Powders

2.1 Primary Titanium Powder Characteristics for AM Technology

2.2 Metal Powder Bed Fusion Technology and Related Metal Powder Production Considerations

2.3 Blown Powder Directed Energy Systems and Related Metal Powder Production Considerations

2.4 Wire-Based Directed Energy Deposition Technology and Market Considerations

2.5 End-User Considerations for Titanium Powder in Additive Manufacturing

2.6 Key Points From this Chapter

Chapter Three: Analysis of Titanium Materials for Additive Manufacturing - Production Methods, Players, and Supply Chain

3.1 Supply Chain Considerations for Titanium Powder

3.2 Production Methods for Titanium Powder for AM

3.3 Competing Titanium Materials in the AM Industry

3.4 Influential AM Titanium Powder Suppliers, Resellers, and Market Share Analysis

Chapter Four: Summary of Ten-Year Forecasts for Titanium Powders in Additive Manufacturing

4.1 Methodology Review

4.2 Metal 3D Printing Hardware Forecasts

4.3 Titanium Powder Demand and Revenues by Vertical Industry

Companies Mentioned

- AP&C

- ATI Metals Corp.

- GKN Hoeganaes

- H.C. Starck

- LPW Technology

- Metalysis

- Osaka Titanium

- Praxair Surface Technologies

- Puris, LLC

- Pyrogenesis

- Tekna

- Z3DLab

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