Moulds covers the tooling used to define and consolidate aerospace structures during composite and metallic forming operations, encompassing matched-die, monolithic, and egg-crate constructions produced from materials such as carbon-fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP), Invar, and aluminium, and designed to withstand the thermal cycling and consolidation pressures of prepreg layup, resin transfer moulding (RTM), and similar cure processes.
How many distinct aircraft programmes each supplier in this area is linked to in our database — a proxy for how widely established a company is across the industry. Bars are relative to the top-ranked supplier.
Whether supply here is concentrated in a few big players or spread across many. Top-5 share is the portion of all programme links held by the five largest suppliers. HHI (Herfindahl–Hirschman Index) runs 0–10,000: under ~1,500 is competitive, over ~2,500 is concentrated.
Where the listed suppliers in this area are based, by country of head office. Useful for sourcing, near-shoring and understanding regional strengths.