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Process & Finishing Equipment

476
Companies
38
Programs
37
Countries

Process & Finishing Equipment encompasses the machinery, tooling and ancillary systems used to manufacture, cure, form and finish aerospace structures and assemblies, covering autoclaves, industrial ovens and vacuum equipment for composite processing, filament-winding and laminating machines, CNC and numerically controlled forming plant, waterjet cutting, stretch-wrap forming, adhesive and sealant application systems, and laser or optical metrology for in-process calibration and positioning.

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Supplier reach

How many distinct aircraft programs 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.

1Komax France (was Komax Laselec)18
2Aritex Cading SA5
3Spectrum Technologies Ltd5
4EXAIL Aerospace4
5Advanced Integration Technology, Inc.3
6Electroimpact3
7Spika2
8OMPM srl2
9Guanglian Aviation Industry Co. Ltd.2
10Ascent Aerospace North America2
11Actemium Handling Solutions (was AVT Europe NV)2
12Accudyne Systems, Inc.2
13Silence Aircraft GmbH2
14Advanced Integration Technology (was Nova-Tech Engineering)2
15Fives Machining Systems, Inc.2
Analytics

Market structure

Whether supply here is concentrated in a few big players or spread across many. Top-5 share is the portion of all program 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.

51%
Top-5 share
960
Concentration (HHI)
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Geography

Where the listed suppliers in this area are based, by country of head office. Useful for sourcing, near-shoring and understanding regional strengths.

Worldwide — by country
U.S.A.232
U.K.74
Germany41
France21
Italy16
Canada13
China9
Spain7
Switzerland5
Netherlands5
Belgium4
Austria4
Other (25)45
United States — by state
California30
Ohio17
Michigan16
Pennsylvania14
Illinois14
Connecticut13
Washington13
Florida12
New Jersey9
Massachusetts9
Texas8
New York7
Other (26)70

Sector movement

Last 90 days on our record: 2 new supplier links, 0 updated, 5 companies newly listed.

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Sector history

111 dated events from our coverage of Process & Finishing Equipment companies — acquisitions, contracts, funding, facilities and people moves, each linked to its source.

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Dates are shown to the month; blank where the record supports only the year.