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Counterpoint has given the keynote aerospace presentation at the Carbon Fiber 2024 event in Charleston, South Carolina. Counterpoint’s Richard Apps and Joanne Zhang presented ‘Outlook: Carbon fiber in the aerospace industry’. Their presentation discussed current aerospace demand and production, supply chain dynamics and discussion of the next generation single-aisle. The presentation featured the current challenges

Counterpoint has published an article in CompositesWorld’s Past, Present, Future series titled “The next-generation single-aisle: Implications for the composites industry.” This article explores the decision-making choices for manufacturers regarding the use of composites, and how Counterpoint expects the composites usage in next-generation single aircraft to increase substantially compared to current generation versions. Our article explores

Counterpoint’s Collin Heller and Richard Apps published an article in FlightGlobal titled ‘Can the aerostructures supply chain overcome its structural deficit?’ The article discusses the challenges that airframers face, and how the era of ‘super Tier 1’ aerostructures providers has all but disappeared. The article closes with strategic considerations for aerostructures companies, and how we

Counterpoint has been involved in two sessions at the Aviation Week A&D Supply Chain Americas conference, held in Los Angeles, California. Richard Apps presented ‘Is More Consolidation Inevitable in the Global Supply Chain?’ The presentation highlighted several drivers of consolidation within the industry. The presentation predicts that more consolidation is likely – but that consolidation