Top 10 Companies in Aviation MRO Surface Treatment Solutions Market

The Aviation MRO Surface Treatment Solutions Market is projected to reach $0.75 billion by 2030, at a CAGR of 4.7% during the forecast period 2023–2030. The growth of the surface treatment solutions market for aviation MRO is driven by the growing demand for chemical surface treatment solutions and increasing government focus on the aviation sector. However, stringent regulations in the aviation sector restrain the growth of the surface treatment solutions market for aviation MRO.

The increasing adoption of aerospace painting & coating solutions for aircraft maintenance is expected to create growth opportunities for the players operating in this market. However, the need for more trained professionals in the aviation MRO industry is a major challenge for market growth. Furthermore, robotic aircraft painting and the increasing adoption of 3D printing technology in the aerospace industry are prominent trends in the surface treatment solutions market for aviation MRO.

Here are the top 10 companies operating in the Aviation MRO Surface Treatment Solutions Market

John Cockerill (Belgium)

Founded in 1817 and headquartered in Seraing, Belgium, John Cockerill develops machinery for steel plants, industrial heat recovery equipment, and boilers, as well as shunting locomotives and military equipment. The company offers surface treatment facilities for various industries, such as automotive, aerospace, defense, nuclear power, electronics, glass, cosmetics, decoration, construction, and printed circuits. John Cockerill provides surface treatment facilities suitable for various applications, requirements, and types of parts.

The company provides various services and equipment, such as process equipment, handling equipment, inspection equipment, loading & unloading equipment, gas & effluent treatment equipment, and production control and supervision. John Cockerill offers various types of surface treatment services such as chemical and electrolytic coating, degreasing, pickling, phosphating, the hallmark, industrial press die cleaning, anodization, chemical milling, nickel, titanium, and plastics treatment, and fluorescent penetration inspection. The company designs and constructs automated systems to meet various operational requirements and offers non-contact heavy load handling equipment and patented SF robots.

Technic, Inc. (U.S.)

Founded in 1944 and headquartered in Rhode Island, U.S., Technic, Inc. is a global supplier of specialty chemicals, custom finishing equipment, engineered powders, and analytical control systems. The company supplies a full range of equipment capabilities for electroplating and related applications, from fully automated systems for new facilities to replacement parts and upgrades to improve operational efficiency. The company provides surface treatment solutions such as anodizing equipment and electropolishing equipment. It offers equipment for automated and manual finishing systems for aluminum surface finishing, aluminum anodizing, and titanium anodizing. Further, the company provides analytical, technical, and service support for the surface treatment solutions market for aviation MRO.

NHE (Norman Hay Engineering, Plasticraft) (U.K.)

NHE is a leading provider of advanced technology process plants. The company designs, manufactures, and supplies process plants, non-destructive testing (NDT) systems, and processes water treatment installations. The company provides surface treatment solutions to the aerospace industry. The company’s surface treatment solutions portfolio comprises cleaning lines, electroless plating lines, non-destructive testing, and anodizing solutions.

Yongrad Industrial Process Systems Industry. ve Tic. Ltd. Sti. (Bursa, Turkey)

Yongrad Industrial Process Systems Industry. ve Tic. Ltd. Sti. offers process solutions such as process tanks and equipment, chemical tanks, chemical waste gas equipment, and oil separators. Yongrad provides manual or fully automated industrial surface finishing plants to the electronics, automotive, aviation, and medical industries. The company offers surface treatment solutions, including chemical process, line components design, electromechanical design, automated and computerized control, manufacturing, installation, training, and ongoing customer support.

Yongrad provides various plating equipment, such as transport systems for automatic lines, including lifting devices and equipment for air exhaust, air transport, and pipelines. Yongrad offers a range of manual and semi-automatic process lines for the chemical immersion of various products. The company designs, manufactures, and installs manual process lines for automotive, aerospace, medical, defense, electronics, and general manufacturing.

Dr.-Ing. Max Schlötter GmbH & Co. KG (Germany)

Founded in 1912 and headquartered in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Dr.-Ing. Max Schlötter GmbH & Co. KG manufactures electroplating and surface technology plants. The company designs, manufactures, supplies, and provides ongoing technical support for more than 1,000 plants ranging from manual to semi-automatic and fully automatic. Max Schlötter offers surface treatment solutions for various industries such as automotive, drive train, automotive interior/exterior, electrical engineering, electronics, aviation, construction, consumer goods, mechanical engineering, and metalworking. The company provides surface treatment solutions such as electrolytic & electroless plating, chemical cleaning & pickling, chemical stripping, and anodizing.

Meticulous Research in its latest publication on Aviation MRO Surface Treatment Solutions Market has predicted the growth of 4.7% during the forecast year 2023-2030.

Uniwes Engineering (S) Pte Ltd (Singapore)

Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Geylang, Singapore, Uniwes Engineering (S) Pte Ltd is engaged in the design, fabrication, installation, and maintenance of critical equipment. The company provides preventive maintenance and facilities maintenance for aviation, oil & gas, and pharmaceutical companies. Uniwes Engineering offers surface treatment solutions with various products, such as automated chemical cleaning lines, fluorescent penetrant inspection (FPI) lines, electroplating line/anodizing lines, paint booths, ultrasonic cleaning lines, and cleaning booths. The company offers automated chemical cleaning machines that help remove oil, paint, coating, scale, grit, and deposit from the component surface.

Fluorescent Penetrant Inspection Line (FPI) is a Non-Destructive Test (NDT) method provided by the company, which is commonly used in highly demanding sectors such as manufacturing, transportation, and aviation for detecting surface defects. The company offers anodizing, an electrolytic passivation process used to increase the thickness of the natural oxide layer on the surface of metal parts to achieve desired mechanical properties. The company provides fabricated customized paint booths and paint mixing rooms of different designs and sizes as per clients’ requirements.

GALVABAU AG (Switzerland)

Founded in 1987 and headquartered in Hergiswil, Switzerland, GALVABAU AG provides surface treatment technologies. The company provides automatic anodizing and crack detection lines for parts of the aircraft industry. The automatic anodizing and crack detection project is a fully automatic control system based on the Siemens S7 SPS (series 1500). GALVABAU offers various features in automatic anodizing and crack detection projects, such as radio remote control of the system, on-screen information about production and plant operation, and liquid level measurement with an absolute system.

The company provides automatic lines for pickling, anodizing, and crack detection for aerospace components based on Allen Bradley PLC. Furthermore, the company offers a wide range of features, such as an emergency control system in case of PLC failure, a hand-held remote module that allows manual control of the hoist without interrupting scheduled processes, and on-screen information on production and plant operation.

KOCH INDUSTRIES & George Koch Sons, LLC. (U.S.)

Founded in 1873 and headquartered in Indiana, U.S., KOCH INDUSTRIES & George Koch Sons, LLC., designs, engineers, fabricates, installs, commissions, and services automated finishing systems for all major coating technologies, including liquid, powder, electr7o coat, anodizing, and plating. The company provides various surface treatment solutions, such as anodizing, electrocoating, liquid coating, plating, and powder coating. KOCH offers anodizing equipment used to carry out controlled electrolytic oxidation to develop a tenacious aluminum oxide coating on the surface of an aluminum sheet or component.

The company develops industrial electro-coat systems that help clients design and deliver E-coat systems that align with their production needs, processes, space availability, and existing equipment. KOCH offers liquid coating systems which help to provide highly customizable finishes to align with various cosmetic, protective, and production requirements. KOCH delivers rugged and reliable plating equipment for their clients, which helps to achieve complex decorative and functional surface requirements.

Elad Technologies (L.S.) Ltd. (Israel)

Founded in 1980 and headquartered in Petah Tikva, Israel, Elad Technologies (L.S.) Ltd. provides fully automated plating, finishing, and wastewater treatment systems to the surface finishing, electronics, PWB, and aviation industries. The company offers surface treatment solutions, such as milling and etching, non-destructive cracks detection by FPI, blade plating & cleaning, and aluminum cleaning and conversion coating to the aviation industry.

Elad Technologies offers milling and etching solutions for titanium, nickel alloys, and stainless-steel blades in airplanes. The company provides non-destructive crack detection by FPI for the aviation industry for immersion, spray, and electrostatic applications.

Surface Finishing Engineering Ltd. (U.K.)

Headquartered in West Midlands, U.K., Surface Finishing Engineering Ltd. specializes in surface treatment plants and equipment. The company offers a range of manual and semi-automatic process lines for the chemical immersion of various products. SFE specializes in building manual process lines for treatments, including anodizing, copper nickel chrome plating of metal and plastic substrates, precious metal plating, electroless nickel, metal etching, metal cleaning, and NDT solutions.

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