{"id":52799,"date":"2026-03-13T10:17:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T09:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/composites-united.com\/?p=52799"},"modified":"2026-03-23T11:53:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T10:53:46","slug":"composites-united-market-report-2025-published-overview-of-the-current-composites-market-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/composites-united.com\/en\/composites-united-market-report-2025-published-overview-of-the-current-composites-market-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Composites United market report 2025 published \u2013 Overview of the current composites market environment"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"52799\" class=\"elementor elementor-52799 elementor-52798\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7901065 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7901065\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5957737\" data-id=\"5957737\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b804cd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b804cd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This year&#8217;s market report, now in its 16th edition, has been published annually by Composites United e. V. (CU) since 2010. The report serves as an overview of carbon fiber production and demand from a global perspective and is available in German and English. A highly consolidated summary is published in full and is quotable. A much more detailed long version is reserved for members of CU or can alternatively be purchased by non-members. The current version of the market report was presented on March 10, 2026 at JEC WORLD 2026 in Paris for the completed reporting year 2025.<\/p><p><strong>Table of contents:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Carbon fiber demand worldwide<\/li><li>CF production capacities by manufacturer<\/li><li>Market concentration by production capacity<\/li><li>Production capacity by manufacturer: development<\/li><li>Production capacity by filament count (K number)<\/li><li>Production capacity by region<\/li><li>Overview of matrix materials used<\/li><li>Overview of the global carbon composites market worldwide<\/li><li>Summary and outlook<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d27007c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d27007c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ad29f7 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5ad29f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cb3593 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2cb3593\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1111\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/composites-united.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2025_Fig.1_Demand_ENG-web.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-52814\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/composites-united.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2025_Fig.1_Demand_ENG-web.jpg 1111w, https:\/\/composites-united.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2025_Fig.1_Demand_ENG-web-300x107.jpg 300w, https:\/\/composites-united.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2025_Fig.1_Demand_ENG-web-1024x365.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/composites-united.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2025_Fig.1_Demand_ENG-web-768x274.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1111px) 100vw, 1111px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Figure 1: Development of the global average CF demand volume from 2010 to 2028 (*estimates; 03\/2026)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b18161 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"9b18161\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50f7edc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"50f7edc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The full version of the report is available to all members of Composites United e. V. free of charge. Non-members can purchase the full version of the report. In addition, CU provides a highly consolidated summary for the public on its website.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/composites-united.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CU-Marktbericht_2025_GER_Kurzfassung.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">German-language summary<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/composites-united.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CU-Marktbericht_2025_ENG_Kurzfassung.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English-language summary<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eeb7de4 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"eeb7de4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-515a49d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"515a49d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Your contact for questions about the report, the interpretation of the data shown and for orders:<\/p><p>Composites United e. V. (CU)<br \/><strong>Michael Sauer<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"mailto:market.report@composites-united.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">market.report@composites-united.com<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.composites-united.com\">www.composites-united.com<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year&#8217;s market report, now in its 16th edition, has been published annually by Composites United e. V. (CU) since 2010. The report serves as an overview of carbon fiber production and demand from a global perspective and is available in German and English. A highly consolidated summary is published in full and is quotable. 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