The market for aramid paper honeycomb (Nomex honeycomb) has broad development potential, with aviation and rail transit being its main application fields.

Aramid paper honeycomb, also known as Nomex honeycomb, refers to a bionic honeycomb core material made of aramid paper through complex processes such as gluing, lamination, stretching, cutting, drying and curing. The raw materials of aramid paper honeycombs are aramid paper, core strip glue, impregnated resin, etc. According to the different raw materials of aramid paper, aramid honeycombs can be divided into two categories: para-aramid paper honeycomb and meta-aramid paper honeycomb.

Aramid paper honeycomb is a structure composed of multiple hexagonal units. It has light weight, high specific strength, high specific stiffness (9 times the stiffness of steel), strong corrosion resistance, good flame retardancy, and excellent insulation. , high resilience, good electromagnetic wave permeability, good high temperature stability and many other excellent properties, it can be used as a sandwich material in rail transit, aerospace, boat parking, national defense industry, electrical insulation, communication equipment, sports equipment and other fields.

Among them, aerospace is the first field to achieve large-scale application of aramid paper honeycomb. In this field, aramid paper honeycomb is mainly used as a sandwich material for aircraft doors, bulkheads, tail fins, floors, radomes, luggage racks, and ceilings. Such component manufacturing scenarios can effectively enhance the structural strength of each part and meet lightweight requirements. Currently, it has been implemented on my country’s C919 large passenger aircraft and J-20 fighter jets, Europe’s giant passenger aircraft Airbus A380, and the United States’ Boeing 787 Dreamliner. widely used.

At the same time, in recent years, with the continuous upgrading of aramid paper honeycomb technology, its application fields have gradually expanded from the aerospace field to the ground equipment field, and the industry has entered a new stage of application. In the field of rail transit, aramid paper honeycomb can be used in the manufacturing of internal structures such as ceilings, floors, luggage racks, and side walls of rail transit equipment. According to the “2023-2028 Aramid Paper Honeycomb (Nomex Honeycomb) Industry Market In-depth Research and Investment Prospect Forecast Analysis Report” released by the Industrial Research Center 》 It shows that in the future, under the background of continuous expansion and development of downstream application fields, the global aramid paper honeycomb market size is expected to maintain a steady growth trend.

In the early days, due to technological monopoly factors, the global aramid paper market was dominated by American and Japanese companies. Therefore, companies in the United States and Japan had a good foundation in the development of the aramid paper honeycomb industry, and at the same time relied on strong R&D capabilities. , which occupies a first-mover advantageous position in the aramid paper honeycomb market. The leading international aramid paper honeycomb companies include DuPont of the United States, PLASCORE of the United States, Rock West Composites of the United States, Yaqi International of the United States, and Panasonic of Japan.

However, in recent years, as my country has continued to increase its support for aramid paper and aramid fiber materials and the development of high-end equipment manufacturing industries such as domestic high-speed trains and domestic large aircraft has continued to accelerate, the level of localization of aramid paper honeycombs in my country has been in line with the The industrialization process continues to accelerate. Industry analysts said that there are currently many domestic companies with aramid paper honeycomb production capabilities, such as Yantai Minshida Special Paper, AVIC Composite Materials, Zhuzhou Times Huaxian Material Technology, Ganzhou Longbang Material Technology, Jiaxing Yagang Composite Materials, etc.