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 According to a new market report published by Lucintel, the future of the global aerospace fastener market looks promising with opportunities in commercial aircraft, regional aircraft, general aviation, helicopter, and military aircraft segments. The global aerospace fastener market is expected to reach an estimated $6.0 billion by 2021 at a CAGR of 6.0% from 2016 to 2021. The major drivers of growth for this market are increasing aircraft delivery, increase in demand for wide body aircraft, and introduction of new aircraft programs.

Within the aircraft type, commercial aircraft segment is expected to remain the largest market during the forecast period as commercial aircraft has the largest number of fasteners when compared to any other aircraft.
North America is expected to remain the largest region due to high demand for newer aircraft and replacement of ageing fleet. Aircraft fastener demand is directly proportional to aircraft delivery. APAC is expected to witness the highest growth over the forecast period due to growth in aircraft manufacturing.