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Global sheet metal fabrication services

1st April 2019

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Sara Waddington

April 2019

According to ResearchAndMarkets.com's “Sheet Metal Fabrication Services Market: Global Industry Analysis, Trends, Market Size, and Forecasts up to 2024”, the global sheet metal fabrication services market is set to grow with a CAGR of 1.5% from 2018-2024.

The study on the sheet metal fabrication services market covers North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and RoW from 2016 to 2024, providing qualitative and quantitative analysis over that period. 

Market drivers, said the report, include the increasing use of ready to fix fabrication products; the growth in investments in aerospace, automotive, construction and defence industries and the fact that automation is reducing human intervention in metal cutting. It also flags opportunities such as the emergence of advanced 3D printing/additive manufacturing technologies and wide-bodied commercial and defence aircraft. 

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