Our market position
Very long-term programmes and close working relationships characterise the aerospace market. In the medium and long term these determine the market position of the production activities.
Stork Fokker’s market position
The market for suppliers of aircraft components is transparent. The far-reaching concentration and shakeout in the industry mean that there are fewer than ten aircraft builders or ‘system integrators’ worldwide focusing on the design, production and sale of commercial and military aircraft.
Divided into the market segments (measured by capacity and range of the aircraft) in which the system integrators operate, there are in most cases only two remaining manufacturers in each segment. A further important development has taken place in the chain in recent years.
Where in the past the system integrators themselves accounted for by far the largest proportion of the aircraft building work and the required components, they now have moved increasingly to total outsourcing of component development and production. This trend started decades ago with the engines, but is now a common denominator for virtually all other aircraft components.
Both of these aspects are highly relevant to Stork Fokker's market position. The decision of the system integrators to outsource part of the design, development and production gives us the opportunity to play a leading role as a partner (‘both first and second tier’) in the international aerospace industry. Please click here for a selection of the programmes in which we participate.