GLOBAL COMPOSITE ADHESIVE MARKET SIZE AND SHARE ANALYSIS - GROWTH TRENDS AND FORECASTS (2025-2032)

Composite Adhesive Market Size and Forecast

The global composite adhesive market size is valued at USD 3.58 Bn in 2025 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 6.8% during the forecast period.

Key Takeaways

• By Component, one component acquired the prominent share of 54.1% in 2025 as improved shelf life & stability.
• By Application, Automation and Transportation hold the largest market share in 2025 owing to its aerospace & broader transportation applications.
• By Product, Acrylic hold the largest market share in 2025 as push toward eco-friendliness and regulatory compliance.
• By Region, North America dominates the overall market with an estimated share of 42.40% in 2025 owing to the automotive lightweighting & structural innovation.

Market Overview

Rising demand from the construction, automotive, aerospace, and renewable energy sectors is rapidly expanding the composite adhesives market. Industries are increasingly replacing traditional fasteners with these strong, lightweight adhesives. Technological advancements in epoxy, acrylic, and polyurethane formulations—along with the development of low-VOC, eco-friendly options—are further accelerating adoption. The global market is also benefiting from the growing use of composites in electric vehicles, aircraft, and infrastructure projects. North America and Asia-Pacific play a key role due to their strong industrial and manufacturing capabilities.

Current Events and their Impact on the Composite Adhesive Market

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End-user Feedback and Unmet Needs in the Composite Adhesive Market

End-user Feedback and Unmet Needs

• Demand for Faster Curing and Processing Times: End-users across automotive and aerospace sectors report a need for adhesives with reduced curing times to support high-speed production lines. Current solutions often slow down workflows or require additional energy input, creating bottlenecks in automated manufacturing and increasing operational costs.
• Limited Performance in Extreme Environments: Industries such as marine, wind energy, and defense report challenges with adhesive performance under extreme temperatures, humidity, or chemical exposure. Users seek formulations with enhanced durability, thermal stability, and resistance to harsh environmental conditions, especially for long-term outdoor or high-stress applications.
• Compatibility with Diverse Substrates: Manufacturers working with hybrid materials, such as metal-to-composite or plastic-to-composite bonds, often face adhesive compatibility issues. They express the need for multi-surface bonding solutions that ensure high strength and minimal pre-treatment requirements across different substrate combinations.

Segmental Insights

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Composite Adhesive Market Insights, by Component

One Component contribute the highest share of the market owing to its ease of use & automation‑friendly

One Component Segment dominates the overall market with a share of 54.1%. Manufacturers are increasingly adopting one-component composite adhesives due to their user-friendly nature, simplified application, and compatibility with automated manufacturing systems. These adhesives eliminate the need for mixing, minimizing preparation time and reducing the risk of errors compared to two-component systems. Their quick curing time and reliable performance support high-volume production in industries such as automotive, aerospace, and construction. Ongoing advancements in moisture-cure and heat-activated technologies continue to improve their effectiveness, further boosting their usage across diverse end-use applications worldwide. For instance, in May 2025, Michelin constructed first industrial demonstration unit for the 5-HMF molecule using a single component. This non-toxic, bio-sourced chemical has the potential to replace fossil fuel-based materials across various industrial sectors.

Composite Adhesive Market Insights, by Application

Automation and Transportation contribute the highest share of the market

Manufacturers are driving growth in the composite adhesive market by adopting robotic dispensing systems that enable precise and efficient bonding in automated production lines. These adhesives fulfill the need for speed, consistency, and quality in advanced Industry 4.0 environments. At the same time, the transportation sector—including automotive, EVs, aerospace, rail, and marine—is boosting demand by increasingly using lightweight composite materials and relying on high-strength adhesives for structural bonding, sensor placement, and battery pack assembly.

For instance, in February 2025, Hexcel presented its latest innovations for the automotive and aerospace industries. The event plays a vital role in reinforcing its technical partnerships and reaffirming its commitment to driving innovation in automotive and lightweight aerospace composites.

Composite Adhesive Market Insights, by Product

Acrylic contribute the highest share of the market owing to its technological advancements.

Advancing UV-curable acrylic technology, which offers ultra-fast curing, strong bonding, and improved energy efficiency is driving the demand for acrylic adhesives. Various companies are increasingly choosing low-VOC, water-based acrylic formulations to comply with stringent environmental regulations and support sustainability initiatives. Rising demand from industries such as automotive, EV, construction, electronics, and healthcare is further boosting the use of acrylic adhesives, as these formulations consistently perform well across a wide range of substrates and challenging application environments. In April 2025, Trinseo, a provider of specialty material solutions, introduced LIGOS A 9210, an all-acrylic latex binder specifically designed for flexible flooring adhesives. This product is formulated to meet the requirements of high-performance flooring applications. Such innovations are propelling the composite adhesives market demand.

Regional Insights

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North America Composite Adhesive Market Trends

Automotive, aerospace, and renewable energy industries are driving strong growth in the North America composite adhesive market by increasing their demand for high-performance bonding solutions. These industries are prioritizing lightweight materials to improve fuel efficiency and overall performance, which boosts the use of composite adhesives in structural applications. Manufacturers are advancing epoxy and acrylic formulations while also shifting toward eco-friendly, low-VOC products to meet regulatory standards and sustainability goals, further propelling market expansion across the region. For instance, in March 2025, IPS Adhesives, a global supplier of surfacing products and structural adhesives, launched Scigrip SG2000 in the North American market. Featuring a longer 100–120 minute working window, extended open time, and a more user-friendly 1:1 mix ratio, Scigrip SG2000 enhances ease of use.

Asia Pacific Composite Adhesive Market Trends

The regional auto industry, especially in China and India, is increasingly using composite materials to comply with emissions and fuel efficiency standards, which is driving up the demand for structural adhesives tailored for EVs and lightweight vehicle components. Meanwhile, electronics manufacturers in India and Southeast Asia are integrating adhesives into devices and embedding sensors within bonds for predictive maintenance. As a result, they are relying heavily on custom adhesive solutions, which have become essential for advanced and intelligent electronic applications.

China Composite Adhesive Market Trends

China leads the regional composite adhesive market, generating approximately USD 894 million in 2023. Epoxy products accounted for the largest share, while acrylics emerged as the fastest-growing segment, highlighting the growing diversity in high-performance adhesive technologies. The country’s rapid expansion in electric vehicle and lightweight automobile production is fueling demand for structural composite adhesives, especially in battery assembly and structural bonding. Bostik has launched HERBERTS LF686/H186, a high-performance solvent-free adhesive in China, designed for laminating rigid and high-barrier materials like PET/AL, PET/VMPET, and AL/NY. It is suitable for packaging in food, FMCG, pharmaceuticals, personal care, and daily chemical products.

Canada Composite Adhesive Market Trends

Strong demand from the wind energy, automotive, aerospace, and construction sectors is driving growth in Canada’s composite adhesive market. These industries are actively seeking durable, lightweight bonding solutions, which is boosting the adoption of composite adhesives nationwide. In response to environmental regulations, Canadian companies are accelerating research and development to launch innovative, eco-friendly, low-VOC, and bio-based adhesive formulations.

Market Report Scope

Composite Adhesive Market Trend

Automation in composite parts manufacturing

The rising use of automation technologies in composite parts manufacturing is having a significant impact on the global composite adhesive market. As automated production lines increasingly take over repetitive manufacturing tasks, the demand for adhesives optimized for machine dispensing and application is growing. Robotics enable much higher precision and consistency in adhesive application compared to manual methods. This is driving adhesive manufacturers to develop new formulations with precise flow properties and open times tailored for robotics. Adhesives requiring minimal specialized surface preparation or curing are especially attractive for automated composite fabrication.

Rising Research & Development activities

By leading composite adhesive manufacturers is significantly impacting the global composite adhesive market. With continuous innovation and the development of new product varieties, companies are able to expand their portfolio and address the changing requirements of diverse end-use industries. Composite adhesive producers are focusing on developing adhesive solutions with improved bonding strength, heat resistance, longevity, and compatibility with various composite materials, such as carbon fibers, aramid fibers, and glass fibers. For instance, Henkel recently launched a new structural bonding adhesive under its Loctite brand for composite bonding applications in transportation industry.

Composite Adhesive Market Opportunity

New product innovations in Composite Adhesive Market

Innovations can provide tremendous opportunities for growth in the global composite adhesive market. Composite materials that use adhesives are being used in a wider range of applications, such as in automotive, aerospace, and construction industries. This is driven by the need for lighter and stronger materials that composite adhesives can provide. As composite materials grow in popularity due to their performance benefits over traditional materials, the demand for advanced adhesive technologies to bond these new composites will also increase substantially.

Composite Adhesive Market News

• In June 2025, Gurit launched its BondPro line, which includes epoxy adhesives designed for high-performance structural bonding. These adhesives offer excellent gap-filling capabilities, strong adhesion to various materials—particularly composites—and deliver reliability and application strength.
• In January 2025, Kerr Dental introduced SimpliShade™ Self-Adhesive Flow, formerly known as Vertise™ Flow. By eliminating the need for a separate bonding protocol, SimpliShade™ simplifies the restorative process for dental professionals.
• In November 2024, Packsize has partnered with Henkel Adhesive Technologies to launch Eco-Pax, a new bio-based hot melt adhesive designed to help reduce the packaging industry's carbon footprint.
• In December 2024, H.B. Fuller, the largest pureplay adhesives company, announced that it will restructure its building and construction divisions to create a faster-growing solutions business with a complementary customer base in the infrastructure and architectural sectors.

Analyst Opinion (Expert Opinion)

• The composite adhesive market is no longer a supplementary component in structural assembly—it has become a strategic enabler of lightweighting, durability, and production efficiency across high-performance sectors. In my view, the shift from mechanical fastening to adhesive bonding is not just a materials trend but a fundamental reengineering of industrial design itself.
• Wind energy, often overlooked in adhesive discussions, is now a major driver. The global push toward 100-meter+ blades demands adhesives that withstand extreme cyclic fatigue over 20+ years. Araldite’s methacrylate and epoxy-based adhesives are now standardized in many wind turbine blade bonding applications, replacing mechanical fasteners entirely in critical load-bearing joints. This alone has cut blade assembly times by 25% while improving aerodynamic efficiency.
• However, the market is constrained by process complexity and the need for precise surface prep, cure time, and temperature control. Adhesive bonding remains sensitive to ambient humidity, and QA validation in composite joints is more complex than weld or bolt checks. Still, I believe the long-term return justifies the upfront investment—particularly as automated robotic adhesive dispensing gains traction in mass production (e.g., BMW's use of ABB robotic bonding cells in its Leipzig plant).
• The most significant opportunities lie in out-of-autoclave aerospace manufacturing and hydrogen mobility systems, both of which demand adhesives that perform under dynamic thermal and pressure environments. Adhesives that can enable the safe bonding of Type IV hydrogen tanks and withstand burst pressures exceeding 1,200 bar will define the next leap in material joining.

Market Segmentation

• By component
  • One component
  • Two components
• By Application
  • Automotive and Transportation
  • Aerospace
  • Wind energy
  • Marine
  • Others
• By Products
  • Epoxy
  • Polyurethane
  • Acrylic
  • Polyimide
  • Phenolic
  • Others
• By Region
  • North America
    • U.S.
    • Canada
  • Latin America
    • Brazil
    • Argentina
    • Mexico
    • Rest of Latin America
  • Europe
    • Germany
    • U.K.
    • Spain
    • France
    • Italy
    • Russia
    • Rest of Europe
  • Asia Pacific
    • China
    • India
    • Japan
    • Australia
    • South Korea
    • ASEAN
    • Rest of Asia Pacific
  • Middle East
    • GCC Countries
    • Israel
    • Rest of Middle East
  • Africa
    • South Africa
    • North Africa
    • Central Africa
• Key Players Insights
  • Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
  • Master Bond Inc
  • The Dow Chemical Company
  • Huntsman Corporation
  • LORD Corporation
  • Illinois Tool Works Incorporation-Plexus.
  • Hernon Manufacturing, Inc.
  • Scott Bader Company Ltd.

Sources

Primary Research Interviews

• Technical leads from aerospace OEMs using CFRP bonding
• R&D specialists at adhesive formulation companies
• Composite design engineers in EV and wind energy sectors
• Plant managers and QA heads from Tier-1 automotive suppliers implementing structural adhesive lines

Databases

• Scopus
• ScienceDirect
• IEEE Xplore
• United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
• REAXYS chemical compound and reaction database

Magazines

• Adhesives & Sealants Industry Magazine (ASI)
• CompositesWorld
• Advanced Materials & Processes
• Automotive Manufacturing Solutions
• Windpower Monthly

Journals’

• International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives
• Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
• Journal of Materials Science
• The Journal of Adhesion
• Polymer Testing

Newspapers

• The Wall Street Journal (for corporate M&A and material innovation strategy)
• Financial Times (for global industrial trends impacting composite adoption)
• The Economic Times (for region-specific updates on manufacturing trends in India and Southeast Asia)
• Nikkei Asia (for developments in Japanese and South Korean automotive and electronics sectors)

Associations

• The Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC)
• American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA)
• European Adhesive Manufacturers Association (FEICA)
• Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE)
• WindEurope

Public Domain Sources

• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) reports on composite materials
• European Commission's JRC Technical Reports
• NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)
• Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and ASTM for adhesive standards
• Annual Reports and Sustainability Reports of key adhesive and composite manufacturers

Proprietary Elements

• CMI Data Analytics Tool, and Proprietary CMI Existing Repository of information for last 8 years