Published: July 9, 2026
Ceramic Matrix Composites: Manufacturing Challenges to Market Opportunities
Nagendra Nag of McDanel Advanced Material Technologies joins Aniket Roy of Stratview Research to explore the evolving CMC landscape, from technical and manufacturing challenges to emerging applications and the market outlook through 2030.
Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs) have long been celebrated for their potential — but for years, commercial adoption lagged behind the hype. That's changing. CMCs are now finding their way into an increasing number of critical applications across aerospace, defense, and emerging industrial sectors.
Join Stratview Research for a candid, expert-led conversation on where CMC technology and the market truly stand today.
Speaker: Nagendra Nag, Director of Engineering & Technology at McDanel Advanced Material Technologies — a veteran ceramics expert with a background spanning research and development, process optimization, and technology management across diverse industrial sectors, including prior leadership roles at Surmet, Vesuvius, and Research Corporation Technologies.
What is covered:
🔹 The barriers that held back CMC adoption — and what's changing the narrative today
🔹 Where demand momentum is strongest, and the next major growth sectors beyond aerospace
🔹 Technical bottlenecks: fiber-to-matrix joining, yield loss, and manufacturing scrap
🔹 The economics of CMC production — strategies to cut material waste and improve yields
🔹 Supply chain concentration in aerospace-grade SiC fibers
🔹 Will Asia, particularly China, challenge North America's dominance in CMC manufacturing?
🔹 The role of AI and digitalization in driving down CMC production costs
🔹 A 2030 outlook: what breakthrough could fundamentally reshape CMC economics?
Whether you're a materials engineer, composites manufacturer, or industry strategist, this session is designed to give you a grounded, insider's view of where CMCs are headed — technically and commercially.
