UNITED STATES COPPER BUSBAR MARKET FORECAST 2024-2032

Furthermore, the growing awareness regarding the cost-effectiveness and energy efficiency of busbars is another major growth driver. Busbars minimize manufacturing and internal material handling costs by restricting assembly time. Also, automobile manufacturing companies are inclined to the usage of busbars over cables. In addition, busbars ease retrofitting due to the shifting loads and less space requirement, which has surged their preference in motor control center applications. 

The United States copper busbar market scope includes material type, deployment, end-user, and application. The application segment includes switchboards, motors & generators, heat sinks, bus ducts, transformers, power distribution panels, and other applications.

Power distribution systems using copper busbars offer efficient placements and simplify the bill of materials for the control panels. Also, the designers can reduce the total dimensions of the control panel with the removal of the connection wires and power distribution block. 

Further, industries are moving toward more electrification in mobility, transportation, and renewable energy. Therefore, busing the power into and out of the power inversion circuit becomes a key element that must be included in the overall system design for enhancing efficiency. Also, copper busbar technology entails a multi-layer composite structure connected with a platoon that can be considered similar to a power distribution system. 

In addition, the use of the laminated copper busbar approach offers well-structured, quick-to-install, easy-to-design, and modern power distribution systems compared to the traditional cumbersome and time-consuming wiring methods. Moreover, it is characterized by repeatable electrical performance, space-saving, good reliability, anti-interference, simple & quick assembly, and low impedance. 

With regard to switchboards, the key purpose of busbars is to conduct electrical current and are placed inside switchgear. Also, with control panels, it can be inconvenient to route line voltage and low voltage conductors in conformance with the National Electric Code. As a result, custom switchgear copper busbar systems can help meet line voltage switching and overcurrent protection requirements in control panels, thereby offering a reliable and clean installation. 

Some of the leading companies in the United States copper busbar market include Luvata, Eaton Corporation Plc, Aurubis AG, Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, etc.

Aurubis AG, a producer and distributor of non-ferrous metals, specializes in processing complex metal concentrates, scrap metals, and metal-bearing recycling materials into various metals. Among its offerings are copper cathodes and a wide array of copper and copper alloy products, including wire rod, shapes, rolled products, strip, and specialty wire. Additionally, its product portfolio encompasses gold, sulfuric acid, iron silicate, silver, lead, tin, nickel, minor metals like tellurium and selenium, and platinum group metals. With production centers located in Germany, Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, and the Netherlands, as well as a production site in the US, Aurubis operates globally while maintaining its headquarters in Hamburg, Germany.