Component
Welding wire
Solid or flux-core steel welding wire, often copper-coated.
Criticality
Medium
Unit cost
$1.8K
Quality
60 / 100
US completeness
66.9
Made in US
400,000 tonnes
Current demand
600,000 tonnes
US exports
32,000 tonnes
Opportunity score
36.5
Domestic vs international supply
Planned US investment, next 5 years
$150M
Expected extra output: 50,000 tonnes per year