Safran and the Telangana government announced a new plant in Hyderabad's GMR Special Economic Zone to make parts for the CFM International LEAP turbofan engine. The €36 million plant is set to employ 300 workers.
FACT (Fluid Actuation & Control Toulouse), which makes electro-hydraulic and electro-pneumatic equipment for aeronautics, defense and space, acquired TVI Nortier on May 15, 2020, and it became Nortier.
General Electric received a $707.27 million contract award exercising four options for F110-GE-129 engine production, covering FMS deals for Bulgaria, Qatar, Slovakia and Taiwan. Work will be performed in Cincinnati, Ohio, through 31 December 2026.
SAPA Placencia signed a contract to supply its BP-065 Auxiliary Power Units for installation in various versions of a European combat vehicle, with deliveries from 2020 to 2033. The article is dated 20 April 2020.
Meggitt has extended its contract to supply GE Aviation with valves, sensors and heat exchangers for engines over the next five years. The deal value was described only as multimillion-dollar.
Meggitt has been awarded a $73 million (GBP 56.8 million) five-year contract by Texas-based Bell Textron to supply ice protection components for the V-22 Osprey aircraft, including composite de-icing propeller rotor blankets, heated spinners, fairings and pendulums.
AAR signed a multiyear agreement to be the exclusive global stocking and selling distributor of AeroControlex auxiliary power unit lube pumps and related piece-part components.
Ontic signed its fifth license agreement with Meggitt, taking over continuing Part 21 new-build manufacturing and Part 145 repair and spares support for military aircraft parts, to be transitioned into its US and UK facilities.
GEFCO signed an agreement with Airbus to run reusable, foldable packaging for transporting components from European suppliers to Airbus assembly plants, gradually replacing disposable packaging. The project started in January 2019 and may extend to all European Airbus sites.
Hanwha Aerospace signed a supply contract with GE for aircraft engine parts worth about $300 million (350 billion won), produced at its Changwon and Vietnam plants.
Hanwha Aerospace will supply Trent engine turbine seal segments to Rolls-Royce under a contract worth $1 billion (about 1.2 trillion won), running from 2021 to 2045 with possible extension.
Hanwha Aerospace disclosed a supply contract worth KRW 1,152.5 billion with Rolls-Royce for turbine parts for Trent engines, running until 31 December 2045. The value equals 25.9% of Hanwha Aerospace's 2018 consolidated revenue.
Aerospace manufacturer Flexial Corporation broke ground on a 10,000-square-foot expansion of its Cookeville facility, adding production capacity and an engineering environmental test lab, and plans to hire 25-30 employees within two to three years.
Kaman Corporation agreed to acquire Bal Seal Engineering, a maker of precision springs, seals and contacts, for $330 million in cash. Bal Seal expects about $95 million in revenue for 2019.
Rolls-Royce has selected Liebherr-Aerospace to supply a pneumatic valve for its Trent 7000 engine, according to the company's press release.
Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse has been selected by Rolls-Royce to supply the pneumatic component package, including valves and actuation devices, for the Pearl 700 business jet engine that powers the Gulfstream G700.
Honeywell has named Mike Madsen, a long-time Aerospace executive, President and CEO of Honeywell Aerospace, effective immediately, succeeding Tim Mahoney, who moves to Senior Vice President, Enterprise Transformation.
Addev Materials, a supplier to the aerospace, space and defence market, has agreed to acquire ANDPAK, a custom chemical packaging provider, and Zip-Chem, a surface preparation products maker. Investors reinvested EUR 33 million into Addev to finance the deal.
Vernet Group, a portfolio company of Stirling Square Capital Partners, acquired Rostra Vernatherm, a portfolio company of Nikel Holdings and Valencia Capital, for an undisclosed amount. Rostra makes thermal control products for aerospace and defense, automotive and general industrial markets and will be renamed Vernatherm by Vernet.
LDC supported a secondary buyout of ELE Advanced Technologies, a Lancashire maker of aerospace and gas turbine components, in October 2019 to fund organic growth and capacity investment. The company later moved to a larger facility in Nelson, Lancashire, adding 40% production capacity.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Aero Engines received an order from All Nippon Airways to retrofit intermediate pressure compressor modules on Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines for its Boeing 787 fleet, with first shipment completed September 11, 2019.
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace signed a contract worth 113 MNOK with Marvin Engineering to supply air-to-air pylons for the F-35 program, covering production lot 12 through 2020.
Nikkiso plans to move industrial and aerospace production from its Higashimurayama plant to its Miyazaki plant, investing about 9.5 billion yen to expand capacity there, with about 100 new jobs. Completion is planned by 2021.
Lenane Precision of Shannon, Ireland, secured a ten-year deal to supply mechanical components to Bombardier Aerospace, which will create five jobs over the next 12 months. The contract was reported in July 2019.
Kellstrom Defense Aerospace completed its acquisition of TAVCO, Inc., a Chatsworth, California maker of pneumatic controls and pressure vessels for aerospace and defense. Financial terms were not disclosed.
US-based Universal Alloy Corporation began construction in March 2019 of a $170 million aircraft components factory at Danang's Hi-tech Park, in two stages with the first due in December 2020. The company plans to recruit 1,200 skilled workers.
Meggitt PLC signed an agreement in principle appointing Air Support SA as an approved repair station for aerospace high pressure engine control valves, aiming to reduce turnaround times.
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace was awarded a contract by Raytheon Australia worth 1.6 billion NOK to deliver NASAMS components for the Australian Government Land 19 Phase 7B program.
Abu Dhabi's Sanad Aerotech, a Mubadala subsidiary, signed a $6.5 billion contract with Rolls-Royce to maintain, repair and overhaul Trent 700 engines for Airbus A330 jets over nine years. Sanad will service 75 engines a year, up from 25.
Pratt & Whitney's Columbus Forge Disks business unveiled a new isothermal vacuum forge press, the C5, to raise output of turbine disks and compressor rotors for its engines. The press is part of the company's engine production ramp, following a $386 million investment in Columbus announced in 2017.
ITP Aero inaugurated new facilities in Querétaro, Mexico, for producing aircraft engine pipes and end-fittings, adding 40 jobs in 2019 and targeting 327,000 pipes and 230,000 end-fittings in 2020.
GE Aviation in Evendale, Ohio, was awarded a maximum $79,702,840 contract to support F110-GE-100 aircraft engine production for the US and Egyptian air forces, according to the Department of Defense.
Safran Transmission Systems Poland officially completed an expansion and modernization of its Sędziszów Małopolski plant, which began in 2016. The plant gained 1,750 m² of production space, 1,200 m² of social space and 640 m² of offices.
TAT Technologies signed a five-year agreement to supply heat exchangers to an unnamed leading European aerospace system manufacturer, with expected revenue of US$20 million over 2019-2023. TAT will be the exclusive heat exchanger provider for these products.
Schiebel broke ground on the doubling of its Wiener Neustadt site to nearly 8,000 m2 in 2019 and 2020, investing EUR 15 million and creating around 80 jobs. The site will employ 200 people.
Dynovis Inc. will invest $592,000 to renovate a 75,000-square-foot vacant facility in Rockbridge County, Virginia, establishing a new manufacturing operation and creating 44 jobs.
Hubner Manufacturing Corporation will invest $9.6 million to establish a new manufacturing facility in Dunlap, Tennessee, creating 66 jobs over five years.
Safran Aircraft Engines will build a new plant in Hyderabad's GMR Special Economic Zone to make parts for the CFM LEAP turbofan engine, with a €36 million investment supported by the Telangana State. Construction starts June 2019, with first parts planned for early 2020 and a workforce of 300.
Kampi Components received a Department of Defense order valued at $3,114,759 to supply the Defense Logistics Agency with 113 aircraft fuel cells made by Robertson Fuel Systems in Tempe, Arizona.
Rubin Aviation Corporation plans to invest about 1.376 billion rubles to build new production workshops and expand existing output of aviation equipment in Balashikha, Moscow Oblast. The new production is planned to start by January 1, 2025 and reach full capacity by early 2029. The land agreement was signed at the Russian Investment Forum.
GP:50 is adding 12,000 square feet to its Grand Island, NY headquarters, mainly for its Aerospace Division, and has bought over $500,000 in test chamber, pressure test and turning equipment, with occupancy planned by late February 2019.
Wipro Infrastructure Engineering's aerospace unit has started shipping parts to Boeing from its Devanahalli plant in Bengaluru. Boeing contracted Wipro to make strut assemblies for the 737 MAX and Next-Generation 737 programs.
Meggitt signed a five-year global agreement to supply spares and maintenance support across its aerospace product range to Turkish Technic, an aircraft maintenance, repair and modification provider.
Tempe-based Walbar Engine Components completed a new manufacturing facility in Guaymas, Sonora, with a 35,000 sq ft building for non-aerospace work and a 70,000 sq ft building for aerospace work. The expansion represents an investment of roughly $10 million.
Liebherr-Aerospace agreed with U.S.-based NORDAM to develop, manufacture, test and certify anti-ice valves for NORDAM's engine build-up system on A320neo aircraft with Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engines.
The Pentagon awarded Pratt & Whitney a contract modification worth nearly $400 million for performance-based logistics sustainment of the F-35 F135 engine system.
Eaton broke ground at the KIADB Aerospace SEZ near Devanahalli, Bangalore, to build its first Indian aerospace manufacturing facility on 2.75 acres, investing Rs 60 crore in the first phase. The site is expected to be operational in the second half of 2019 and employ 110 people.
Eaton Aerospace plans to set up a manufacturing plant in Bengaluru, India, according to a Deccan Herald report published on 12 November 2018.
European Springs & Pressings, a Lesjöfors company, bought a new site of about 2,000 square metres in Penryn, Cornwall, to serve its industrial spring business. It is planned to be fully operational from Q4 2018 with over 20 staff.
Honeywell will provide 10-year logistics support for U.S. Air Force secondary power systems on seven aircraft types and ground auxiliary power systems under a $1.036 billion contract announced by the Defense Logistics Agency.