Rafaut

Spanish company EXPAL and French group RAFAUT signed an agreement for joint market approach on airborne systems products and mission solutions, including collaboration on the FCAS program.

HLD Europe has entered exclusive negotiations to acquire the Alkan group from IDI and Groupe Chevrillon. This acquisition will bring together the Rafaut and Alkan groups to create a European leader in aircraft and helicopter carrying systems for defense and civil security.

Rafaut is investing €20 million to build a new 10,000 m² production unit in the Rouvignies business park near Valenciennes, France. The 4.0 plant will produce large and complex aeronautical parts, including bomb bodies for national defense, and is expected to create more than 60 jobs by 2021.