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Alcore Brigantine, Inc. achieves Boeing BAC 5317 qualification

14/05/2010

Press releaseIssued by The Gill Corporation - France and published as received — not written by Airframer’s editors.

Alcore Brigantine is pleased to announce their recent qualification to the Boeing Company's BAC 5317 Process Specification.

Boeing notified Alcore Brigantine they were approved for manufacturing honeycomb core details and bonded core assemblies. This specification establishes the requirements for material usage and approved process fabrication of Advanced Composite Laminate and Honeycomb Sandwich Structural Parts for Boeing commercial aircraft programs.

The qualification process involved the coordinated efforts of operations and engineering teams at Alcore Brigantine, Inc.

Alcore Brigantine, Inc. offers broad manufacturing capabilities in structural core materials technology in Europe. This includes both aluminum and non-metallic honeycomb in aerospace and commercial grades, with in-house design and special processing expertise. Alcore Brigantine, Inc. is a subsidiary of the M.C. Gill Corporation.