News archive: Structural Components | Airframer

10 September

GE Aerospace buys Cleveland-based castings maker CPP

The $11.75 billion deal covers castings and sub-assembly manufacturer Consolidated Precision Products, adding capacity for commercial engine and defence production.

6 August

KAI President, Kim Jong-chul, with Francisco Gomes Neto, President and CEO of Embraer, at the signing of the MOU on the 28th of July 2026.

KAI partners with Embraer on structures

The agreement sets out a framework for joint work on structures technology, with both companies exploring opportunities across design, engineering and quality control.

29 July

Strata signs composite aerostructures deal with Embraer

The MoA establishes a framework to evaluate composite aerostructures supply for Embraer's E2 family of commercial aircraft.

16 June

ReleaseDaher: industrial partner of Dassault Aviation on the Rafale programme

5 May

ReleaseCompass Precision acquires Accu-Tool, LLC

4 May

ReleaseMeloche Group acquires Groupe Rossi Aéro with support from Novacap and other partners

29 April

ReleaseAlbany Engineered Composites receives Pratt & Whitney engine component contract through 2036

8 April

Releasevoestalpine secures orders in the aerospace sector worth around EUR 1 billion

1 April

ReleaseSolestra Group adds flight safety, fracture-critical manufacturing capabilities with acquisition of Aerofab Corporation

30 March

ReleaseMayor Park Heong-joon: “make West Busan a hub for the future aerospace industry” … signs KRW 200 billion investment memorandum of understanding with Korean Air Co., Ltd.

20 March

ReleaseHorst marks 80 years of family-owned aerospace manufacturing

18 March

ReleaseKongsberg secures NOK 2 billion order for deliveries to F-35 Joint Strike Fighters

10 March

ReleaseTIGHITCO introduces patent-pending automated blade balancing technology for rotorcraft applications

9 March

ReleaseCross-supply-chain collaboration achieves world-first in carbon fibre recycling

5 March

Major airframers lean on CPI experience

CPI Aerostructures has gained repeat orders from two major airframers recently - for engine inlet assemblies on the Phenom 300 and canisters for the F-16 - and picked up pod production for Raytheon.

17 February

ReleaseProduction of composite components for the Do228 NXT by Röder Präzision GmbH

17 February

ReleaseTenax Aerospace and Air Industries Group announce strategic combination to form scaled aerospace and defense platform

9 February

ReleaseEmbraer advances supply chain development in India

4 February

ReleasePTDI and Japan’s ShinMaywa sign aerostructure component procurement contract for commercial aircraft

2 February

ReleaseMears Machine secures 10-year long-term agreement with major U.S. defense OEM for existing and next-generation airframe programs

8 January

ReleaseAerolloy Technologies completes installation of Plasma Arc Melting furnace at Lucknow facility

6 January

ReleaseSMS group supplies a high-performance radial forging machine to boost Haynes' high-performance alloy production

11 December

Bruno Coiffier, Senior Executive Vice President, Dassault Aviation, and Udayant Malhoutra, CEO and Managing Director, Dynamatic Technologies Limited.

Dassault expands Falcon 6X build partnership with Dynamatic

The Falcon 6X’s rear fuselage will now be fully manufactured and assembled by Dynamatic, furthering India’s aerospace ambitions through Make in India.

4 December

ReleaseDucommun Incorporated named BAE Systems Supplier of the Year for Vertical Launch Systems at seventh annual ‘Partner2Win’ supplier symposium

20 November

ReleaseTIGHITCO introduces new technology to streamline critical manufacturing process

11 November

ReleaseOwner Resource Group partners with manufacturer of complex, precision-machined parts & assemblies, Acme Industries, Inc.

28 October

ReleaseAlbany International initiates review of strategic alternatives for structures assembly business; announces loss reserve adjustment for CH-53K program; schedules earnings release date

16 October

ReleaseAlbany International Corp. announces corporate headquarters relocation to Portsmouth, New Hampshire

9 October

ReleaseMontana Aerospace extends partnership with Lockheed Martin on F-35 program

26 September

ReleaseMontana Aerospace AG: completes strategic portfolio transformation, becoming a pure-play aerospace company

13 August

ReleaseHunting awarded $21 million aerospace contract, driving 2030 diversification strategy

12 August

ReleasePTC Industries and Kineco Aerospace & Defence announce strategic MoU to collaborate on value-added aerospace components & structures

31 July

ReleaseSolestra Group expands North American aerospace platform with largest acquisition to date: LHM Technologies Inc.

22 July

ReleaseSullivan Street Partners agrees to acquire Senior plc’s aerostructures business

26 June

ReleaseWynnchurch Capital exits Northstar Aerospace

18 June

ReleaseDassault Aviation partners with Reliance Group to manufacture Falcon 2000 Business Jets in India for global market

17 June

ReleaseApplied Aerospace selected by De Havilland Canada to manufacture critical flight components for new De Havilland Canadair-515 firefighting aircraft

2 May

ReleaseThe PDI Group acquires Colinear Machine

28 February

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