In July, representatives of MS Aerospace visited with procurement representatives of Lockheed concerning the participation of MS Aerospace with Lockheed on the Joint Strike Fighter program. The Joint Strike Fighter is the Department of Defense’s focal point for defining the next generation strike aircraft weapons systems for the Navy, Air Force and Marines, as well [...]
Representatives of MS Aerospace visited with a new customer in July. This customer is a new start up company called HB Fasteners (HB), and it is located in the Greater Phoenix area, Arizona. HB is exciting to MSA because it is a new distributor and the principals of the company have a great amount of [...]
MS Aerospace is a leading manufacturer of precision aerospace fasteners in the world. MSA earned its reputation on the basis of its expertise, professionalism, and its innovative technologies in the fasteners manufacturing industry. In 2010 MSA has added four new Robotic Arms named Adam, Eve, Astro, and Apollo to its current manufacturing processes. MSA purchased [...]
In September, representatives of MS Aerospace visited with principals of Pattonair in Fort Worth, Texas, which is the headquarters for Pattonair in the United States. While Pattonair has long been a customer of MSA, the volume of sales orders with Pattonair has exploded in 2010 by well over 1000%. Pattonair is a global distributor and [...]
MS Aerospace’s customer reputation and business growth depends on the quality of products and services supplied. Quality not only means supplying product that meets fit, form and function, but supplying product that looks and performs with consistency, delivering product on-time, packaged and certified as required. It means doing the required things, the right way and [...]
Representatives visited General Electric Aviation Engines in Cincinnati, Ohio in October, 2010. At several meetings a range of GE managers and representatives visited with representatives of MSA. These meetings involved multiple areas of business between the two companies. MSA is a very large supplier of fasteners to GE, and consequently is very serious about making [...]
As part of our strategy for continued growth, MS Aerospace has recently increased its capital investment spending in various areas. Investing in equipment and machinery is reflecting an ongoing effort to increase capacity, offer a more competitive product through increasing productivity and provide a better quality product. In line with this strategy, two 110-ton hot [...]
In November, 2010 MS Aerospace signed an agreement with Supply Dynamics (SD) and United Performance Metals (UPM) to manufacture GE Aviation parts that will be ordered by distributors authorized to support GE Aviation requirements. This agreement opens a window for suppliers to submit orders directly to UPM and SD, and these companies will then submit [...]
MS Aerospace had recent talks with Lockheed Martin Space and Missile Orion Project officials. LM Space & Missile deals with satellites for commercial and military applications; missile defense systems; strategic missile systems and the Orion project crew module for NASA’s Constellation program. In discussions, representatives of MS Aerospace learned that the Orion capsule project looks [...]
Representatives from MS Aerospace recently completed a scheduled visit with its customer, United Launch Alliance. ULA is a very important partner for the space industry. ULA provides launch services using three expendable launch systems-Delta II, Delta IV and Atlas V. These launch systems carry a variety of payloads including weather, telecommunications and national security satellites. [...]