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AGC AeroComposites & ATK sign teaming agreement

17 Jul '14
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AGC AeroComposites and ATK announced a teaming agreement creating an aerospace and defense industry resource spanning the full scope and scale of aerospace composites structures. Under terms of the agreement, the companies will team to pursue content on both commercial and military platforms with an emphasis on tape lay and hand lay-up solutions.
 
The combined core capabilities of each company will provide mutual turnkey composite design, manufacturing capabilities and solutions. The scope of the global team capabilities encompass: both structural and nonstructural advanced composite products, specialized equipment, tooling, and manufacturing processes spanning fiber-placement, automated tape lay-up, large resin transfer molding and finishing and specifically hand lay-up.
 
“This teaming agreement allows AGC AeroComposites to meet a wider range of customer needs and to grow our business efficiently,” said Rick Armstrong, president and chief executive officer of AGC AeroComposites. "It’s a perfect fit with our overall strategic growth plan, and will allow us to continue to add to our presence on new generation aircraft with high composite content.”
 
“Both ATK and AGC AeroComposites are well-known in the industry as providers of highly engineered and reliable composite structures,” said Joy de Lisser, vice president and general manager of ATK’s Aerospace Structures division. “Teaming and synergies will allow us more breadth in scope and to provide our customers with low-cost hand lay-up composite structure solutions.”
 
Rick Armstrong along with other members of the AGC AeroComposites’ leadership team will be available July 14 - 20 at the Farnborough Air Show in the ADS U.K. Pavilion, Hall 1 Stand B15F.

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