When is a machine shop not simply a machine shop? When it decides to specialize, vertically integrate, and produce components focused on a specialty niche in the market. This is what Alta Precision has done to become one of the…
DCM is a vertically integrated supplier of aviation components, based near Montreal. The company has grown through acquisitions to encompass four divisions, each a center of excellence in its own right. Those centers include aviation welding (formerly AWI), tubing (DCM…
AeroMontreal is both a trade organization and think tank for the aerospace industry in Montreal, and has been particularly effective in serving the nearly 200 small and medium sized players in the aerospace market in Quebec, as well as the…
Boeing, which brought and both won and lost a trade case before the International Trade Commission in the United States, faced a March 22nd deadline to appeal that decision to the Court of International Trade. Boeing apparently has chosen not…
United Airline’s recent difficulties with animals on board, in which a flight attendant forced a passenger to place a dog in an animal carrier in the overhead bid, resulting in the animal’s death, followed days later sending a dog destined…
Dassault recently introduced the Falcon 6X, replacing the ill-fated 5X program that failed because Safran’s Snecma engine unit was unable to deliver the Silvercrest engine on time for that program. Dassault recognized that something needed to be done, and a…