Wed, Feb 25, 2009
Pitches Design Capabilities, Tooling For Outside Interests
With the current economic downturn
wrecking havoc on sales of small general aviation piston aircraft,
manufacturers are looking towards new areas to bolster revenues. On
Tuesday, Liberty Aerospace announed the formation of a new
Division, Liberty Composites, to market the company's experience in
aviation carbon fiber structures to other industries... both inside
and outside the aerospace field.
"We are proud to offer our composite capabilities to the open
market," said Mark Miller, Liberty Aerospace’s Senior VP of
Production. "The efficiency of our operation and the quality of our
product is second to none. We are excited about this expansion and
look forward to building additional relationships within the
aviation community and other various industries."
Liberty Composites offers a full range of services including
design capabilities, prototyping, testing, and tooling for any size
lot, large or small.
Company officials say Liberty has experience with a broad range
of composite materials, and their relationship with Toray
Composites (America), Inc. will remain a cornerstone of its future
growth.
Leslie Cooke, Director of Sales and Marketing for Toray’s
Advanced General Aviation Transport Experiments (AGATE) Aerospace
Prepreg Program, added "Liberty Composites is one of the few
companies that has earned the coveted FAA-AGATE Approval for its
composite parts manufacturing facility and we are excited about
this announcement."
Liberty is the second planemaker to broaden its services, in
hopes of riding out the global recession.
As ANN reported, AAI Acquisition -- which last
year attempted to resume production of the stillborn Adam A700 --
refocused its efforts to provide composites engineering and
consulting services to other companies. AAI said at the time it
hoped funding from that endeavor will allow it to resume
certification efforts for the very-light jet.
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