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.

FMI: www.libertycomposites.com