Barnes Group Enters Into Strategic Partnership With Goodrich

Bristol, CT - Barnes Aerospace, a business unit of Barnes Group Inc. has inked an agreement with Goodrich Corporation's Aerostructures division. The agreement calls for Barnes Aerospace to manufacture nacelle components for both engine applications that power the Boeing 787 - General Electric GEnx and Rolls-Royce Trent 1000. In addition, Barnes Aerospace will provide nacelle components for two additional engine platforms, the Rolls-Royce Trent 700 and International Aero Engines V2500.

"This multi-program agreement increases Barnes Aerospace's content on the Boeing 787, a key strategic platform, with parts on both the GEnx and Trent 1000. It also adds new content on the Trent 700 which powers the Airbus A330, and on the V2500 engine which powers the Airbus A318, A319, A320 and A321 aircraft," said Patrick J. Dempsey, President, Barnes Aerospace.

The components under this agreement will be manufactured at Barnes Aerospace's facilities in Lansing, MI and Ogden, UT. Many of the components will be manufactured using a Superplastic Forming (SPF) process, a method that enables the creation of more extreme contours and configurations in metal, typically titanium, than conventional hot forming processes.

SOURCE: Barnes Group Inc.