Pattonair renews parts support agreement with McBraida

Thursday 26th July 2018

Rounding off a highly successful Farnborough Airshow last week, Pattonair, the expanding global supply chain provider for the aerospace and defence industry, renewed its parts support contract with Bristol, UK-based  McBraida plc for a further three  years.

McBraida Group is a high precision, high quality machined parts supplier to the UK and international aerospace industries.  It manufactures high precision engine and other aerospace components.

Both companies have been working together for more than 15 years, and this latest long- term agreement fully solidifies their long-term relationship, with a view to further grow the businesses together.

McBraida fully supports and is on track to achieving the Pattonair Gold Standard, a programme created by Pattonair to enhance their supply base.

About Pattonair

Pattonair is the aerospace and defence industry's leading global supply chain provider boasting a 40-year legacy of excellence and innovation in the sector.  Headquartered in Derby, UK, it offers a global service though dedicated facilities in Singapore, China, Poland, Brazil, Canada and five cities in the USA.

Its supports blue chip engine and airframe manufacturers and MRO customers with tailored supply chain management solutions providing C class parts. The company prides itself on providing outstanding customer service, high quality standards and approval systems.  www.pattonair.com

About McBraida Group

McBraida is a long-established Tier 1 strategic supplier, employing 250 people engaged in complex precision-machined aero-engine parts to OEMs including Rolls-Royce, Pratt & Whitney and their partners.  Its facilities in the UK and Poland are AS9100 rev D approved and capable of CNC turning/horizontal and vertical milling/ 5 axis and grinding.  It also offers NADCAP for specific in house non-conventional machining capabilities and processes. McBraida's goal is to be the cost-efficient supplier of choice for aero-engine parts to the large and medium civil engine manufacturers, as well as industrial power and military engines.

McBraida offers a Class-leading Technical Problem Solving manufacturing service, spanning all phases of the product life cycle, together with its Quality at Point of Production programme, significantly reducing final inspection defines our approach to a Zero Defects supply chain target. A continuous improvement strategy enables McBraida to optimise machine programming defined around cutting tool capability to gain maximum efficiency of value add manufacturing at lowest cost.

www.pattonair.com

www.mcbraida.com