GE Aviation and Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc., have entered into a definitive agreement to form a joint venture for the development, support, and application of specialized coatings.
The coatings will be tailored for GE Aviation’s and CFM International’s (CFM International is a 50/50 joint company between GE and Snecma [Safran] of France) current and future engine models, including the GE9X and LEAP engines.
This move is the latest in a series of apparently reorganizational steps Praxair has taken in the Southeast US recently. Earlier this month, the company announced it would build a new ASU as part of a contract with Toyra Carbon Fibers America, and at the very start of 2016, Praxair combined joint venture operations with nexAir after first aligning with that company in 2012, resulting in nexAir’s management team leading the combined entity of nexAir and Praxair Distribution Southeast, LLC.
When created, the new joint-venture company will expand its footprint with a new coatings plant in the Southeast US, which will supplement the services provided to GE from Praxair’s Indianapolis facility and other global operations. Additionally, under the agreement, Praxair Surface Technologies’ current scope of services provided to GE Aviation will be expanded. GE Aviation production volume will continue to grow due to a large backlog of commercial engine orders.
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