MB Aerospace, East Granby, Conn., has acquired Vac Aero (Poland) from its Canadian parent company, Vac Aero International, for its extensive range of special process capabilities, including heat treatment and vacuum brazing, vacuum carburizing, air plasma spray (APS), and high-velocity oxygen fuel (HVOF) thermal spray coatings, as well as corrosion and oxidation-resistant paint coatings. The former Vac Aero subsidiary has a range of customer approvals and will continue to serve key customers in Europe, including UTC, Pratt & Whitney, and Siemens.
The business, which employs over 100 people at two sites in Kalisz (central Poland) and Rzeszow (south-east Poland), specializes in providing protective and performance-enhancing coatings for aero-engine and industrial gas turbine components. These OEM-licensed and proprietary coatings provide resistance to wear, corrosion, and heat across performance-critical compressor, combustor, and turbine components.
The business will remain at its two current sites and will be immediately rebranded as MB Aerospace Technologies (Poland). In order to support the existing customer base and the growing aerospace market in Eastern Europe, MB Aerospace is planning to invest across the business with particular focus on its surface coating services, including thermal and plasma coatings and a range of paint capabilities, as well as heat treatment and brazing processes.
According to Craig Gallagher, MB Aerospace chief executive officer, “With thermal and plasma coating capabilities now available to us in the region, we can provide customers with fast, responsive lead times for aero-engine and industrial gas turbine component treatments, whilst mitigating the logistics, and cost, of shipping products long distances to have such critical work done.”
“We have inherited a well-established and respected business in Poland with highly skilled employees and a wide range of customer approvals,” says Dave Farmery, managing director of MB Aerospace Poland. “Working closely with the existing team, we will invest heavily to provide the local market with the capabilities and capacity required to ensure customers continue to receive a world-class service.”
