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When Dayton T. Brown Senior founded his company in 1950, he was already a pioneer in aviation after graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, designing aircraft and working with large companies such as Detroit Aircraft, the Brewster Buffalo Company and Northrop Grumman. Dayton T. Brown, Inc.( DTB) began manufacturing small components for the aerospace sector and working on numerous projects for the Navy, which kickstarted the company’ s testing and engineering division – described by President, Jim Kelly, as the cornerstone of the organization. Rapidly evolving into an established sheet metal manufacturer, the corporation eventually transitioned into a manufacturer’ s partner to help them achieve certification, and today, it collaborates with cutting edge
companies including SpaceX, Blue Origin and Lockheed Martin Corporation.
As DTB celebrates a significant 75-year milestone, Jim joins Manufacturing Today, along with his colleagues Matt May, VP & Division Manager in Testing & Engineering, and Ivette Damish, SVP in Corporate Sales & Marketing, to discuss how its partnerships, facilities and innovations have progressed over the decades.“ Our work revolves around new product introduction( NPI) and it starts early in the design process,” Ivette starts.“ This means we have NDAs with most of our partner companies, and we regularly see the products included on TIME’ s Best Inventions of the Year list. These new trends are exciting; it brings passion and it drives what we’ re doing.”“ We’ re constantly innovating and this is the reason why giants such as SpaceX and Blue Origin work with us,” adds Jim.“ We can match
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