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“ Since its establishment in 1973, Aerotron has developed into a global group of companies specializing in aircraft and engine leasing, manufacture, and parts repair and distribution across both the civil and military aerospace markets,” he opens.

Over the years, that broad capability has been strengthened through investment in complementary businesses. In 2019, the group’ s composites division, Aerotron Composites Ltd( ACL), was formed to reinforce Aerotron’ s supply chain solidification strategy.“ A previous incarnation of ACL already had strong links with Aerotron’ s customer base, meaning it could immediately support and build on an already substantial industry presence,” adds Andrew Leslie, Managing Director of ACL.“ Since that initial investment and group consolidation, ACL has become a leading UK aerospace and defense composites manufacture and repair specialist, as well as an AS9100 and NADCAP certified partner to major OEMs and SMEs.”

At ACL, advanced design meets scalable production. Combining decades of engineering expertise with a sharp focus on design-for-manufacture, the company delivers lightweight, high-performance composite structures built for both maximum capability and efficient, repeatable production at scale. While ACL supplies a number of key areas, its primary focus is providing highly complex parts to the aerospace and defense industries, with a particular concentration on rotorcraft. Additionally, it supplies the specialized tooling that customers use to manufacture their own parts. Product development is another specialism of the ACL team. Given its manufacturing background, the team always designs with robust, reliable production

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