Smiths Aerospace
has been awarded a long-term contract by
Rolls-Royce, worth a potential of $20 million per year through to 2012, for engine components on the
1000 engine for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
The engine components for the program will be manufactured by Smiths’ facilities in
As a result of this latest win, overall Smiths content on the
Smiths will be providing various rotating and non-rotating engine components produced from forgings and flash-welded rings. The components include thin wall aero-engine parts such as retaining rings, front panels and sub-assemblies.
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