JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #120 - April 2018 - 8

NEWS

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ln brief
Bruno Even appointed CEO of Airbus Helicopters
Orbital ATK produces enough composite parts
for 430 F-35 Lightning II fighter jets
Daher inaugurates its third Moroccan plant in Tangier
Construction
Chinese rebar leader increasingly turns to exports
Agenda

NEWS in brief

www.harperintl.com

Opening

Safran and Albany inaugurate third composite
fan blade production plant for LEAP engine
This is the third joint manufacturing plant to make composite
parts for the LEAP aircraft engine.
This third joint plant is similar to and complements the two existing
plants in Rochester, New Hampshire (United States), and Commercy
(eastern France), inaugurated in 2014.
It involved a total investment of about
US$100 million and
delivered its first
parts in October
2017, primarily making 3D woven composite fan blades
for the LEAP engine from CFM International. As the LEAP program develops, this plant will also make guide vanes. The investment needed to add this capability will start this year, with delivery
of the first parts expected in January 2019. Located in the Querétaro
Aerospace Park, this newest plant benefits from its proximity to other facilities, including Safran Aircraft Engines Mexico and Albany's
Machine Clothing plant in Cautitlan. Safran and Albany have been
working closely together for nearly 20 years. Through this high value-added partnership, they have developed the 3D RTM (resin
transfer molding) process used to produce fan blades and cases for
the LEAP engine.
The use of 3D woven composites makes a significant contribution
to the LEAP's performance, since it offers 15% lower fuel consumption and CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions than previous-generation
engines.
www.safran-group.com

jec composites magazine / N°120 April 2018

Bruno Even appointed CEO of Airbus Helicopters
Airbus SE has appointed Bruno Even, 49, Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) of Airbus Helicopters, effective 1 April 2018. He
will report to Airbus CEO Tom Enders and join the company's
Executive Committee.
Bruno Even comes to Airbus from Safran where he was CEO of
the Helicopter Engines business since 2015.
He succeeds Guillaume Faury who will assume his duties as
President Airbus Commercial Aircraft next week.
A graduate of the Ecole
Polytechnique, Bruno Even joined
the French Ministry of Defence in
1992 where he was in charge of the
space component's development for
the Helios II satellite. In 1997, he
transferred to the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs to become technical advisor
for the Director of Strategic Affairs,
Security and Disarmament. In 1999,
he joined Safran Helicopter Engines
(ex-Turbomeca) where he held a number of management posts up to Executive Vice President Support
and Services. From 2013 to 2015, he was CEO of Safran Electronics
& Defense (ex-Sagem).

Appointement

Contract

Harper awarded multiple projects valued at
$90M for advanced carbon fiber production systems
The company specialized in thermal processing solutions for advanced materials, announces its selection
by prominent international firms for major contracts to
supply production scale carbon fiber processing plants.
The multiple contracts include one of the industry's most
productive and efficient oxidation ovens, LT & HT carbonization furnaces, seamlessly integrated energy recovery and process exhaust gas cleaning systems. The new
contracts are valued at approximately $90M USD.

www.airbus.com

Albany International appoints Olivier Jarrault as CEO
Albany International announces that its board of directors has appointed Olivier Jarrault as President, Chief
Executive Officer and a member of the Board to succeed
Joseph G. Morone.
Mr. Jarrault brings 26 years of aerospace and industrial
experience to Albany.
Prior to being named Group President of EPS, he served
in a number of senior management positions at Alcoa including as Chief Operating Officer of EPS in 2010 and
President of Alcoa Fastening Systems from 2003 to 2009
- as well as at Fairchild Fasteners and LISI Aerospace.
Born in Lille, France, Mr. Jarrault earned an MS in mechanical engineering from the California Institute of
Technology and an MBA from UCLA and is a dual citizen of the U.S. and France.
www.albint.com

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