Groupe Eramet : AUBERT & DUVAL (ERAMET Group) and MECACHROME announce the creation of MKAD

AUBERT & DUVAL (ERAMET Group) and MECACHROME
                         announce the creation of MKAD

      AUBERT & DUVAL (ERAMET Group) and MECACHROME create joint venture :


             A new unit for machining large titanium aircraft parts


MECACHROME  and AUBERT & DUVAL, two global  players in the aerospace sector, are
pooling their strengths and expertise in a joint venture called MKAD.

MKAD - towards full integration of the European aviation titanium stream

MECACHROME  and AUBERT &  DUVAL announce the  creation of MKAD,  a joint venture
specialising  in  finishing  aviation-grade  titanium  parts. Extending AUBERT &
DUVAL's  current titanium stream, MKAD will have machining and surface treatment
facilities  and  will  integrate  end-of-flow  operations through to delivery of
finished parts, all on a single site.

AUBERT  & DUVAL and MECACHROME,  with the creation of  MKAD, are building on the
partnership  of AUBERT & DUVAL, UKTMP and UKAD to form a fully integrated stream
for  closed  die-forged  aviation-grade  titanium  parts, from mining through to
delivery of finished parts.

Extraction  at  UKTMP  in  Kazakhstan,  forging  at UKAD, finishing at MKAD and,
finally,  closed-die  forging  of  parts  at  AUBERT  &  DUVAL  : the integrated
aviation-grade titanium stream is now a reality in Europe. MKAD is an industrial
partnership  with the aim  of supporting our  customers by creating an optimised
Supply Chain with the capacity needed for forged titanium parts, while improving
and  its  products'  competiveness  and  Buy-to-Fly  ratio by limiting waste and
making  recycling  easier.  MKAD's  creation  will  enable  AUBERT  &  DUVAL and
MECACHROME, which are already very active on the hard metal machining market, to
enhance their expertise in this area, strengthen their positioning on the latest
global  aerospace programmes, and keep up  their development strategy, which has
been very active in recent years.

MKAD's location in Varilhes, Ariège, France
MKAD  will take the form of an over 7,000 m2 plant to be built in Varilhes, near
AUBERT  & DUVAL's  Pamiers site  and Toulouse,  France's main aerospace hub. The
capital  project  is  planned  to  ramp  up  over  three years to come on stream
starting  mid-2016, with the creation  of around 80 jobs.  The French State, the
Midi-Pyrénées   region,  the  Ariège  département  council  and  Varilhes  local
authorities have rallied round this promising project.




Press Contact

AUBERT & DUVAL
Anne-Laure PERRIN
VP Communications
Email : anne-laure.perrin@eramet-aubertduval.com
Tel.: +33 (0)1 4538 3824
Find out more:aubertduval.fr

MECACHROME
Florence BOURLIER
Communications Manager
Email : florence.bourlier@mecachromegroup.com
Tel.:+33 (0)2 4730 6767
Find out more:mecachrome.com



Press release in PDF: 
http://hugin.info/143395/R/1928620/692511.pdf



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