We’re celebrating getting to the “fringe” of the weekend with a Heat Treat Fringe Friday installment: a private equity firm in the aerospace supply chain has acquired Forged Solutions Group, a manufacturer of high-specification forgings used in flight-critical engine and structural components. The company’s products, including aeroengine discs and shafts, are the kinds of advanced alloy components that typically move through multiple downstream heat treatment steps before entering service.
While not exactly heat treat, “Fringe Friday” deals with interesting developments in one of our key markets: aerospace, automotive, medical, energy, or general manufacturing.
J.F. Lehman & Company has completed the acquisition of Forged Solutions Group, a manufacturer of high-specification closed-die forgings for aerospace, defense, and space applications. The company produces components including aeroengine discs, shafts, and structural parts from advanced alloys such as titanium, nickel-based superalloys, steel and aluminum before moving through machining and materials testing as part of the production process.
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J.F. Lehman & Company
The company supplies components for commercial aerospace and defense platforms through its manufacturing facilities. J.F. Lehman & Company, a private equity firm focused on aerospace, defense, maritime, government, and environmental sectors, completed the acquisition as part of its strategy to invest in companies supporting critical industrial supply chains.
Ben Hatcher, managing director at J.F. Lehman & Company, said, “FSG’s expansive forging capabilities, diverse product portfolio, and meaningful available capacity form a compelling and critical solution to the broader aerospace and defense industry’s production requirements. We are excited to build upon FSG’s differentiated technical capabilities and scaled operational footprint to increase throughput in support of current and next-generation aeroengine and defense platforms.”
Press release is available in its original form here.
