MONTANA AEROSPACE

The business is one of the world’s premier manufacturers of complex lightweight components and structures. Despite its name, Montana Aerospace also supplies its innovations to the e-mobility and energy sectors.

Led by a passionate and experienced leadership team, including co-CEO Kai Arndt, Montana Aerospace has set out its strategy to 2025. There is little doubt that the firm will do anything but soar past expectations.

A One-Stop Shop Concept

Montana Aerospace’s core competencies include the development and manufacturer of highly critical aircraft parts. Using high-tech materials and optimised designs, the business’ product range includes structural components more than 20 metres long for the fuselage, wings and landing gear, as well as components able to function under high thermal and mechanical loads.

Working with a range of metals, including aluminium, titanium, steel and copper, Montana Aerospace also delivers components including e-battery systems, transformers, generators and motors to its EV and energy clients. With 33 different locations across 14 countries in Europe, North and South America and Asia the business is well positioned to serve its OEM customersthe likes of Boeing, Airbus, Bombardier Aerospace and Gulfstream.

“We are a customer-focussed business and so being based in close proximity to our clients is key to the relationship building,” explained Arndt.

In addition, the business boasts seven engineering and development centres.

“Our concept consists of advising, developing, producing and providing service on a local-for-local basis. This helps us to have fast response times, intelligent logistics concepts and costoptimised solutions,” Kai shared.

By offering a one-stop shop service, which has bolstered its ESG initiatives, Montana Aerospace has become the supplier of choice for OEMs.

“By working locally to suppliers and providing everything under one roof, we have been able to reduce typical product delivery distance from 17,000 kilometres to 2,000 kilometres, in one example,” said Arndt, “As well as this meaning we can deliver more quickly than our competitors, it is also reducing our carbon footprint”.

With Montana Aerospace’s efficiencies, it has reduced its carbon footprint by 60% as well shortening delivery times from 60 weeks to 10-12 weeks.

In recent years, customers have recognised the value of Montana Aerospace and it has received awards from Spirit (Supplier Innovation in 2022), AIrbus (Best Performer Award in 2020), and Boeing (Excellence in Advocacy Award in 2017).

Strategic Vision

Aligning itself with its customer’s own ramp-up initiatives, Montana Aerospace is on target to meet what Kai described as “a very, very aggressive

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“Last year we delivered 1.5 million parts to customers and our order book is at capacity for the next year. For 2024 we’re already at about 80-90% booked, and we have about 20-30% availability for 2025. I am pleased to say we are in a very strong position,” shared Kai.

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