AERO DYNAMIC Aeromet International PLC is a global leader in the casting of aluminium and magnesium for critical components used by the aerospace and defence industries. Philip Yorke talked to Alan Dustan, the company’s business development director, about its ground-breaking new alloy and its move into new markets.
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eromet International PLC was founded in the UK more than 30 years ago and has grown to become a world leader in the manufacture of premium quality aluminium sand and investment castings and magnesium sand castings. The company has continued to invest in new technology since its inception, both in the sand and investment 156 Industry Europe
casting processes, for the aerospace, defence and auto sport industries. The company operates three major manufacturing plants in the UK. The first is located at Sittingbourne in Kent, where Aeromet produces aluminium and magnesium sand castings with mould sizes up to 1m3. The company also operates
two modern investment foundries, one in Rochester and another in Worcester, which are capable of producing aluminium investment castings that range from 10mm3 to 1.5m3, by either conventional or advanced SOPHIA casting processes. Aeromet’s Worcester facility has the accolade of being the only Boeing-approved
