Lord Looks Over Europe
Lord is well known for bearings and assemblies especially for helicopters, but is now looking European fixed-wing work and high-tech acquisitions.

Lord Corp. (Chalet A33) is here at the Farnborough show as it starts a major expansion push into Europe. At a pre-show briefing at the Royal Aeronautical Society in London the company unveiled a new “aerospace business growth strategy for Europe”–the main focus being the booming fixed-wing airliner sector, as Lord is already active in the helicopter industry in Europe, specializing in noise, vibration and motion-control technologies.

The company told reporters that its “goal is $2 billion, doubling sales again by 2022,” after it recorded a doubling over the past 10 years, “now approaching $1 billion,” with aerospace playing “a significant role in that.”