Aircraft
Kobe Steel Forges A350 Gear Win
Japan-based Kobe is to provide titanium landing gear forgings for the new Airbus twin-jet.

Messier-Bugatti-Dowty–part of Safran Group (Hall 4 Innovation Zone Stand A7), which is providing the landing gear for the Airbus A350–has signed a contract with Japan’s Kobe Steel to supply the French company with titanium forgings for the main landing gear of the Airbus A350 XWB.

The parts will be manufactured by Kobe Steel and its group company, Japan Aeroforge, a joint venture Kobe Steel established with Hitachi Metals and several minor shareholders. Japan Aeroforge’s 50,000-ton hydraulic forging press is one of the largest in the world. Through the agreement with Messier-Bugatti-Dowty, Kobe Steel will be Japan’s first supplier of large titanium forged parts.

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