UK manufacturer Avingtrans has been awarded a £3 million, three-year contract to supply rigid pipe assemblies to a market leader in the provision of flight controls.
Sigma Precision Components, a unit within Avingtrans' Aerospace division, has won the contract to deliver rigid pipe assemblies to a customer supplying clients across the aerospace and defence sectors, including Boeing.
Avingtrans manufactures components and provides associated services to the medical, energy, industrial and global aerospace sectors.
Avingtrans' Sigma facilities in the UK and China will be involved in manufacturing the pipes. The division's global capability was a key factor in winning the bid process, the company said.
The contract comes with a further possible two-year extension.
Steve McQuillan, chief executive of Avingtrans, commented: "We are delighted to have been selected as the chosen supplier by this market leader, following this competitive bid process. Avingtrans' Sigma subsidiary has been supplying this particular market leader with machined parts for many years and this new rigid pipe package strengthens our business relationship significantly."
Based in Nottingham, East Midlands, Avingtrans provides highly engineered components and services to the energy, medical, scientific and research communities, and traffic management, automation, machinery and aerospace industries worldwide.
