Parker Aerospace and GE Aviation launch joint venture – Advanced Atomization Technologies

Parker Aerospace and GE Aviation announced that they have reached an agreement to form a joint venture, Advanced Atomization Technologies, LLC, to enhance the development and manufacture of commercial aircraft engine fuel nozzles. This represents a critical addition to the comprehensive GE fuel management team. The 50-50 joint venture – created specifically to produce fuel nozzles for current and future GE Aviation commercial engine platforms (including aerospace and aero-derivative engines) – will be located in the Parker Gas Turbine Fuel Systems Division facility in Clyde, New York. The joint venture will employ approximately 300 skilled assemblers, technicians, engineers, and other professionals in the production of advanced fuel nozzles and related products for GE Aviation. (No financial information on the joint venture has been disclosed.)