RTI International Metals to supply titanium structural parts for Airbus A350-1000

RTI International Metals has been selected to provide finished titanium structural parts by Airbus for its new A350-1000 aircraft program. The award from Airbus – which represents its first procurement of RTI parts manufactured entirely by RTI’s vertically integrated supply chain – calls for RTI to supply two final-machined structural titanium fuselage parts for the Airbus A350-1000 aircraft model. Work to be performed by RTI includes providing titanium mill products, as well as extruding, forming, final machining and managing external suppliers. A portion of the extrusion, forming and machining will be performed by business units acquired by RTI over the last three years, as part of the implementation and build-out of RTIs vertically integrated supply chain. These facilities include RTI Advanced Forming and RTI Extrusions Europe, both located in The United Kingdom.