Flow International to begin work on the Airbus contract

Flow International Corporation has received purchase orders for four systems under the recently awarded contract to exclusively supply Airbus with Composite Machining Center (CMC) abrasive waterjet and routing machine tool systems to support the production of its upcoming A-350XWB. The purchase orders were for a CMC to machine the keel beam section in Nantes, France, a CMC to machine the cockpit section 11 and 12 in Meaulte, France, a CMC to machine forward fuselage panels section 13 and 14 in Nordenham, Germany, and a CMC to machine forward fuselage panel section 19 in Illescas, Spain. The total value of the four purchase orders exceeds $13 million in revenue and is now in Flow’s backlog.