Walbar Acquires Chromalloy’s Guaymas Facility
CHANDLER, AZ – Walbar Engine Components (“Walbar”), a portfolio company of Cornerstone Capital Holdings (“Cornerstone”) that produces hot-section turbine engine airfoil components, has acquired the Guaymas, Mexico manufacturing facility of Chromalloy, a Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG) portfolio company.
Chromalloy has operated in Guaymas since 2009, supporting major OEM engine customers by providing precision machining of both high- and low-pressure gas turbine engine components. The 35,000 sf, state-of-the-art facility supports its customers through a wide variety of close tolerance machining capabilities including CNC grinding, EDM and milling.
"This is an excellent business combination that will have a significant, positive impact on Walbar’s growth trajectory. The transaction expands our customer base, further diversifies engine platform content, and will provide Walbar with substantial new manufacturing capacity to continue to support our customers’ increasing engine build rates."
With this acquisition, Walbar will gain key new engine content on Airbus and Boeing aircraft platforms along with Siemens industrial gas power plants. The combination also enhances Walbar's overall capabilities and manufacturing capacity.
About Walbar
Walbar manufactures high- and low-pressure turbine engine airfoil and related components including turbine blades, seal segments, nozzle guide vanes, and compressor wheels for the aerospace and power generation industries. Walbar operates from a total of 170,000 sf between its Chandler, Arizona headquarters and Guaymas, Mexico manufacturing sites.