Messier-Bugatti-Dowty expands its NKY facility

Messier-Bugatti-Dowty, the world leader in carbon brakes, recently announced the expansion of its facility in Walton.

The expansion will add more than 40 percent surface to the existing carbon brake production facility footprint. This capacity has been added to accommodate a significant increase in the plant's production volumes and refurbishment activities of carbon brake disks for the commercial and military aircraft industry. This $50 million investment is the facility's sixth expansion since its opening in 1999.

"We are very pleased today to inaugurate the facility expansion in Walton. The plant is of one our core wheels and brakes manufacturing facilities, fully dedicated to North American military and commercial programs," said Alain Sauret, chairman and CEO of Messier-Bugatti-Dowty, at the announcement. 

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