Northwest Aerospace News August | September Issue No. 10 | Page 10

W hile TECT Aerospace is headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, their roots run deep in the North- west. Their 160,000 square foot Everett, Washington plant is their Complex Assembly Center of Ex- cellence offering mill turn/grinding, hard metals and aluminum machin- ing, complex mechanical assem- blies, and additive manufacturing. A Small Machined Parts Center of Excellence in Kent, Washing- ton boasts 50,000 square feet of complex hard metal and aluminum machining less than one meter in size with the ability for rapid new product introduction. Their extended geography portfolio also includes a Titanium Machining Center of Excellence along with a Long Bed Aluminum Center of Excellence totaling 700,000 square feet in Wellington, Kansas. Here TECT specializes in medium-sized complex titanium and aluminum long-bed, multi-spindle products greater than four meters in length. And in Park City, Kansas the TECT portfolio is rounded out with a 200,000 square foot High Speed Complex Machining Center of Excellence specific to aluminum monolithic products less than or equal to four meters in length. With this impressive portfolio, a broad product offering, and foundational passion for all things airplane, TECT Aerospace is now able to provide critical components and parts that build the majority of the large aircraft endoskeleton. 10 NORTHWEST AEROSPACE NEWS