174 | Business World Magazine |
May 2013
Over the last six decades, incredible advance-
ments have been achieved in the designing
and engineering of aeronautics, be it in the
form of fixed-wing aircraft and jet engines to
helicopters, nuclear propulsion systems and
more. The emergence of such mechanized
marvels has been supported by the vital ef-
forts and expertise of a dynamicmetal forging
company known as Consolidated Industries.
Operating from a 15-acre site in Cheshire,
Connecticut, Consolidated Industries is a
producer of custom-designed, closed-and-
open varieties of die forgings essential in the
manufacturing of some of the world’s most
sophisticated technical innovations. Consol-
idated Industries’ components can be found
among the applications on Sikorsky “Black-
hawk” and Boeing “Chinook” helicopters,
Lockheed’s C-130 “Hercules” and Northrop
Grumman’s E-2C “Hawkeye” - just a few ex-
amples of their highflying handiwork. Con-
solidated produces fuel system valves, as well
as the elbows, blades and vanes for aircraft
engines. They forge the shafts, fins, adapter
collars and controllers utilized in missiles.
They make the rotor components for heli-
copters, the landing gear components in air-
craft frames and the stainless steel blades and
vanes necessary for the generation of power.
The client list of Consolidated reads like a
