Aeromet Joins CDC in Aerospace Consortium.Aeromet International, plc., a Kent, England-based supplier of precision aluminum and magnesium magnesium (măgnē`zēəm, –zhəm), metallic chemical element; symbol Mg; at. no. 12; at. wt. 24.305; m.p. about 648.8°C;; b.p. about 1,090°C;; sp. gr. 1.738 at 20°C;; valence +2. castings to the civil, militaiy and defense sectors, has joined the Castings Development Centre (CDC See Control Data, century date change and Back Orifice. CDC - Control Data Corporation ), Sheffield Sheffield, city, England Sheffield, city (1991 pop. 470,685), N England, at the confluence of the Don River and four tributaries. Sheffield was one of the leading industrial cities of England. It has been a center of cutlery manufacture since the 14th cent. , England England, the largest and most populous portion of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1991 pop. 46,382,050), 50,334 sq mi (130,365 sq km). It is bounded by Wales and the Irish Sea on the west and Scotland on the north. . The firm will participate as one of 15 companies involved in the CDC's research that aims to introduce more light-alloy castings into the primary structures of civil aircraft. The project, which is funded in-part by the Civil Aviation Research and Demonstration program, will continue through June 2002, and over the next year, products selected by the partners will be cast at CDC's facility. |
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