Constellium signs supply contract with Airbus

Paris-based Constellium SE has announced the signing of a multiyear contract with Airbus. The new 10-year agreement supports “all Airbus programs,” according to Constellium.

Constellium says the agreement calls for it to supply Airbus “with a broad range of advanced aluminum rolled and extruded products, including wing skin panels, sheets for fuselage panels and rectangular and pre-machined plates for structural components. The firm says it also will continue to supply aluminum-lithium alloys and other products and services.

“This agreement strengthens the long-standing partnership between Constellium and Airbus and further demonstrates the leadership role that Constellium holds in the market for advanced aluminum products and solutions,” says Jean-Marc Germain, CEO of Constellium. “We look forward to working with Airbus to continue growing our relationship through our comprehensive product development, manufacturing, supply chain and recycling capabilities.”

Constellium says it will supply Airbus with products from its plants in Issoire and Montreuil-Juigné, France, and Ravenswood, West Virginia, in the United States.