Mayday prepares for Asian aviation industry take-off

In aerospace manufacturing, where cutting-edge technology and precision are the norm, Mayday Manufacturing is the preferred partner of most aircraft builders. As it plans on further growing its business outside the United States and Europe, Mayday looks for distribution partners in Asia to contribute to the burgeoning aerospace industry in the region.

Mayday manufactures and supplies built-to-print, high-quality bushings, sleeves, pins and spacers directly and to the supply chain of the biggest names in the aircraft business such as Airbus and Boeing. Active in the aviation industry for more than 40 years now, Mayday has built its expertise from the simplest to the most-complex parts.

"Although we excel in a wide variety of parts, customers look to us for the more difficult and more challenging ones to produce," says Tom Shaw, vice-president of sales and marketing. "We are recognised as one of the premier aircraft parts suppliers, and we owe it all to our owners' commitment to investing in quality equipment and knowledgeable people."

Mayday understands the flow-down requirements of aerospace companies and ensures that each step in the production - from sourcing raw materials to product finishing - complies with stringent industry standards and specific customer requirements.

Through sister company Hi-Tech Metal Finishing, Mayday offers a vertically integrated supply chain to customers. Mayday is housed in the same facility as Hi-Tech Metal Finishing in Denton, Texas, enabling the former to provide shorter lead times and a more reliable delivery.

Instead of shipping out the parts for further processing and waiting for the finished product, which takes around three weeks, Mayday delivers the parts to Hi-Tech Metal Finishing the same day they are manufactured. The synergy of Mayday and Hi-Tech Metal Finishing saves two weeks in lead time as compared to the competition.