A MONTANA TECH COMPONENTS COMPANY AEROSPACE COMPONENTS
UNIVERSAL ALLOY CORPORATION UAC is a global leader in the manufacture of high quality aluminum aerospace products. CHIP POTH. CEO of Universal Alloy Corporation
MICHAEL TOJNER Founder & majority shareholder of Montana Tech Components AG Chairman of the Board of Universal Alloy Corporation Setting up Montana Tech Components, we committed ourselves to line up hidden champions with an industrial growth plan for global competition and to establish them as world market leaders in their industries. Montana Tech Components AG is the proud owner of Universal Alloy Corporation, a Tier 1 supplier of aluminum extruded profiles for leading aircraft producers. Universal Alloy Corporation has successfully grown from a US-based extrusion company to a global aerospace components company and is now focusing on expansion along the entire value chain. As majority owner of Montana Tech Components AG, I fully support the long-term strategy of Universal Alloy Corporation to become a vertically integrated supplier of aerostructure components with hard alloy casting, extrusion, machining, surface treatment and assembly facilities. The aerospace market is a growing market. Universal Alloy Corporation s will continue to be a reliable partner for large and small aircraft manufacturers in the areas of finished and semi-finished products. We will continue to invest in innovation to maintain and increase the quality and reliability of the products and services of Universal Alloy Corporation. Montana Tech Components supports Universal Alloy Corporation strategic plan with equity and debt financing and the introduction of strategic partnerships. The stable ownership structure resulting from my majority share holding is just one of the factors that support our confidence in this strategy. We are also convinced that our innovation-driven business model, backed by the full trust of our customers and employees, will bring us to our goal of innovation and market leadership. SIMPLIFIED STRUCTURE OF UAC GROUP UAC GROUP 100% 100% 100% 100% UNIVERSAL ALLOY CORPORATION (US) ALU MENZIKEN AG - EXTRUSION (CH) - EUROMOTIVE (AT) UNIVERSAL AEROSPACE COMPONENTS (CH) UNIVERSAL ALLOY CORPORATION EUROPA (RO) 4 UNIVERSAL ALLOY CORPORATION
CHIP POTH CEO of Universal Alloy Corporation Over the last twenty years UAC has organically grown to become a preferred supplier worldwide for hard alloy aluminum extruded profiles for both fuselage and wing applications. Today, we operate globally in five locations. Our vision and goal is to continue the forward integration of our business and products in the aerostructures supply chain. In the future, Universal Alloy Corporation will be a single-source fully integrated supplier of aircraft structure components and subassemblies. The UAC name and brand have become known for high quality products and services as well as for our flexible approach to doing business with our customers. We are in business for one reason and that is our customer. HISTORY OF UAC Alu Menziken founded in Switzerland MTC becomes ultimate owner of UAC New european facility start-up (Romania) Akquisition of Alu Menziken Euromotive (Ranshofen, AT) 1897 2006 2010 2014 First delivery of aerospace components to Fokker (F50) Alu Menziken Group Switzerland acquires UAC (Anaheim, CA) New southeast US facility starts operations (Canton, GA) 1956 1991 1997 2005 Heavy press facility begins operations (Canton, GA) 2 nd heavy press expansion (Canton, GA) 2013 UNIVERSAL ALLOY CORPORATION 5
UAC is evolving into a supplier of aerostructures. Forward integration of our engineered extruded products provides UAC a path to continue to grow within the aerospace industry. CHIP POTH. CEO of Universal Alloy Corporation
Company Profile Universal Alloy Corporation is a world-class manufacturer of aluminum extrusions and aerospace structural components ready for assembly. MORE INFORMATION WORLD LEADER UAC is the world s second largest manufacturer of aluminum aerospace extrusions with two facilities in the USA, one in Romania, one in Switzerland and one in Austria. The extrusion business is segmented into two markets: small and intermediate extrusions, primarily used in fuselage applications, and heavy press extrusions, typically used in wing applications. UAC has a market share of approximately 50% in the small and intermediate extrusion fuselage market. TAILOR-MADE SOLUTIONS UAC s vertically integrated value chain offers our customers tailor-made solutions that provide measurable added value. UAC s value chain solutions include research and development focusing on state-of-the-art aluminum alloy systems, highly engineered extrusions, machined detail parts, surface treatment, kitting, and assembly of aerostructures. MOST MODERN FACILITIES WORLDWIDE Universal Alloy Corporation has the most modern facilities in the USA and Europe. Further on, UAC continues to expand its global low-cost manufacturing footprint with the location of our newest facility in Romania. UAC s expert customer service, top quality products, and industry leading delivery schedules make it a reliable source for aerospace components from four worldwide locations. GLOBAL CUSTOMER BASE UAC supplies all aerospace OEMs, including Airbus, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Bell Helicopter, Bombardier, Cessna, Embraer, general aviation OEMs, and Tier 1/2/3 suppliers within the global aerostructures market. BUSINESS SEGMENTS SMALL & INTER- MEDIATE PRESS HEAVY PRESS AERO STRUCTURE COMPO- NENTS PRODUCTS Fuselage components: Wing structure components: Machined & Assembled: Floor structure applications Cargo handling systems Raceways Wing cleats Seat tracks Upper & lower wing stringers Side-of-body chords Spar chords Outboard wing ribs Nose wheel assembly components Wing rib posts Seat tracks Raceways Crossbeams Tie-down channels Machined cleats Floorgrid assemblies Kitting INCREASING VALUE CHAIN LINKAGE BILLET CASTING EXTRUSION MACHINING SURFACE TREATMENT ASSEMBLY 8 UNIVERSAL ALLOY CORPORATION
Worldwide Manufacturing Canton GA, USA Corporate Headquarters Sales and Product Support 2 Heavy Extrusion Presses 4 SIE Extrusion Presses Warehouse R&D Center Dumbravita Romania Sales and Product Support Cast House 4 SIE Extrusion Presses Machining Surface Treatment Aerostructure Assembly Warehouse India Software Engineering Anaheim CA, USA Sales and Product Support 8 SIE Extrusion Presses Warehouse Production and R&D Cast House Reinach Switzerland Speciality Foundry 4 Extrusion Presses Profiles Vietnam (planned 2018) SIE Extrusion Presses Machining and Surface Treatment Aerostructure Assembly Wichita Warehouse KS, USA Ranshofen Austria Development, Prototyping, Series Production Assembly UNIVERSAL ALLOY CORPORATION 9
Management Universal Alloy Corporation has a highly experienced executive management team with an entrepreneurial focus on global aerospace business development. Universal Alloy Corporation employs more than 1,300 people at four fully integrated global manufacturing locations, all harmoniously working together to ensure complete customer satisfaction. Universal Alloy Corporation s flexible marketing approach provides customer-oriented solutions in a time efficient manner. EXECUTIVE BOARD: MANAGEMENT TEAM: Chip Poth Kevin Loebbaka Ingo Planer CEO, President COO, President UACE CFO NON-EXECUTIVE ADVISORY BOARD: Michael Tojner Klaus Sernetz Martin Salber Secretary Michael Colt Iulian Gheorghe Dean Malejan Stephane Jambu Paul Scaglione Paul Andreucci Damien Mancini Daniel Varzaru Melissa Lindh Alex Tattersall Sr. VP Operations General Director, UACE Sr. VP Quality/Metallurgy Extrusion Sales Mgr., UACE VP Engineering Director Business Development VP Sales, UAC CFO UACE CFO UAC CEO Alu Menziken AG 10 UNIVERSAL ALLOY CORPORATION
Competences WORLD-CLASS QUALITY PRODUCTS UAC optimizes its value through customer-based solutions and ontime delivery of the industry s highest quality products. Additionally, innovation is employed as a method to maintain product and service differentiation that exceeds customer expectations. UAC is the only supplier with worldwide operations capable of supplying extruded cross-sections as well as finished machined, surface treated, and assembled parts, ready to be delivered to a global customer base. GLOBAL FOOTPRINT Our facility in Romania, which began operations in 2010, was the first hard alloy aerospace extrusion production site to be located in an Eastern European EU country. The synergies derived from the collocation of billet casting, extrusion, machining, surface treatment, and assembly have given UAC a valuable competitive advantage aligned with current market demands. INTRINSIC KNOW-HOW IN ALUMINUM Over the past 20 years we have engaged in the development of alloys that exceed the capabilities of our competitors and of carbon fiber composites. UAC will continue the develop ment of advanced alloys tailored for specific applications directed toward optimizing key end product characteristics. CUSTOMER VALUE Backed by forward-integrated manufacturing facilities, our integration into the early design and concept phase for alloy and product development creates a major competitive advantage for our customers. SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MODEL UAC s unique customer focus and long-term agreements with Boeing, Airbus, and other general aviation customers provide supply chain reliability and security. LEAN ENTERPRISE We place a very strong emphasis on a lean enterprise characterized by efficiency, short cycle times, high quality, and low transaction costs. UAC AT A GLANCE HIGH QUALITY PRODUCTS & TAILOR-MADE SOLUTIONS ONE STOP SHOP MOST MODERN PRODUCTION SITE IN A LOW COST COUNTRY SHORTEST DELIVERY TIME WITHIN THE MARKET LONG-TERM CONTRACTS WITH AEROSPACE OEMS LEAN ENTERPRISE ONE SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT 12 UNIVERSAL ALLOY CORPORATION
Industrial Growth Based on our strength and dominant market share for aluminum extrusions in North America, Asia, and Europe, we are well-positioned for continued growth and market leadership. GROWING SUSTAINABLE CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS We are committed to continuously building and developing a sustainable business model to serve our customers, our employees, the environment, and the communities in which we operate. UAC s business model offers customers unprecedented value in highly engineered products and logistics solutions that simplify their value chain. VISION UAC is poised to become an industry leader and global supplier of aerospace components. A vertically integrated value chain incorporating casting, extrusion, machining, surface treatment, kitting, and assembly will deliver customers unprecedented value in highly engineered aerospace components while simplifying their logistics solutions. Our aerospace components vision builds upon our existing relationships and leading position within the aerospace aluminum extrusion market. Our team is proud of the success over the past 20 years and we believe that the next 20 years will be even more successful the best is yet to come! CHIP POTH. CEO of Universal Alloy Corporation UNIVERSAL ALLOY CORPORATION 13
Integrated Value Chain Universal Alloy Corporation is a global supplier of aerospace components with a vertically integrated value chain incorporating casting, extrusion, machining, surface treatment, kitting, and assembly. BILLET CASTING EXTRUSION MACHINING SURFACE TREATMENT ASSEMBLY Integrated billet casting qualified to produce for all major OEMs High quality billet supply: 7XXX, 2XXX, 6XXX, and 5XXX series aerospace aluminum alloys and aluminum lithium cast products In-house tooling design and manufacturing support short lead times and new product introduction Two of the most modern 16,000 and 10,000 ton presses in the world Seventeen light and intermediate extrusion presses across two continents Global engineering resource network for CAD, CAM, and CMM programming State-of-the-art high-speed CNC five-axis machining centers producing extrusion profile and plate engineered components Specialization in machining of extruded profiles from cleats through 10-meter seat tracks Automated 10-meter anodizing line that is REACH compliant & provides environmentally friendly chrome-free solutions Painting and part marking operations for all OEMs NDT services including ultrasonic and penetrant inspection Experts in assembling floor structures and components from extruded profiles. Subassembled components ready for installation on the aircraft. Fully kitted logistics solutions. 14 UNIVERSAL ALLOY CORPORATION
OVERVIEW OF THE SMALL AND INTERMEDIATE PRESSES IN DUMBRAVITA, ROMANIA
Products Universal Alloy Corporation s aerospace products are utilized primarily in the fuselage and wing sections of commercial, military, and general aviation aircraft structures. STOW BIN RAILS Structure supporting the luggage compartments SEAT TRACKS Attached to the floor structure to enable accurate seat positioning SIDE TO BODY JOIN CHORD Attaches the wing to the airplane body 16 UNIVERSAL ALLOY CORPORATION
STRINGERS Attached to the wing and fuselage to provide structural strength to the airframe FLOORGRID ASSEMBLIES Crossbeams and seat tracks combined to create a rigid floor assembly CLEATS Used extensively throughout the airframe to join key components together WING RIBS Attached to upper and lower wing skins to create the structural integrity and aerodynamics of the wingbox WING STRINGER Provides structural stability in the wing UNIVERSAL ALLOY CORPORATION 17
AERO STRUCTURE COMPO- NENTS SMALL & INTER- MEDIATE PRESS HEAVY PRESS
Seat track Attached to the floor structure to enable accurate seat positioning Floor grid Crossbeams and seat tracks combined to create a rigid floor assembly Raceway Routes, holds, and protects electrical harnesses inside the fuselage Cleats Used extensively throughout the airframe to join key components together Trailing edge Part of the tapered aft section structure of the wing Tie down channel Structural component enabling cargo to be harnessed inside of the aircraft Stringers Attach to the wing and fuselage skins to provide structural strength to the airframe Wing stringer Attach to the wing skins to provide structural strength to the wing box Hinge Engineered product enabling precise opening and closing of doors and inspection hatches Side-of-body chord Major structural component used to attach the wing to the fuselage Central wing box Major monolithic structure below the fuselage that holds the wings in place and keeps them cantilevered Crossbeam (floor beam) Structural crosswise beams throughout the length of the fuselage attached to each fuselage frame and providing the main structural integrity of the floor grid Wing rib Major structural component inside of the wing box that helps hold aerofoil shape, attached through upper and lower wing skins and to front and rear spars Integrally stiffened wing panel An optional wing design that integrates the wing skin panels and wing stringers into a monolithic part Seat track hollow Lightened box section that allows seats to be accurately positioned Engine containment rings Rolled into a ring and welded together. Used to contain the engine blades in the event of a failure. Top hat section Stiffened stringer Wing spar chords Angles that create the rigidity of built-up front and rear spars UNIVERSAL ALLOY CORPORATION 19
Corporate Social Responsibility From the aluminum extrusion process to the sale of machined and assembled structures, we think and act in a responsible manner according to the highest standards of professional ethics. At UAC, we manage our business for long-term success in a manner that is professionally, environmentally, and socially responsible. Developing sustainable business practices is not only critical to the future of our company, but also for the benefit of future generations. Sustainable practices are leading UAC to growth, both profitably and responsibly. We demonstrate this by operating our business with honesty and integrity, providing a safe workplace that fosters dignity and respect, creating a positive economic impact for our stakeholders, supporting the sustainability of the environment, and striving to make a positive difference in our local communities. Our goal is to improve the quality of our customers' life by providing high quality services. At UAC, we care about the communities where we live and work. From supporting local education institutions and youth leadership development programs to empowering our employees around the globe to volunteer their time and talents, we recognize the power of giving back to our communities. ASSOCIATIONS AND INSTITUTES, UAC SPONSORSHIPS AND LOCAL PROJECTS: Through the non-governmental organization NEMUS, UAC engages in the community by supporting art and culture, the environment, youth information and development, etc. UAC is a partner of American International School of Transylvania. www.asociatianemus.ro GRUPUL ZIARIȘTILOR DONATORI DE SÂNGE UAC sponsors of the Blood Institute for the purchase of needed equipment and promoting UAC blood drives. Green Dumbravita is a yearly project in which UAC gathers volunteers among its employees. Together with 50 children from the local schools they clean up trash polluting local rivers and communities. 20 UNIVERSAL ALLOY CORPORATION
ALUMINUM EXTRUSION PRESS IN DUMBRAVITA, ROMANIA
Montana Tech Components Montana Tech Components AG became owner of Universal Alloy Corporation in 2006. Since then UAC together with the Swiss subsidiary Alu Menziken have formed the Aerospace Components division of the industrial group. VARTA AG UAC AND ALU MENZIKEN EXTRUSION ALPINE METAL TECH INDUSTRIAL COMPONENTS VARTA AG and its affiliates VARTA Microbattery, VARTA Storage and VW-VM Forschungsgesellschaft mbh & Co. KG produce microbatteries for electronic industry and medical technology and pursue growth-oriented projects in the fields of e-mobility and energy storage systems. The companies in the Montana Aerospace Components division are leading manufacturers of aluminum profiles and ready-to-install components for the aerospace and other industries worldwide. In the Montana Metal Tech Division, Alpine Metal Tech is a world market leader in the field of special purpose plants and machinery for the metallurgical industry and aluminum wheel production. It is known worldwide as fullliner for engineering, manufacturing, sales and service. Utilizing the industrial expertise of the Montana Group, Industrial Components develops and pools the resources of industrial companies with potential. It provides strategic support and investments in innovative products, sales, and R&D to promote these companies growth and support their market positions. Montana Tech Components GmbH Mariahilfer Strasse 1/Getreidemarkt 17 A-1060 Vienna, Austria Tel: +43 1 961 0692 / Fax: +43 1 961 0832 www.montanatechcomponents.com office@montanatechcomponents.com Montana Tech Components AG Alte Aarauerstrasse 11 CH-5734 Reinach, Switzerland Tel: +41 62 765 2500 / Fax: + 41 62 765 2510 office@montanatechcomponents.com www.montanatechcomponents.com 22 ALPINE METAL TECH
BILLET READY TO BE EXTRUDED WITH THE HEAVY PRESS IN CANTON, USA
UNIVERSAL ALLOY CORPORATION UAC SWITZERLAND Alte Aarauerstrasse 11 CH-5734 Reinach, Switzerland Phone: +41 62 765 22 03 aerospace@universalalloy.ch UAC ROMANIA 244A Dumbravita 437 145 Maramures, Romania Phone: +40 262 202 330 office.ro@universalalloy.com UAC USA 2871 John Ball Way Anaheim, CA, USA 92816-6316 Phone: +1 800 331 7772 customerservice@universalalloy.com UAC USA 4100 W. Walker Street Wichita, KS, USA 67209 Phone: +1 316 946 0700 customerservice@universalalloy.com UAC USA 180 Lamar Haley Parkway Canton, GA, USA 30114 Phone: +1 888 479 7230 customerservice@universalalloy.com