Ford Aerospace

Ford Aerospace is a UK manufacturer of precision shims and machined aerospace components based at Tyne Dock in South Shields, Tyne and Wear. Founded there in 1910 by Robert Ford and run as a family business most recently by his great-grandson Chris Ford, the company is now a wholly owned subsidiary of SPIROL, the family-owned global manufacturer of engineered fasteners, disc springs, shims, fastener installation machines and parts feeding equipment, which produces over two billion components a year from facilities in 13 countries. Ford Aerospace supplies mission-critical components to OEMs in the aerospace, defence, astronautical, specialty automotive, industrial and other high-tech industries.

Products

• Precision shims and gap management, including the company's own trademarked charted fit, adjustable and peelable laminate shim stock ranges Easipeel, Edgepeel and Plasipeel
• Surface and edge-bonded laminated products specified to AMS-DTL-22499, AMS 4013, CMS-MT-301 and LN29557, customisable in thickness and number of laminations, in aluminium, brass, bronze, steel, stainless steel and non-metallic materials such as Mylar and Kapton
• Machined aerospace components and legacy spares by CNC milling and turning with live tooling, as make-to-print or industry standard parts, including low volume and short run work for emerging, current and legacy programmes
• Pressed components and assemblies, with in-house value-added processes used to control quality, cost and lead time

Quality and approvals

Ford Aerospace is ITAR registered and AS9100 Rev D accredited, with ISO 9001, JOSCAR and Cyber Essentials certification and customer specific approvals, and has experience of AS9145 processes such as APQP and PPAP and of Vital or Class 1 parts with fixed layouts. It first entered the aerospace sector more than 40 years ago and names Collins Aerospace, TREMEC and Phinia among its customers. Its general manager has over 35 years in aerospace and sits on the Make UK regional advisory board, and the company runs the Ford Aerospace Apprenticeship Academy, through which quality inspector and team leader Chloe Kingsland joined at 17 while studying engineering at South Tyneside College. The team exhibits at events including the ADS Toulouse annual event.

Shows

Ford Aerospace appears in the exhibitor lists of DSEI UK 2027 and the Paris Air Show 2027.

Contact

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