Smiths MRO

Smiths MRO is the aerospace MRO supply division of Smiths Advanced Metals (SAM), a UK stockholder of engineering alloys. Its website says it specialises in supplying raw materials for the global aerospace MRO supply chain, in various grades and forms, for companies doing line and base maintenance, AOG repairs, aircraft conversion, overhaul and structural work. It is based in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, in the same offices as Smiths Advanced Metals, close to London's airports and the UK motorway network.

Materials supplied

• Extrusions and rolled shapes, including seat track shapes to Boeing and Airbus standards, angles, channels and T shaped aluminium profiles
• Bars and rods, including nickel and aluminium bronze bars used in landing gear
• Sheets, plates, wires and tubes
• Shim material in aluminium, steel and plastic for gap filling
• Aluminium, steel and titanium, the metals the company lists as typical for aerospace, in sheet, bar and extruded and rolled profiles

Services

• Stock material cut to size with no minimum order quantity, to reduce waste and transit times
• In-house processing services
• Export services: an export team that arranges air, road and sea shipping and the related paperwork, with courier accounts, or shipment on the customer's own freight account
• 24/7 AOG material support through a round-the-clock AOG desk, with a separate out-of-hours telephone line and an option to arrange a dedicated courier
• Dispatch of stock items within a couple of days, and often on the same day, according to the website
• A bespoke IT platform supporting stock and ordering

Who it serves

Companies carrying out scheduled line and base maintenance, AOG repairs, aircraft conversion, overhaul and structural repair, domestically and internationally.

Company facts

• Parent company: Smiths Advanced Metals (SAM)
• The website says Smiths MRO has moved to a new facility under a work transfer, and that the location was recommended for addition to its AS9120 accreditation, with a new certificate expected in July 2025
• The footer of the site also shows an address in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire