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Special processes in United States
Kronos Engineering supports industrial players in United States across the full range of special processes: shot peening, cold working, HFMI, flapper peening, needle peening. NADCAP Heat Treatment, EN 9100 / AS9100, PART-145. On-site operations in all major industrial cities of the country.
FAA · DoD · DLA
Boeing · Lockheed Martin · Northrop Grumman · Spirit AeroSystems · Textron Aviation · Gulfstream · Raytheon · Honeywell · GE Aviation
Boeing Everett · Boeing Renton · Aerojet Rocketdyne
Spirit AeroSystems · Textron Aviation · Beechcraft
Lockheed Martin Fort Worth · Bell Textron · American Airlines Tech Ops
Gulfstream Aerospace · Embraer Savannah
Lockheed Martin Greenville · GE Aviation · Stevens Aerospace
American Airlines Tulsa MRO · Spirit AeroSystems Tulsa · NORDAM
Honeywell Aerospace Phoenix · Boeing Mesa · Raytheon Tucson
Pratt & Whitney East Hartford · Sikorsky · Collins Aerospace Windsor Locks
Airbus Mobile · Austal USA
Context and positioning
The USA is the world's leading aerospace market (Boeing Seattle / Wichita, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Gulfstream Savannah, Spirit AeroSystems, Textron Aviation Wichita) and a benchmark defense market (DoD, DLA).
Kronos Engineering operates in the USA with its harmonized NADCAP qualifications, complementing local players — particularly for European customers operating on US sites or for independent technical audits.
Industrial landscape
Civil aerospace. Seattle (Boeing Commercial Airplanes), Wichita (Textron Aviation, Spirit AeroSystems, Bombardier Learjet legacy), Savannah (Gulfstream), Mobile AL (Airbus US Manufacturing — A220, A320), Greenville SC (Lockheed Martin light aircraft).
Defense. Fort Worth (Lockheed Martin — F-35), Marietta (Lockheed Martin — C-130), Palmdale (Northrop Grumman), El Segundo / Redondo (Raytheon), Ridley Township (Boeing Defense).
Engines. Cincinnati (GE Aviation), East Hartford (Pratt & Whitney), Lynn (GE), Indianapolis (Rolls-Royce North America).
Oil & Gas. Houston hub, Tulsa, Permian and Eagle Ford basins. HPHT equipment, pipelines, Gulf of Mexico offshore structures.
Typical missions
Shot peening and cold working compliant with BAC 5730 / BACC 5060. Independent audit and qualified second source.
Flapper peening, shot peening, cold working on G500 / G600 / G700 airframes. Gulfstream qualifications.
Shot peening of disks and blades in advanced materials (Inconel, titanium, Ni-superalloys). P29TF65 qualifications and derivatives.
HFMI on HPHT welds, cold working of API 6A bores, needle peening of offshore structures. NACE MR0175 compliance.
Independent technical review for European customers sourcing services in the USA.
Why Kronos in United States
Harmonized NADCAP qualifications. Our NADCAP Heat Treatment qualifications are internationally recognized and compatible with US customer audits.
European contact for US projects. For European customers operating in the USA: we are their familiar process reference, deploying on their US sites.
Independent technical audits. Independent review of US supplier dossiers for European customers.
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