(Xpect Solutions: Wixom, MI) -- In recent years, Southfield, Michigan-based Bradley-Thompson Tool Co. has focused its precision machining know-how on the aerospace industry—particularly on complex gear box castings.

“We’ve been successful in carving out a niche for ourselves on specific parts like gear boxes, without having multimillion dollar machining centers to do it,” says Art Watson co-owner of Bradley-Thompson. “What we do have is tremendous machining and toolmaking experience born out of many years of designing, building, and manufacturing parts and machining systems for the automotive industry. What our global aerospace customers have been impressed with, here, right on 8 Mile Road in Detroit, has been our ability to accurately and consistently produce their complex parts on time, at a reasonable cost, and with the tolerances and specifications they require. Like many aerospace suppliers, we first became involved by manufacturing service parts, which ultimately provided us the opportunity to quote on original-equipment components. We are ISO 9001- and AS9100-certified.”

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