On January 14th 2015, Fokker signed a contract to manufacture and produce wing components for Lockheed Martin’s next batch of F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter jets. The contract calls for Fokker to provide flaperons and outboard leading edge flaps starting with low-rate initial production lots designated Numbers 9-10. With a contract completion year expectancy of 2017, Fokker will commence production starting this year with 100 of their Hoogeveen employees participating. Fokker is a welcomed addition to the 28 Dutch companies and 100 subcontractors already working on the production of the F-35.
Learn MoreBased in Kariya, Japan and founded in 1949, Denso Corporation is a global, publically traded automotive components manufacturer. A portmanteau of the Japanese words Den-Ki (electric) and So-Chi (equipment), Denso is organized around seven primary business groups: powertrain control systems (35% of sales), electronic systems (9.4%), thermal systems (30.4%), information & safety systems (15.3%), small motors (7.0%), consumer products (0.2%), and industrial products (0.9%).
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