# Howmet Aerospace

Type: Company (HWM)

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## Timeline

- **2026-09-10**: GE Aerospace announces $11.75 billion acquisition of CPP — GE Aerospace agrees to acquire Consolidated Precision Products from Warburg Pincus and Berkshire Partners in its largest standalone deal, bringing mission-critical casting capacity in-house.
- **2026-09-07**: SpaceX CEO outlines turbine blade manufacturing ambitions — Elon Musk outlines SpaceX's plans to manufacture turbine blades in-house to meet the company's own power-generation needs, intensifying attention on precision-cast component scarcity.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### GE Aerospace Buys CPP for $11.75B to End Castings Bottleneck in Supply Chain
2026-09-10 23:29:35 · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 2

The $11.75 billion acquisition of Consolidated Precision Products is a vertical integration move aimed squarely at the castings shortage that has slowed aircraft production. For supply chain leaders, it shows how strategic OEMs are internalizing high-risk, specialized suppliers to guarantee capacity and compress lead times.
Full story: https://getsupplybrief.com/story/ge-aerospace-11-75b-cpp-supply-chain-castings

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