Howmet Aerospace makes engineered metal products - aero engine and industrial gas turbine components, forgings, and fastening systems - for aerospace, defense, and transportation customers worldwide.
Howmet Aerospace manufactures advanced engineered metal products for aerospace, defense, and commercial transportation, with a product line centered on aero engine and industrial gas turbine components - airfoils, rings, and disks - alongside forged metal products and fastening systems. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the company employs roughly 24,000 people across operations in multiple countries, with a lineage dating to 1888. Its stated end markets include commercial and military aerospace, space, defense, industrial gas turbines, and ground transportation.
From a controls and automation standpoint, the relevant surface area is the manufacturing process chain rather than a robotics product line. Howmet's technical domains - precision machining, forging technology, gas turbine component manufacturing, fastening systems, and multi-material engineering - describe processes where tolerance control, repeatability, and in-line inspection are the governing constraints. The company describes its operations as vertically integrated, meaning process knowledge and production assets are held in-house across stages rather than sourced as discrete outsourced steps.
The engineering focus areas the company names include differentiated technologies in forged and machined metal components, with an emphasis on enabling quieter, cleaner, and more fuel-efficient air travel and more sustainable ground transportation. Gas turbine airfoils, rings, and disks are among the more demanding component classes in terms of geometry, material behavior, and inspection requirements, and are produced for both aero engine and industrial gas turbine applications.
Howmet Aerospace was founded in 1888 and operates globally.
