strategy
is AGILITY

FIVES, A KEY PARTNER OF THE DEFENSE, aerospace and space sectors

Fives establishes its leadership through its ability to advise its customers to improve their manufacturing processes and support them with technological advancement.  

By adopting this approach, the Group has been able to strengthen its relations with major players in the Military/Defense, Aerospace and General Industry sectors in North America. Fives has established itself asa KEY PARTNER FOR SHIPYARDS, AIR FORCE BASES, ARMY ARSENALS AS WELL AS TIER SUPPLIERS such as General Dynamics Electric Boat, Sikorsky, Lockheed Martin network, Northrop Grumman, Forrest Machine, Oshkosh Truck, providing them with the best technological solution at the best cost and in the best time.”

FIVES ALSO SUPPORTS THE SURGING SPACE INDUSTRY by accompanying customers such as SpaceX, Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman or United Launch Alliance in their pursuit of space travels to the Moon and Mars for exploration. The increasing demand for rocket launches implies a shift from one-off build production to serial manufacturing production processes*. 

*Giddings & Lewis Vertical Turning Centers are used for manufacturing rocket engine nozzles and other engine components; Lund Engineering automated solutions for material/rocket delivery for rocket engine mounting and propulsion chamber assembly.

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As an industrial engineering Group with a heritage of over 200 years, Fives designs and supplies machines, process equipment and production lines for the world’s largest industrial players in various sectors such as steel, aerospace and special machining, aluminium, the automotive and manufacturing industries, cement, energy, logistics and glass. As part of its R&D initiatives, Fives aims to offer solutions which continually anticipate the needs of industrial companies in terms of profitability, performance, quality, safety and environmental protection. A major figure in the development of the industry of the future, Fives strives every day to highlight that industry can do it – our motto. In 2020, Fives achieved a turnover of €1.61 billion and employed more than 8,000 people in about thirty countries.

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