Financial Support from European Regional Development Fund
2008-12-30
VAC AERO Kalisz presented to support it’s own project entitled “Innovative Line for Special Processes on Turbines’ and Compressors’ Shafts”.
The project get positive assessment from the Program Committee and the Company was recommended to get the grant. December,30, 2008 the Project Support Agreement was signed.
In frames of this project the Company had installed:
· advanced vertical vacuum furnace for heat treat of long shafts in vertical, unrestrained position,
· equipment for activation of internal and external surfaces of shafts before inorganic coatings,
· equipment for coatings of internal and external shafts’ surfaces,
· special tooling for inorganic and plasma coatings,
· advanced, programmed oven for thermal coagulation of inorganic coatings,
· specialized equipment for visual inspection of coatings quality.
Realization of the Project enables VAC AERO KALISZ to extend range of services offered to aerospace prime contactors (e.g. heat treatment of shafts exceeding 60 inches of length, inorganic paint coating of inner surfaces of such shafts) and allows to increase annual sales for more than 30%.
Total worth of the project: over 2,000,000.00 polish zloty; level of support: 50% (expected amount of subsidy: 1,012,084.63 polish zloty).



