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improved efficiency levels, at higher operating temperatures, and under severe environmental conditions, enabling power systems to produce greater output at a lower cost. BELAC, one of Chromalloy’s facilities in the Tampa area, designs and manufactures high pressure turbine (HPT) blades for commercial air carriers, MROs (Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul), and military organizations, world- wide. The company also provides services, such as design, testing, certification, and produc- tion through casting of HPT blades for turbine engines; and design, machining, tooling, and inspection services to aerospace and other high-tech industries. Its HPT blades are used by commercial air carriers as replacement parts that meet Federal Aviation Administration spec- ifications for gas turbine engines. “BELAC was formed in 1998, as a joint venture which included United Airlines, and Lufthansa CHROMALLOY/BELAC Airlines,” says BELAC Site Leader, Patti Holland. “After a number of successful years, Chromalloy decided to increase their investment and drive outcomes to increase value to a broader set of aviation customers.We bought out a significant amount of the equity in 2013, and Chromalloy now holds 95% ownership.” BELAC is situated in Oldsmar, and Chromalloy has a castings operation in nearby Tampa. Ac- cording to Jeff Romaine, Director of Marketing Communications for Chromalloy, the two sites work closely together from their west coast Florida locations. “The two operations, in com- bination with our New York facility, are highly technical and specialized in the industry and provide the full production value chain from castings to coatings to machining for complex, hot gas path engine parts,” he explains. “The casting operation makes castings, our own alloy, and our own ceramic cores for creating the