Undertaking the challenge of tube fabrication--A company specializing in aircraft tube fabricating reaches a whole new stratosphere

摘要

Tube Specialties Inc., Tempe, Ariz., is a manufacturer of custom tube assemblies and part of a small, talented fraternity—suppliers to aerospace companies.These tube fabricators are the survivors of several economic downturns and the OEMs' desires to create a smaller, more manageable supply base. Owner John Costabile, who has run a tube business since 1973, said he knows of similar shops in California and a handful of others on the East Coast, but for the most part it's not a large subset of the metal manufacturing economy.When you consider what it takes to become a certified supplier for the large aerospace OEMs, you understand why these types of shops aren't found in every industrial park in the U.S. It's a complicated business.