New Hampshire Ball Bearings¡¯ HiTech Division Recognized For Outstanding Service

New Hampshire Ball Bearings¡¯ HiTech Division Recognized For Outstanding Service The aerospace OEM, Hamilton Sundstrand, recently honored New Hampshire Ball Bearings¡¯ HiTech Division for its outstanding performance during a time-sensitive and critical bearing design project. Representatives from Hamilton Sundstrand presented the HiTech Division with a plaque during a brief awards ceremony held at the HiTech facility in Peterborough, NH. ¡°Hamilton Sundstrand is pleased to present New Hampshire Ball Bearings¡¯ HiTech Division with this special award for outstanding service,¡± said Patricia Lavendier, Hamilton Sundstrand¡¯s Program Manager for the GP 7000. ¡°Our deepest appreciation and thanks go to HiTech¡¯s entire team for their critical role in the overall success of this program.¡± HiTech earned the tribute by exceeding an aggressive design and production timetable, enabling Hamilton Sundstrand to meet its delivery schedule for a sub assembly related to the GP 7000 jet engine program. The GP 7000 is designed for the Airbus A380, the new superjumbo jet scheduled for commercial flight service later this year. ¡°HiTech remained on-task and ahead of schedule throughout this highly visible and important program,¡± said Hamilton Sundstrand¡¯s Lavendier. ¡°Thanks to their superior management¡ªand their team spirit¡ª HiTech not only met their scheduled delivery date, they beat it by two weeks. The additional margin they provided was a huge boost to the overall program schedule.¡± ¡°HiTech is proud to receive this award, as it proves the success of our strategy to serve as a responsive technical resource and key supplier to customers in the aerospace market,¡± said HiTech¡¯s Sales Manager, Jim Geary. Hamilton Sundstrand, a subsidiary of United Technologies, designs and manufactures aerospace systems for commercial, regional, corporate and military aircraft, and is a major supplier for international space programs. Its Aerospace business units provide technologically advanced systems, components and services for the commercial and military aerospace and related industries. The Engine Systems business unit provides engine controls, starters, gearboxes, fuel pumps, lubrication systems and scavenge pumps. New Hampshire Ball Bearings produces a diverse range of precision bearing products for the aerospace, defense, healthcare, and instrumentation markets. Serving as a valued technical resource to key aerospace customers, NHBB¡¯s HiTech Division manufactures custom precision ball and roller bearings for a wide array of commercial and military aircraft applications. New Hampshire Ball Bearings, Inc. is a U.S.-based subsidiary of global manufacturer Minebea Co., Ltd.