Increasingly complex customer and regulatory compliance requirements, tighter time-to-market schedules from customers who want greater product customization, and the constant pressure on costs and pricing make aerospace manufacturing one of the most challenging businesses in the world to compete in. As a result, it takes a focused intensity and intelligence that drives continual improvement to accept the challenges of excelling at compliance and quality in this sector. Companies that want to compete and win in aerospace manufacturing must develop a set of skills that become a core part of their DNA and are standardized into best practices.
No company understands the challenges better than R.E. Darling, where a continual commitment to driving innovation while excelling at quality has fueled 70 years of steady, continuous growth, opening up new markets and opportunities to attract and grow its customers. Starting in 1948 with aviators’ breathing oxygen tubes, the company has progressively grown to provide specialty rubber and composite products primarily used in the aerospace and defense industry—with a specialization in customized hose and cable design, including material development and connectors, configured to meet exacting requirements of its customers.