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Safran Aircraft Engines invests €150m in a 30,000-ton Gennevilliers forging press for critical LEAP and Rafale engine parts

Safran Aircraft Engines says it will invest €150m to upgrade its historic Gennevilliers forging operation with a 30,000 metric ton hydraulic press. The added capacity is aimed at producing strategic engine components for both commercial programmes (including LEAP) and military applications, including Rafale engine parts.

Discovered 2026-04-13T05:55:44.542193-07:00 | 2026-04-13T05:55:44.542193-07:00

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What Hype is tracking

  • The €150m investment adds heavy forging capacity for strategic engine parts, directly affecting supply resilience for both commercial and military propulsion programmes at Safran’s France hub.
  • By tying new output to LEAP and Rafale-critical components, the move signals a near-term industrial prioritisation that could influence lead times, qualification schedules and production planning across the engine supply chain.
  • The capacity buildout echoes other OEM moves to expand isothermal/forging presses to ease component bottlenecks, such as Pratt & Whitney’s additional isothermal press investment (source:2ebb2a8a-14e2-4f73-9115-549ab915fce7).

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2026-04-13T05:55:44.542193-07:00
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2026-04-19T05:55:50.173918-07:00
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