SPS Technologies factory fires lead to industry-wide scramble for replacement parts

SPS TECHNOLOGIES FIRE SPUES DISASTER Image from: Goggin, C. (2025, February 25). Firefighters who battled SPS Technologies blaze talk about fighting the inferno. 6abc Philadelphia . https://6abc.com/post/firefighters-battled-sps-technologies-blaze-glenside-pa-talk-fighting-inferno/15955636/ Fire broke out on SPS technologies factory in in Montgomery County, PA. SPS technologies is a large bolt and special hardware manufacture in the aviation industry. Companies like Boeing, Airbus, Lockheed Martin, Northrup Grumman, General Electric, and Pratt & Whitney are all being affected by the sudden lack of parts and huge delays on part requisition delivery dates. As the industry scrambles to find answers it pegs the question "will Boeing with its track record or any other major company, resort to procuring parts from vendors who don't meet required specifications just to meet deman...