Who Howmet Aerospace buys from and sells to
Makes jet-engine airfoils, castings, fasteners and forged wheels; a chokepoint supplier to engine makers.
Part of Commercial Aerospace and the Aftermarket spending
Buys from 1
- Nickel, cobalt and titanium producerssuperalloys for airfoils and structures
Sells to 5
- RTXRTXairfoils and castings for Pratt engines~11% of 2025 third-party sales (FY2025 10-K)
- GE AerospaceGEairfoils and castings for LEAP and GE9X~11% of 2025 third-party sales (FY2025 10-K)
- SafranSAFRYcastings and fasteners for LEAP
- BoeingBAfasteners and structural parts
- AirbusEADSYfasteners and structures
Where the chain could break
- Aerospace is ~70% of revenue; two engine makers are ~22% of sales (FY2025 10-K)
- Few qualified rivals for turbine airfoils, so engine output waits on its capacity
Competes with
- Precision Castparts (Berkshire)BRK-Bengine castings and forgings
- ATIATIforgings and specialty alloys
Mapped by hand from filings and company reporting, as of October 2026. It shows the relationships that matter most, not every contract: most are never disclosed, and agreements change.