International aerospace engineering group MB Aerospace (Hall 1 Stand A50) has acquired Vac Aero of Poland from its Canadian parent company, Vac Aero International, the companies announced here Monday. Employing more than 100 workers at sites in Kalisz in central Poland and Rzeszow in the southeast of the country, Vac Aero Poland specializes in protective and performance enhancing coatings for aero engine and industry gas turbine components. Key customers in Europe include UTC Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney and Siemens.

Plans call for the business to remain at its two current sites and assume the brand name MB Aerospace Technologies Poland. MB Aerospace said it plans to invest across the business, placing particular emphasis on its surface coating services, including thermal and plasma coatings and a range of paint capabilities, as well as heat treatment and brazing processes.