Mecaer Aviation Group
A company based in Borgomanero that, from September 2026, develops helicopter air conditioning and pressurisation systems for Leonardo as part of the "Crescere Insieme" programme.
Mecaer Aviation Group is a company based in Borgomanero, in Piedmont, which in September 2026 joined the aerospace supply chain of Leonardo.1
The company develops, in Borgomanero, a conditioning system that regulates temperature and pressurisation in the cabin of helicopters produced by Leonardo.1
The partnership is part of the "Crescere Insieme" ("Growing Together") programme, through which Leonardo's Helicopters Division aims gradually to bring back to Italy part of the strategic supplies currently purchased abroad: the division buys components and systems worth around 3 billion euros every year, 65% of which come from international suppliers. The four partnerships launched under the programme involve investments of around 20 million euros and could generate up to 670 million euros in industrial value over thirty years.1
The conditioning system for Leonardo helicopters (2026)
In September 2026 Mecaer Aviation Group, based in Borgomanero, joined the "Crescere Insieme" programme of Leonardo's Helicopters Division, developing a conditioning system that regulates cabin temperature and pressurisation.1
The conditioning system for Leonardo helicopters
In September 2026 Leonardo entrusted Mecaer Aviation Group of Borgomanero with developing a conditioning system that regulates temperature and pressurisation in the cabin of its helicopters, as part of the "Crescere Insieme" programme for the helicopter supply chain in Piedmont.
The partnership with Leonardo in the "Crescere Insieme" programme (September 2026)
In September 2026 Leonardo announces a new industrial partnership with Mecaer Aviation Group of Borgomanero as part of the "Crescere Insieme" programme, through which the Helicopters Division is bringing back to Italy part of the strategic supplies currently purchased abroad: Mecaer will develop, in Borgomanero, a conditioning system that regulates temperature and pressurisation in helicopter cabins.1
The "Crescere Insieme" programme with Leonardo (September 2026)
The agreement is part of the "Crescere Insieme" programme, through which Leonardo aims to bring back to Italy part of the helicopter supplies currently purchased abroad (65% of the roughly 3 billion euros spent every year by the division).
Alongside Mecaer, Leonardo has also involved in the programme Apr of Pinerolo (fuel pumps) and Tubiflex of Turin, part of the Interpump group (pumps for hydraulic systems), as well as the agreement already launched in 2025 with Sabelt for seats; the four initiatives involve investments of around 20 million euros.
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The agreement with Leonardo for helicopter components (September 2026)
Among the companies involved, Mecaer Aviation Group will work in Borgomanero on a conditioning system that regulates cabin temperature and pressurisation, alongside Apr of Pinerolo (fuel pumps) and Tubiflex of Turin (hydraulic system pumps); the four initiatives launched, including the agreement already under way with Sabelt, involve investments of around 20 million euros.
Leonardo's "Crescere Insieme" programme for conditioning systems (September 2026)
As part of the "Crescere Insieme" programme of Leonardo's Helicopters Division, which aims to bring back to Italy part of the strategic supplies currently purchased abroad, Mecaer Aviation Group has been awarded the contract for cabin conditioning and pressurisation systems. The initiative, together with other partnerships with Piedmontese companies, involves total investments of around 20 million euros and could generate, according to Leonardo's estimates, up to 670 million euros in industrial value over thirty years.
Conditioning and pressurisation systems for Leonardo helicopters (September 2026)
As part of the programme through which Leonardo is bringing helicopter component production back to Piedmont, the Mecaer plant in Borgomanero has been tasked with conditioning and pressurisation systems.
Leonardo entrusts Mecaer with a conditioning system for helicopters (September 2026)
The partnership joins those launched with Apr of Pinerolo (fuel pumps) and Tubiflex of Turin (hydraulic system pumps), as well as the agreement already under way with Sabelt; the four initiatives involve investments of around 20 million euros and an industrial value estimated by Leonardo at up to 670 million over thirty years. The Helicopters Division buys components worth around 3 billion euros every year, 65% of which from foreign suppliers; after presenting the programme to over 70 Piedmontese companies, Leonardo identified another 40 with the requirements to take part, twenty of which from the automotive sector.
Leonardo entrusts Mecaer with conditioning systems for helicopters (September 2026)
In September 2026 Leonardo announces it is bringing back to Piedmont helicopter production so far entrusted to foreign suppliers, widening the region's aerospace supply chain. Among the new industrial partnerships, the group entrusts Mecaer Aviation Group of Borgomanero with conditioning and pressurisation systems; together with the agreements with Apr of Pinerolo, Tubiflex of the Interpump group of Turin and Sabelt, the four initiatives involve investments of around 20 million euros, with Leonardo estimating a value of up to 670 million euros that could be generated.
New contract from Leonardo for helicopter conditioning systems (September 2026)
The agreement, announced on 17 September 2026 together with those with Apr of Pinerolo and Tubiflex of Turin, joins the one already launched in 2025 with Sabelt and is part of four initiatives that together involve investments of around 20 million euros.
Leonardo's "Crescere Insieme" plan for the helicopter supply chain
In September 2026 Leonardo announces three new industrial partnerships to bring back to Piedmont helicopter production so far entrusted to foreign suppliers, as part of the "Crescere Insieme" programme of the Helicopters Division, which buys components and systems worth around 3 billion euros every year, 65% of which currently from international suppliers. In Borgomanero, Mecaer Aviation Group develops a conditioning system that regulates cabin temperature and pressurisation; the other two partnerships involve Apr of Pinerolo (fuel pumps) and Tubiflex of Turin, part of the Interpump group (hydraulic system pumps). The three initiatives are in addition to the agreement already launched in 2025 with Sabelt for helicopter seats, for total investments of around 20 million euros and an industrial value estimated by Leonardo at up to 670 million euros over thirty years.
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