Kaman Corp. (KAMN): Taking off to Higher Profits?
Kaman (KAMN) is a maker of industrial components such as bearings, mechanical and electrical power transmissions, fluid power, motion control, and materials handling components. Among the company's biggest customers are airlines, to whom Kaman supplies metallic and composite detail parts, minor and major subassemblies, flight control surfaces, composite interiors and fuselage, and wing structures. The company also supplies parts to military customers. In addition, Kaman offers helicopter engineering subcontract programs for other manufacturers and self-lubricating bearings used in aircraft flight controls, turbine engines, and landing gear, as well as power transmission couplings for helicopters Despite the slowdown in the US…