AeroEdge, the Tochigi-based maker of titanium-aluminum turbine blades for jet engines, posted record consolidated results for the year to June 2026: net sales of ¥5.08bn, up 41.2% from the prior year, and operating profit of ¥1.15bn, up 74.8%. The company credits rising blade sales for Safran's LEAP engines and a batch of high-margin contract-development revenue booked in the second quarter. On a parent-only basis, operating profit rose 83.2% to ¥1.2bn, while net income attributable to shareholders climbed 13.9% to ¥836mn. Consolidated net income growth was slower, held back by a heavier tax charge tied to a deferred tax asset booked the previous year.
The blade business itself kept accelerating. AeroEdge sold titanium-aluminum blades equivalent to 847 engine sets in the year, up 32.6%, tracking higher production of the Airbus A320neo family and Boeing 737 MAX, both powered in part by CFM International's LEAP engines.
Not every program is on schedule. "Engine Project B" moved into mass production and is expected to generate ¥790mn in revenue in the year to June 2027. "Engine Project A," however, needed additional customer engine testing, pushing its mass-production start back roughly a year; AeroEdge now expects that program to start contributing revenue only in the year to June 2028.
For the year to June 2027, AeroEdge is guiding to net sales of ¥7.95bn, up 56.4%, and operating profit of ¥1.55bn, up 35.3%, helped by a newly consolidated airframe-parts subsidiary that AeroEdge fully acquired during the year. The one-year slip on Project A is the clearest reminder that even a supplier riding a decade-plus aircraft order backlog still answers to its customers' test schedules.